Electricity24601
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Paris Production?My mom and I are planning a trip to Paris. My mom tried to email me an article about a French-language les mis production opening there, but the link wasn't working. I tried searching for it, but didn't find anything. So I was just wondering if anyone could fill me in with the details.
Is this really happening (and if so, when)? Is it a Cammack? Is this the first time Les Mis has been in France since the concept recording?
Any info would be appreciated. Thanks guys.
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Quique
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I haven't heard anything about the show returning to France. If it does, I doubt it'll be produced by Cammack. But then again, nobody dreamed there would be a Broadway revival by him anytime soon, lol.
Yes, the Cammack production of Les Mis has played France once before back in 1991 at the Mogador Theatre in Paris. There's an official cast recording of it.
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Gargamel
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I live in France and I haven't heard of anything like that.
In 2006, there was a school edition at the Th��tre du Trianon in Paris for only one night... There is also some a summer show about Les Mis�rables in Montreuil-sur-Mer, but not the musical.
The "concept" was on stage in Paris in 1980 for 107 nights. It then was in Paris (Th��tre Mogador, now just purchased by Stage Entertainment for the new "Lion King" french production).
The Paris revival was very good, but it stopped after one year. Cammack lost money with it. From that failure, it became almost impossible to see a "classical" musical in Paris. Nobody wanted to "risk" it again.
It is then almost impossible that it will ever come back to Paris one day... 
Now years have passed, some touring productions come in Paris sometimes: Hair, West Side Story (I am going to see West Side Story in december, and I'm VERY excited about it).
The Lion King is opening these days in Mogador for one year minimum, all eyes are on it. If it is a succes (in my opinion, it is very risky...) then we can imagine to have some other productions. If not... then I think we could be forced to buy a ticket to London to see a musical for many many years before seeing another production of a musical in Paris...
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