Les Miserables song One Day More is our favourite stage hit

Les Miserables song One Day More is our favourite stage hit… and the French musical takes second place on the list too Nation’s favourite song from the stage was One Day More from Les Miserables  Hit musical also took the second spot with much-loved track Bring Him Home  Other popular songs include Wicked’s Defying Gravity … Read more

A dream come true! JAN MOIR reviews Les Miserables as it returns to its natural home – on stage 

At the final curtain call, Michael Ball said it was the ‘most amazing’ first night of his career and let me tell you that the audience at the Sondheim Theatre felt very much the same way. On Saturday night Les Miserables returned in triumph to London’s West End, where the theatres have been shuttered and dark … Read more

Les Miserables co-stars Alfie Boe and Matt Lucas reunite onstage for the first time in NINE months

Alfie Boe and Matt Lucas joined their Les Miserables co-stars on the West End stage for the first time in almost nine months on Saturday, as lockdown rules finally eased. They looked elated as they flanked Michael Ball during their curtain call as the stage lights were once again switched on for the start of … Read more

Les Misérables lyricist Herbert Kretzmer dies aged 95

Song-writer behind Les Misérables the musical dies aged 95: Tributes pour in to Herbert Kretzmer who wrote world-famous words for stage show while working as Daily Mail’s TV critic Herbert Kretzmer, best known for his English-language adaptation of Les Misérables, has died aged 95 The award-winning lyricist and journalist wrote weekly songs for the BBC’s That Was … Read more

Hamilton and Les Miserables will be off London west end stages until 2021

West End musicals including Les Misérables, Mary Poppins and Hamilton will not return this year amid ‘continued uncertainty’ over the end of social distancing Les Miserables, Mary Poppins, Hamilton and Phantom Of The Opera won’t return  The giants of the musical world will not make a comeback until 2021  Sir Cameron Mackintosh blames ‘continued uncertainty’ over … Read more