Producer Cameron Mackintosh announced St. Louis will host the final stop of the national tour of Les Miserables prior to the smash show's return to Broadway.

After 18 years and 151 cities, the North American tour of the international award-winning musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg will end its run at the Fox Theatre, July 18-23. Expect a big cast party in St. Louis. The tour opened in Tampa, FL, Nov. 28, 1988 and has since played 521 engagements throughout North America (a hiatus or two happened in between).

As previously announced, Les Miz will then return to Broadway in a revival to open at the Broadhurst Theatre this November. The physical production will be shipped to New York, with a new cast to be announced for what's billed as the Broadway revival (it closed on Broadway three years ago).

The show has been seen at the Fox by more than 270,000 people and has grossed more than $10.3 million in nine previous engagements.

The musical drawn from the Victor Hugo novel opened in London in 1985 and recently celebrated its 20th Anniversary on Oct. 8, 2005. The show had its American premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC in December 1986 and opened on Broadway March 12, 1987 where it played over 16 years, ending May 18, 2003. It is currently the third longest running show in Broadway history with 6,680 performances.

Source: Yahoo

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Posted by Lawren at March 13, 2006 07:31 AM | Trackbacks (0)

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It closed three years ago after 16 years and they are already reviving it? Gag.

Says: chuck at March 13, 2006 08:57 AM

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Zip it, Chuck. This is quite possibly my all-time fave! :)

Says: Lawren at March 13, 2006 09:30 AM

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