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Marguerite, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London The Long Road, Soho Theatre, London The Pitman Painters, Cottesloe, London (The Independent)

Sat, 24 May 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Oh la la! This is, clearly, the height of passion: French kissing as your French windows explode. I knew that the new musical Marguerite – co-written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg of Les Misérables – was based on the legendary Parisian courtesan Marie Duplessis. However, I never realised that being a sex bomb literally entailed detonation.

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The paradox of academic intolerance? (PrawfsBlawg)

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:04:51 GMT

... theoretical physics, (b) a bigot in my inveterate hostility towards any musical by French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg, and (c) parochial compared to many of my colleagues who are polylingual (alas, I speak only English fluently) and are always walzing off to some conference or teaching junket at Bellagio or Dubai or Singapore). To my knowledge, Schlafly's specific positions...

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Marguerite, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London (The Independent)

Wed, 21 May 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, the creators of Les Miserables, like to set love stories against vast political backdrops. In Miss Saigon they transplanted a Madam Butterfly-style relationship to the Vietnam War. And now, in Marguerite, the new musical for which they have written the book, they have updated La Dame aux Camelias – the inspiration for Verdi's La Traviata...

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Review - Marguerite - The Musical! at the Theatre Royal Haymarket (West End Whingers)

Sun, 11 May 2008 20:46:18 GMT

... Marguerite may not be a corker, but we certainly weren't throwing tomatoes. Marguerite is the new Michel Legrand musical with book and lyrics by the Les Miz team of Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg (plus director Jonathan Kent) and lyricist Herbert Kretzmer . Yes, that's the same Kretzmer who wrote the iconic Peter Sellers/Sophia Loren hit “Goodness, Gracious Me”...

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UT's Pioneer Plans Miss Saigon, Fair Lady, Piazza and Premiere of Yellow Leaf (PlayBill)

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:29:09 GMT

... Miserables was a smash in 2007, and is a hot ticket this spring. Les Miz writers Alain Boublil and Claude Michel Schönberg will be a major draw again with their Vietnam-era re-imagining (with co-lyricist Richard Maltby Jr.) of the Madame Butterfly story, Miss Saigon, May 1-16, 2009.For the first time in over 25 years, the theatre will produce three musicals in a single season....

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Photo Journal: Moran's Night Passage Premieres in Dallas with The Turtle Creek Chorale (PlaybillArts.com)

mblank@playbill.com (Matt Blank) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:24:00 GMT

... which included musical selections by such artists as Cy Coleman, Andre Thomas, David Conte and Claude-Michel Schönberg."Education is one of the four pillars of our mission," says Artistic Director Dr. Jonathan Palant. "My goal is to educate the audience about Wilde and what he was about. The readings all have to do with the musical selections on the first half."The Turtle Creek...

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Arkansas Rep Has Les Miz, Tommy and More Lined Up for 2008-09 (PlayBill)

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:30:42 GMT

Arkansas Rep Has Les Miz, Tommy and More Lined Up for 2008-09Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock, AK, will open its 33rd season with a resident production of the international smash musical Les Miserables, Sept. 12-Oct. 12.Producing artistic director Robert Hupp will direct the Victor Hugo-inspired musical by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer. The...

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Today In Theatre History: MARCH 12 (PlayBill)

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:47:30 GMT

... years of hiding from Javert as Les Miserables opens on Broadway. Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg based their book on the novel by Victor Hugo. Music is provided by Schonberg and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. Trevor Nunn stages. Colm Wilkinson and Terrence Mann star as the arch enemies. It will become the third-longest-running Broadway show in history.1998 The hills are revived!...

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FL's Actors' Playhouse to Premiere Miami Bombshells Musical in 2008-09; Les Miz Also Slated (PlayBill)

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:51:28 GMT

... South Florida regional production of Cameron Mackintosh's international hit, which has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil, book by Schönberg and Alain Boublil.The Florida premiere of Havana Bourgeois by Carlos Lacámara of Los Angeles, will play May 6-June 7, 2009. "Set in Cuba from 1958-1960, Havana Bourgeois explores the impact...

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Broadway's Panaro, a Philly Native, Will Be Jean Valjean at Walnut Street (PlayBill)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:59:07 GMT

Broadway's Panaro, a Philly Native, Will Be Jean Valjean at Walnut StreetBy 03 Mar 2008 Hugh Panarophoto by Ben StrothmannThe Walnut Street Theatre will welcome Broadway veteran and Philadelphia native Hugh Panaro as Jean Valjean to its three-month production of the musical, Les Misérables. The Walnut's all-new production of the Victor Hugo-inspired musical by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel...

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Les Miserables: 10th Anniversary Concert At London's Royal Albert Hall (DVDVerdict)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Les Miserables, one of the most successful theatrical musicals ever, was written by French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg on a libretto by Alain Boublil in France during 1980. It has been running in the West End of the London theatre district going on a record setting 23 years and is currently ranked as the third longest running show in the history of Broadway, behind only Phantom...

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Disney's Tarzan, Les Miz and Oklahoma! Set for Theater of the Stars 2008-2009 Season (PlayBill)

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:57:49 GMT

... Fields as Sofia – a role she originated in the Broadway production. Former Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams plays soul-singer Shug Avery, while "American Idol"'s LaToya London portrays Nettie.Les Miserables will be presented in a new original staging Sept. 19-28. The award-winning musical based on the classic Victor Hugo novel features a book by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel...

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Les Mis team reunite in West End (BBC News)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:42:14 GMT

Arif Ansari Entertainment reporter, BBC News Julian Ovenden (left), Ruthie Henshall and Alexander Hanson star in the showThe three men who wrote the hugely successful musical Les Miserables have reunited to create a new stage show, Marguerite.Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Herbert Kretzmer wrote the music and lyrics for Les Miserables, which has been translated into...

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Review: 'Avenue Q' cute, but leave kids at home (JSOnline)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:50:11 GMT

As the last century approached its end, the big question in musical theater was who would replace the foreigners. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg had dominated the '80s and '90s with sweeping epics that were estab...

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Richardson Pearce's 'Miss Saigon' is music to veterans' ears (Dallas Morning News)

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Miss Saigon, a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, is set initially in Saigon during the last days of American presence in Vietnam. It's the saga of an American soldier and a Vietnamese girl who fall in love only to be separated. The ensuing scenes follow their struggles to find each other.

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Hollywood Bowl to Present Starry Les Miserables in Concert in Summer 2008 (PlayBill)

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:29:20 GMT

... and redemption."Produced by Cameron Mackintosh, Les Miserables was penned by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the classic novel by Victor Hugo. It features music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, with original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel and additional material by James Fenton.Les Miz was first...

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Another Day, Another Destiny: Broadway Revival of Les Miz Closes (PlayBill)

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 07:20:06 GMT

RELATED ARTICLES: 29 Oct 2007 -- 23 Oct 2007 -- 05 Sep 2007 -- 23 Jul 2007 -- 29 Jun 2007 -- 29 Oct 2007 -- 23 Oct 2007 -- 05 Sep 2007 -- 23 Jul 2007 -- 29 Jun 2007 -- Another Day, Another Destiny: Broadway Revival of Les Miz ClosesJohn Owen-Jones in Les Misérablesphoto by Michael Le Poer TrenchThe barricades will fall. The second Broadway engagement of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel...

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Miss Saigon's Ampil Releases Solo Debut Recording (PlayBill)

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:57:44 GMT

Ampil, whose work in Miss Saigon was captured on the expansive international complete symphonic recording of the Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil musical, counts among her West End and European musical credits both Eponine and Fantine in Les Miserables, as well as Rent, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Musical of Musicals, I Sing! and Hair.

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2007 Albums (Ambival.net)

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:22:00 GMT

... Mass Destruction – Annie Lennox Year Zero – Nine Inch Nails The Pirate Queen – Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg Brave – Jennifer Lopez Versatile Heart – Linda Thompson Are You Listening? – Dolores O’Riordan Divinidyll – Vanessa Paradis Release the Stars – Rufus Wainwright The Good, the Bad & The Queen – The Good, the Bad & the Queen Life in Cartoon Motion – MIKA The...

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PLANNING - Johannesburg, South Africa (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:32:14 GMT

... the proud owners of two tickets to the premier of Marguerite, a new musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (writers of Miss Saigon and Les Miserables), starring Ruthie Henshall. The performance is on the 20th May 2008. watch this space for a review in a few months time.

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