Les Miserables August 30, 2008

'Les Miserables,' a musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, is based on Victor Hugo's famous novel of 19th-century France. It is the story of one man, the fugitive, Jean Valjean, who is pitted against the cruel and self righteous police Inspector Javert in a life long struggle to evade capture. The two men, in a constant battle of wits and wills, find themselves in the middle of a revolution, the aftermath of which will determine their fates.