THEATRE REVIEW: "Les Misérables" -- Turning, Turning, and Returning Through the Years
Sometime during 1991, my mom, dad, sister, and I saw the Alain Boublil / Claude-Michel Schönberg musical "Les Misérables" at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. This was the First National Tour of the musical, which was back in Chicago for another six-month engagement--this time right after the Gulf War ended. The First National Tour was nicknamed The Valjean Company, the Second National Tour was nicknamed The Fantine Company, and the Third National Tour was nicknamed The Marius Company. The First National Tour had already wowed Chicago audiences in 1989 to sold-out performances. By the time my sister and I got to see the musical in 1991, my mom had already seen it twice. I think my dad had seen it once. The First National Tour of "Les Misérables" opened in Boston at the Shubert Theatre on December 5th, 1987. The tour went on to perform in such cities as Philadelphia...