Les Misérables, Part 3: The Musical (Ep. 100)

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Episode 100 of Adapt or Perish has finally arrived, and with it we bring the last installment of our three-part look at Victor Hugo's Les Misérables. And this one is all. About. The musical.

Listen to our prior installments:

• Part One and Part Two on the web
• Part One and Part Two on Apple Podcasts
• Part One and Part Two on Overcast
• Part One and Part Two on Spotify

In this episode we discuss:

• Les Misérables, the 1980 concept album and 1985 musical, music by Claude-Michael Schönberg and lyrics by Alain Boublil and Harold Kretzmer
• Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert, the 1995 filmed concert, directed by Gavin Taylor, and starring Colm Wilkinson, Philip Quast, Lea Salonga, and Michael Ball
• Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary, the 2010 filmed concert, directed by Nick Morris, and starring Alfie Boe, Norm Lewis, Nick Jonas, Samantha Barks, and Lea Salonga
• Les Misérables, the 2012 movie musical, directed by Tom Hooper, screenplay by William Nicholson, and starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, and Samantha Barks
• Les Misérables: The Staged Concert, the 2019 filmed concert, directed by Nick Morris, and starring Alfie Boe, Michael Ball, Matt Lucas, and Carrie Hope Fletcher

Footnotes:

• Hey, Mr. Producer! (1998)
• Miss Saigon (1989)
• "Why the Music in Les Misérables (2012) is Worse than you Thought" by Sideways on YouTube

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