Les mes
by Excellentrealtor on 2/5/11Cadillac Palace - ChicagoSimply wonderful. Both my son and myself loved it. Great seats from just about everywhere in the auditorium. My seventh time and still get the chills.
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STILL THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR MUSICAL
Cameron Mackintosh presents the acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Misérables.
This brilliant staging has taken the world by storm and has been hailed as "Les Mis for the 21stCentury"(Huffington Post), "a reborn dream of a production" (Daily Telegraph)and "one of the greatest musical sever created" (Chicago Tribune).
Set against the backdrop of 19thcentury France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption-a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. This epic and uplifting story has become one of the most celebrated musicals in theatrical history.
The magnificent score of Les Misérables includes the songs "I Dreamed a Dream," "On My Own," "Bring Him Home," "One Day More," "Master of the House" and many more. Seen by over 130 million people worldwide in 53 countries and 22 languages, Les Misérables is undisputedly one of the world's most popular musicals.
Simply wonderful. Both my son and myself loved it. Great seats from just about everywhere in the auditorium. My seventh time and still get the chills.
What a disappointment! Les Mis is my favorite but the performance we saw was second rate. The majority of the performance seemed flat and as if the actors were just going through the motions. I would not recommend this show. It was hard to hear at many points. My wife and I left at the intermission because the show just wasn't enjoyable. We weren't the only ones either. I wish I could get my money back.
New tour, new staging, new cast. All are fabulous. The Cadillac Palace in Chicago is an intimate theater with great acoustics. The new set and staging makes this Les Miserables feel more personal and intimate. The cast is spectacular, with clear strong voices for all but Marius. Javert may be the best we've seen (in at least 6 times we've seen this musical). In several performances the voices were beautiful enough to move you to tears, even if the music and lyrics wouldn't have anyway. We would have stayed and watched the next performance if we could have. Don't miss this one!!!
I have seen Les Mis quite a few times, in different cities, and this one compared well. The one thing I'd never witnessed before was the lack of the famous turn-table that is used extensively in all the other productions I've seen. So I was very tuned in to how the sets were used and how the cast compensated for this difference. They did a fantastic job! The sets were wonderful, even more inventive and of a higher quaiity than sets I've seen when there was a turn-table, and the movements of the cast more than made up for this "lack" - which was not really a loss at all in this case. The mics were something new to me, attached as they were to the middle of the forehead. So I'm not sure if this was for the better or for the worse, as from my seat very close to the pit orchestra, it was sometimes hard to hear the singing over the instruments. If i hadn't been so very familiar with all the songs, I guess this might have disturbed me a bit more, but since I know the score by heart, I knew the lyrics even when they were too soft to be heard very well. Overall.....the voices and acting were tops!! Highly recommended! And not to forget to mention how wonderful the pit orchestra was - just amazing!!
The story was powerful and the acting superb. There were times when the sound was very poor and our group could not understand the words the actors were saying/singing. There was also a very loud banging sound coming from the wall vents on the left side of the theatre (as you face the front) toward the end of the show. Very distracting to all of us sitting on that side of the orchestra section.
The show was very good. The production crew did a great job with the stage which seemed a bit small for such a production but the actors & actresses did a great job!!! Beautiful voices and cool scene sets.
What an amazing show. The 25th anniversary production was incredible with a great cast.