Interviews by Anna Tims
The Guardian
The producer, Cameron Mackintosh, and librettist of the original 1985 show, Herbert Kretzmer, recall an adventure that began in a canoe surrounded by crocodiles, and ended with an all-night writing marathon.
Cameron Mackintosh, producer
In 1982, a young Hungarian director, Peter Farago, brought me the original French concept album
Story By BWW News Desk
Broadway World
Cameron Mackintosh announced today that his acclaimed new production of Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg ‘s Tony Award-winning musical masterpiece Les Miserables will come to Broadway in March, 2014 at a Shubert theater to be announced. This newly re-imagined Les Miserables is breaking box-office records across the country and around the world and inspired filmmakers to make the immensely successful movie which has been nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture and has won 3 Golden Globes including Best Picture, as well as 4 BAFTA’ s. The new production has been a sell-out since launching a U.S. national tour in November 2010, having already played in 64 cities throughout North America, grossing more than $130 million. International
Story By Sonia Harford
The Age
MELBOURNE ‘S most prominent theatre groups have confirmed they are vying to snare a new stage production of Les Miserables.
More than two decades after the production was first staged in Melbourne, speculation about which venue will host its return is rife on the back of the latest film version of Les Miserables, which this week snared four Academy Award nominations.
“We’ ve made our approach, ” said Jason Marriner, son of David Marriner, whose lavishly restored Princess Theatre hosted Melbourne’s first Les Mis in 1989.
” It clearly would be a significant production and it remains the icon of musical theatre, ” said the now general manager of the group.
Over at Her Majesty’s, owned by Mike Walsh’s Hayden Attractions, they were a little more tight-lipped.
” They know we ‘re interested in having it here” is all theatre manager Mark Rowe would say of any contact between the group and Les Mis producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh’ s team.
During Mackintosh ‘s recent visit to Australia for the film’ s launch, he confirmed to Fairfax Media that the stage production would return.
The announcement has fuelled speculation about possible casts,
By Nikki Finke
Deadline
Today’s overseas openings for Working Title/Universal’s Oscar-nominated Les Misérables pushes it past $200 million worldwide. Domestic grosses are currently at $109M and international grosses at $96.7M before it opens in four other territories this weekend: New Zealand, Netherlands, Cyprus and Vietnam. With tonight’s releases, Tom Hooper’s adaptedd musical is currently
Story By Susanna Lazarus
Radio Times
“I’m thrilled that so many facets of making this film have been recognised and it’s a great tribute to the craftsmanship of the British film industry,” he tells RadioTimes.com
How does it feel being nominated for nine Bafta awards and eight Oscars?
It ‘s fantastic! We’ ve got the Bafta and the Golden Globes and now we ‘ve got a very healthy clutch of Academy nominations. I’ m thrilled that so many facets of making this film have been recognised and it ‘s a great tribute to the craftsmanship of the British film industry.
And Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway are representing Les Misérables in the best acting categories…
I’ m thrilled for Anne
Story By The Australian
HUGH Jackman has received a BAFTA best-actor nomination for his role in the musical Les Miserables.
The Australian actor will face off against four others for the prestigious award, after the nominations were announced in London yesterday.
Steven Spielberg ‘s political drama Lincoln, as well as the film version of the hit stage musical Les Miserables and Ang Lee’ s Life of Pi lead the nominations.
All three are in
By Jonathon Moran
The Daily Telegraph
IT is the Aussie bromance that is taking the world by storm, cinema by cinema.
Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe triumphantly hugged and soaked up the atmosphere as they celebrated the Australian premiere of Les Miserables Friday night.
After a whirlwind of events across the globe, including stops