Les Miserables (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (6,898)
See it if you like the music of the original production. Sets are nice.
Don't see it if you have kids. New production took a turn for the darker/grimier. Beloved characters became bad people. Poor singers. Others over the top
See it if You've never seen it before, however the original staging is superior.
Don't see it if You love the original, as this version does not live up to it's predecessor.
See it if I have seen a lot of shows, all shapes and sizes, I tell everyone that Le Miz is the benchmark of what a musical should be, the best musical
Don't see it if ever. It had great acting, singing, direction, songs and set. It is a period piece about the French revolution so it may not be for youseeit
See it if You love great theatre. This is a classic. Staging is not as good as the original in my opinion but you can't go wrong with GLORIOUS music!
Don't see it if There's no reason not to see this. It's a classic piece of theatre. A piece of history. You'd have to have a heart of stone to not be moved.
See it if you like big blockbusters. The staging is impressive, the pacing is fast (altho run time is long). Strong Owen-Jones. This is modern opera.
Don't see it if you want sensible plot, good acting/singing (it's spotty). Over-amplified and unmoving.More spectacle than substance. Not a fan of the score
See it if Before you see Hamilton, see this. You'll understand why it was the inspiration.
Don't see it if There is no reason not to see it.
See it if you've never seen it before. Or see it if you've only seen it 10 times before. This is an excellent revival.
Don't see it if It's Les Miz! Just see it already! (Or see it again... You know you want to!)
See it if One of the all time wonders. I have not seen in several years but enjoyed it the 3 times in the past. Also for history buffs.
Don't see it if Continuing the positive.. It opened at the same time as Phantom & Saigon and was my #1 at the time
Critic Reviews (27)
"Scenic tweaking aside, and an orchestra shrunk to 20 from 27, this “Les Miz” will offend none of the musical’s fans with any directorial innovations, and will give them a chance to assess how a new generation of performers meets the challenges of the score."
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"It may be unfair to compare a stage show to a movie, but after you’ve seen Paris, it’s hard to go back. As someone who didn’t dig Les Miz in its original theatrical form, I cop to shedding plenty of salty drops at the cineplex.This redesigned and youthfully cast reboot, though, left me dry: It’s strictly for existing fans."
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"I’m no fan of the show; Les Miz helped normalize the massive doomy stagings, the errant chandeliers and helicopters, the sadistic vocal writing in nearly sung-through scores that have continued to weigh down the form ever since. The new Broadway mounting atones for some of that. The directors do not exactly repudiate the original vision but they do simplify it enormously. Less Les is more."
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"This reboot of Les Miserables feels faster, grittier, gloomier and, above all, more emphatic than ever. The large number of young faces in the audience and their roaring approval throughout the performance suggests this is Les Miz for excitable teens and twentysomethings. Nothing sets youthful hearts racing, it seems, like a vigorous jolt of love, death and revolutionary spirit."
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" It’s been just six years since the last (and limp) revival of Les Misérables left Broadway. Now uber-producer Cameron Macintosh is remounting the blockbuster musical about income inequality in 19th-century France with a first-rate cast and a new production that nods to its recent cinematic incarnation."
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"Audiences go to musical comedies to laugh themselves silly. But when they go to musical plays, they want to be stirred by melody and shaken with emotion. Like it or not (and it’s always been more of an audience show than one for the critics), that’s what “Les Miz” delivers — beautiful melodies and unbridled emotions."
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"Critics of 'Les Misérables' call it bombastic. So what? It’s the nature of the beast. You have to embrace the grandeur, the melodrama, the insane plot twists, the doomed romances and the “I’ll hunt you down till the end of time” mania. All the emotions are THIS BIG—people don’t just sing, they belt to the heavens. And in this new revival, you mostly soar with them."
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"Each of the featured characters In Les Miserables has their moment center stage. The voices are so grand that at times it seemed like a contest with the audience applause meter ready to rock after each number. But the showstopper was a ballad, Bring Him Home, sung with such tenderness that it broke our collective hearts. You could almost hear them shatter."
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