Facts and Figures

• General Information
• Awards

GENERAL INFORMATION

• 56 professional companies have opened Les Misérables in:
  London, Washington/Broadway, Tokyo (3 companies), Tel Aviv (2 productions), Budapest (2 productions), U.S National 1, U.S National 2, U.S Bus and Truck, Sydney, Reykjavik, Oslo, Vienna, Toronto, Gydnia, Melbourne, Stockholm, Montreal, Amsterdam, Odense, Paris, Prague (2 productions), Madrid, Copenhagen, U.K. Tour (2 companies), Manila, Duisburg, South East Asia, Karlstad, Aalborg, Australia National Tour, Antwerp, Aarhus, Helsinki, Buenos Aires, Gothenburg, Malmo, Bonn, Sao Paulo, Chemnitz, Estonia, Gyor, Detmold, Shanghai, Korea, Mexico, Saarbruecken, Dessau, Bolmo, Berlin and Danish Tour.
  
  
• Productions have played in 38 countries and 223 cities. The countries include:
  England, United States Of America, Japan, Israel, Hungary, Australia, Iceland, Norway, Austria, Canada, Poland, Sweden, Holland, Denmark, New Zealand, France, The Czech Republic, Spain, Northern Ireland, Eire, Scotland, Wales, Bermuda, Malta, Philippines, Mauritius, Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, South Africa, Belgium, Finland, Argentina, Brazil, Estonia, China and Mexico.
  
  
• Les Misérables has been translated into 21 different languages:
  English, Japanese, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, German, Polish, Swedish, Dutch, Danish, French, Czech, Castillian, Mauritian Creole, Flemish, Finnish, Argentinian, Portuguese, Estonian and Mexican Spanish.
  
  
• The production has played over 38,000 professional performances worldwide giving a total audience figure of more than 51 million people.
  
  
• There have been 31 cast recordings of Les Misérables (including albums, singles and the symphonic).
  
  
• Les Misérables has won over 50 major theatre awards, a Grammy for the Broadway cast album and a Triple Platinum Disc for the London cast album which has now sold over 1,030,000 copies in the U.K. The highlights album has gone gold in the UK and Australia and the Les Misérables in Concert album has gone gold in the UK.
  
  
• A song from the show, "One Day More", was used for Bill Clinton's 1992 US Presidential Campaign. "Do You Hear the People Sing" was played over TV newscast from the student protest in Tiananmen Square. "Bring Him Home" was officially requested by the US State Department to use as background for promotional material about the US troops engaged in the Gulf war.
  
  
• The biggest single live audience for Les Misérables to date was 125,000 at the 1989 Australia day concert in Sydney. The biggest broadcast audience was when 250 Les Misérables cast members sang at the 1996 European Football Championship, televised to 400 million viewers in 197 countries.
  
  
• The longest running production is in London where it played 7,602 performances at the Palace Theatre before transferring to the Queen's Theatre where it opened on April 3, 2004. It is the longest running musical both at the Palace Theatre and in the west end.
  
  
• On January 25, 2002 the New York production overtook A Chorus Line to become the second longest running show in Broadway history. A record that it held until February 4, 2004 when it was overtaken by the Phantom of the Opera.
  
  
• Les Misérables celebrated the 10th Anniversary of its world premiere on October 8, 1995 with a Gala concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The concert starred the original "Jean Valjean", Colm Wilkinson, who led a company of 250 artists and 100 musicians. All the artists involved had appeared in the worldwide productions of Les Misérables and the specially arranged finale featured 17 different Jean Valjeans singing in many of the languages in which the show has been performed.
  
  
• The 10th anniversary concert was filmed for television and has since been seen by over 4 Million viewers in the United Kingdom. The video has gone on to sell over 1.4 million copies worldwide, including over 555,000 copies in the UK.

AWARDS

United Kingdom

• London Critics' Circle Award, Best Musical, 1986
  
  
• Olivier Awards, Best Actress in a Musical (Patti Lu Pone) 1985
  
  
• Original London Cast Recording
  • Silver and Gold Discs 1986
  • Platinum Disc 1988
  • Double Platinum Disc 1992
  • Triple platinum Disc 1997
  
  
• Complete Symphonic Recording Highlights
  • Silver Disc 1993
  • Gold Disc 1995
  
  
• Radio 2 Award, Nation's Most Popular Musical, 2005
  
  
• Manchester Evening News Award, Best Visiting Production, 1992
  
  
• Liverpool Echo Arts & Entertainment Awards, Best Touring Production (large scale) 1999

United States

• 8 Tony Awards – Broadway Production 1987
  Best Musical, Best Book (Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg), Best Score (Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schõnberg and Herbert Kretzmer), Best Director (Trevor Nunn & John Caird), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Frances Ruffelle), Best featured Actor in a Musical (Michael Maguire), Best Set designer (John Napier), Best Lighting Design (David Hersey)
  
  
• New York Drama Critics Award – Best Musical, 1987
  
  
• 5 Drama Desk Awards 1987
  Best Musical, Best Featured Actor (Michael Maguire), Best Orchestrations (John Cameron), Best Music (Claude Michel Schönberg), Best Set Design (John Napier).
  
  
• National Broadway Theatre Award 2001 - Best Score (Marius Company)
  
  
• Helen Hayes Awards 1986
  
  
• Washington Theatre Awards Society 1986
  • Best Non-Resident Production
  • Best Actor in a Non-Resident Production (Colm Wilkinson)
  • Best Supporting Performer in a Non-Resident Production (Frances Ruffelle)
  
  
• Grammies
  • For Best Original Broadway Cast Recording, 1988
  • Les Misérables Symphonic Recording 1991
  
  
• Recordings
  • Original Broadway cast recording Gold disc 1989
  • Les Misérables Symphonic Recording Gold Disc 1992
  • Les Misérables Symphonic Recording Highlights Gold Disc 1996
  
  
  
• Drama-Logue Publisher/Critics Award to Cameron Mackintosh 1988
  
  
• Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards 1988
  • Costume Design (Andreane Neofitou)
  • Lighting Design (David Hersey)
  • Original Music (Claude-Michel Schönberg)

Canada

• Dora Mavor Moore Awards 1989: Best Lighting, Best Set Design
• Dora Mavor Moore Awards 1999: Outstanding Male Performance in a Musical (Colm Wilkinson)
• Adisq Award 1990: Best Musical Production

Central & South America

• Argentina: ACE (Asociacion cronistas del Espectaculo) Awards for Best Musical and Best Production 2000
• Brazil: Premio Qualidade Brazil Award for Best Musical, 2001
• Mexico: Heraldo Awards 2003
  • Best Musical
  • Best Direction (Ken Caswell)
  • Best theatre Actor (Carlos Vittori – Valjean)

Japan

• 1987 Artistic Festival Prize awarded by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan

Australia

• Sydney Theatre Critics Circle Awards 1987
  • Best Musical
  • Best Actor of the Year in a Musical (Philip Quast)
  
  
• Sydney Mo Awards
  • Female Music Theatre Performer (Debbie Byrne) 1988 & 1989
  • Male Music theatre Performer (Philip Quast) 1988
  • Supporting Musical Theatre Performer (David Campbell) 1998
  
  
• Melbourne Green Room Awards 1990
  • Best Production (Cameron Mackintosh – Les Misérables)
  • Best Direction (Trevor Nunn, John Caird * Gale Edwards)
  • Set Design (John Napier)
  • Costume Design (Andreane Neoftou)
  • Male Lead (Rob Guest)
  • Female Lead (Marina Prior)
  • Male Performer in a Supporting Role (Anthony Warlow)
  • Female Performer in a Supporting Role (Robyn Arthur)
  
  
• Recording – Original London Cast Album
  • Gold Disc in Australia 1989
  • Double Platinum Disc in Australia 1991

Europe

• Sweden - Stockholm 1991
  • Best Male Leading Role (Tommy Korberg)
  • Best Female Leading Role (Maria Rydberg)
  • Best Male Supporting Role (Claes Malmberg)
  • The Jury's Special Prize (Ture Rangstrom)
  
  
• France - Paris 1992
  • The Moliere Award – Best Musical 1992
  • Les Victoires de la Musique – Meilleur Comedie, 1992
  
  
• Czech Republic – Prague
  • Gramy 1992
  • Thalia Musical Award, 2003 Jiri Korn (Thenardier)
  
  
• Hungary
  • Liszt Prize 1988
  • Musical Singer of the Year (Gyula Vikidal) 1990
  • Musical Singer of the Year (Sandor Sasvari) 1991
  • Gaszaimari Proze (Aniko Nagy) 1992
  • Honour Cross of the Hungarian Republic (Gyula Vikidal) 1994
  
  
• Denmark
  • Entrepenor Prisen (Morten Grunwald – producer) 1993
  • Sælgernes Pris (Morten Grunwald – producer) 1994
  • Det Berlinske Fonds Hæderspris (Morten Grunwald – producer) 1994
  • Wilhelm Hansen Fondens Ærespris (Morten Grunwald – producer) 1995
  
  
• Germany – Duisburg
  • Goldenen Europa Award – Musical of the Year 1996
  • Image Award Best Supporting Actress (Anne Welte) 1997
  
  
• Estonia – Tallinn
  • Cultural Endowment of Estonia þ Musical Award of the Year to Jassi Zahharov (Jean Valjean)
  
  
• Israel – Tel Aviv
  • Israeli Theatre Awards, 1st Prize for Musicals, 1999

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