#les miserables musical

[nopeemi]

based on the hungarian les mis production with szaszák zsolt as enjolras i saw last weekend, specifically inspired by the begginning of one day more where each character stood under harsch spotlight and i wanted to scream

[avalaryx]

he only interrupted him like a gazillion times

[whocaresaboutyourlonelysoul]

i bring a sort of "this is just like this one time in les miserables" my friends in university don't really like

[the-lark-not-the-dove]

I know we like to talk about R's perspective on him and Enj's death a lot, but I feel like we should acknowledge Enjolras' perspective as well because think about it. Enjolras represents all that is belief and faith and passion, and yet is at one of his lowest points in where he is losing hope, his friends are dead and his rebellion went up in flames. So when R, the one who represents all cynicism and doubt, declares he is one of them [the rebels] and dies beside Enjolras when he could have easily ran away? Enjolras smiles in this scene because he convinced the one man who had faith in nothing to believe for once. And if he could do that, he knew that his efforts were at least worth something.

[ereyies]

“You are the sentinels, silent and sure, keeping watch in the night, keeping watch in the night…”

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[have-you-seen-this-musical]

Have you seen this Musical?

[wrenofwvnds]

cosette in colour ☁️ do u prefer colour or b&w art?

[adaptations-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

[thekinglemingle]

Please help me Tumblr.

What's the deal with Gavroche?

Why can he break the fourth wall? My wife says it's "because he's the narrator" but I feel you can't introduce a narrator in the second act and Paris/Look Down and Stars aren't really enough fourth wall breaks to count as a narrator. So why does the musical include this?

[henry-the-queer-artist]

aaron tveit in les mis (2012): ''who cares about your lonely soul?''

aaron tveit in moulin rouge! (2019): ''ALL you NEED is LOVE''

[protectionsquad24601]

I don't think people understand how intrinsically Jewish the Les Misérables musical is. The writers of the original French musical were Claude-Michel Schönberg (Hungarian Jew), Alain Boublil (Sephardic Jew), and directed by Robert Hossein (Moldovian Jew). Schöneberg also composed the music. It was adapted into English by Herbert Kretzmer (Lithuanian Jew).

The lyrics include many references to Jewish beliefs and values. Schöneberg said in an interview, "When I’m writing a show there is always a part that is typically Jewish."

However, the one that sticks out to me especially is a line from the Epilogue:

"They will live again in freedom,

In the garden of the Lord;

They will walk behind the ploughshare,

They will put away the sword."

The origin of the phrase - specifically, the bit about 'ploughshares' and 'swords' - can be traced back to a nevuah (prophecy) by Yeshayahu (Isaiah), a Jewish navi (prophet) from the sefer Yeshayahu (Book of Isaiah). (Sorry, yes, I insist on the Hebrew words first.)

"The Torah will go forth from Tzion (Zion) and the word of Hashem from Yerushalayim (Jerusalem)... They will then cut their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning knives. No nation will lift a sword against the other, and they will no longer learn warfare."

This is a quote about the 'end of days', and the idea of a peaceful paradise free from war was emulated in the song to convey a similar paradise for our barricade boys, the casualties of the June Rebellion. This is only one of the many examples of Jewish themes and references in the Les Misérables musical!

[meet-the-thenardiers]

The people who were introduced to Les Misérables through the musicals and just started reading the novel for the first time be like:

"God, why is there so much lore about The Bishop?"

"Oh, so Fantine was actually blonde after all"

"Why do all of Fantine's friends seem to be complete jerks?"

"I HATE YOU, FÉLIX THOLOMYÈS"

"Geez, so Cosette spent five years with the Thénardiers. And the last time Fantine saw her she was just two-years-old"

"What do you mean Éponine has a younger sister? And was Gavroche her brother this whole time?"

"WHY IS THERE SO MUCH THINGS ABOUT WATERLOO?"

"WAIT, NOW THERE ARE FIVE THÉNARDIERS KIDS? AND THEY "RENTED" TWO OF THEM?"

[theatre-stuff]

If I had a nickel for every time an Aaron Tveit character got really passionate about something in France I would have 2 nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

[whocaresaboutyourlonelysoul]

the removal of all les amis unique personalities in the musical will forever haunt me like what do you MEAN you didn’t cast an actor specifically for bahorel and you just made up two new student names

[the-lark-not-the-dove]

I WENT TO SEE LES MIS NATIONAL TOUR!

I am and always have been a huge les mis fan. Today's my birthday and I wanted to go and see Les Mis again because it's so very important to me. THIS WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!! (9/7/24 Matinee Philadelphia)

my thoughts

-enjolras and grantaire matched each others freak oh my god I love them so much I am unwell. during the barricade scene they pushed their heads together and looked like they was gonna kiss, then enj went to the top and DIED. along with my heart fr

--same with marius and cosette they were both so silly and amazing their relationship is the only thing convincing me that love is real. keep on doing amazing guys <3

-KYLE ADAMS GRANTAIRE OF ALL TIME??????

-valjean hitting that crazy high note when he said 'took the silver, took MY FLIGHT!!!!!!!!!'' like bro it's giving '' the next day Anatole left FOR PETERSBURG!!!!!!!!!!''

-GAVROCHE FLIPPED JAVERT OFF!

-Marius and Grantaire being silly during red & black. I can't explain you had to be there.

-R was the last one alive at the barricade and he ran up, shouted something, and then died too. :(

-R having a tense moment with Enj and then going off the a corner and hitting his fist on the wall in frustration. And then Gav hugging him omg <3

-did i mention kyle adams grantaire of all time (he signed my playbill😎)

-conclusion: it is my life (i did not live until today) i need to see it again (how can I live when we are parted?)

[ereyies]

"One day more 'til revolution, we will nip it in the bud. We'll be ready for these school boys, they will wet themselves with blood!"

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