Les Misérables is a masterpiece. It is a beautiful, swirling vision brought stunningly to life by director Tom Hooper and producer Cameron Mackintosh. I have always been a fan of the musical, even before I saw the show in London. The haunting melodies of Claude-Michel Schonberg have enthralled and enchanted me all my life, and…

30 years ago today, the musical masterpiece Les Miserables opened on London’s West End. Adapted from the gargantuan novel of the same name by Victor Hugo, the opera tells the interweaving stories of an ensemble cast in Revolutionary France and deals with themes as heavy as political corruption, poverty, morality, and death, all through the medium of…