Les Miserables at Academy of Music

Ever since the musical's creation in the late 1900s, Les Misérables has risen up from a short-lived musical sung in French found in Paris, France to today's longest-running musical in the entire world. Over the last four decades that this stunning show has been touring, the show has been produced in 22 different languages, in 53 countries, and has been drawing in more and more theatergoers in each locale visited.

In September, the musical’s run brings it to a new location in Philadelphia, where Les Misérables will be performed in Academy Of Music on Tuesday 3rd September 2024. Academy Of Music was masterfully built and prepared as the favorite play venue of Philadelphia, housing well-executed interior, from stage to seats, that is sizeable enough to have a musical of this standard, while also having adequate services that can be found inside the venue.

The show is all about the life of Jean Valjean, a parolee desperately searching for a second chance after breaks free from parole. Valjean's full story, and the relationships he builds along the way, are performed sung-through entirely from the start to the end of the incredible show. Les Mis being sung from start to finish is a storytelling tactic that the show has over other known Broadway productions, and is the primary reason why each individual song performance always stuns its viewers, in every sentence or note sung.

It's no wonder that because of this method, the play is also full of impressive song numbers. Interestingly, in the face of the collection of songs that can be watched in Les Mis, every single cast member in the play is given their own spotlight, with each individual number given as much emotional depth as the rest. Not one single person who has attended Les Mis can fail to recall Fantine’s “I Dreamed A Dream”, which brings with the song a heavy heart and has been covered without end by other performers in present-day cinema. “Bring Him Home” also intensely closes out the conflict in our beloved characters, subtly showing us the redemption of Jean Valjean’s character in just one completely awe-inspiring song.

Les Misérables will only be available in Academy Of Music, Philadelphia for a limited season and on Tuesday 3rd September 2024; tickets are now up for grabs via our ticketing partner by clicking the links that can be found on top of this page.