Houston Family Arts Center Presents: Les Miserables Student Edition This classic, proudly presented by Houston Family Arts Center, is theworld's longest running musical, and this spectacular adaption of Victor Hugo's masterpiece continues to thrill audiences worldwide. Performances runweekends July 11-20 at the Berry Center Theatre, 8877 Barker Cypress Road. This is the student edition, a cast of 65, many who are UIL award winning students from several local high school ISD's. The voices are spectacular,and the audience will be swept away by the power, the passion and the triumph that is Les Miserables. The entire play is sung. For tickets andseat selection, please visit www.houstonfac.com For groups of 10 or more,please call 281.664.1418
If you are not one of the over 50 million people who have seen Les Miserables, please enjoy this short synopsis.
Jean Valjean, released from jail for stealing bread, assumes another identity and begins a new life, working his way up to the post of mayor of acountry town. By disappearing, he neglects the terms of his ticket of leave, and the obsessed policeman Javert vows to track him to the ends of the earth. Meanwhile, the tragic Fantine dies, and Valjean adopts her daughter, Cosette, by stealing her away from her foster parents, the evil innkeepers, the Thenardiers. As the play jumps forward in time, the handsome student Marius falls in love with the now grown Cosette. When revolution breaks out, Javert and Valjean find themselves confronting each other. When Valjean spares the policeman's life, Javert goes mad, unable to comprehend this man who he has hunted for years. He takes his own life, and Valjean, now an old man, finally finds peace.
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OPENING NIGHT UPDATE The Houston Family Arts Center found some of the most talented teenagers and children to perform in their rendition of Les Miserables: Student Edition. With 100% of the dialogue performed as songs, the actors and actresses have some very large voices to fill as Les Miserable is the longest running show ever...and everyone stepped up to the plate with great success. Costumes are excellent, set design is excellent and the story is of course timeless.
For parents with younger children, keep in mind, the student edition still includes most of the storyline, including desperate mother Fantine finding herself as a prostitute and the death of many of the characters in the final battle scene; although most of these parts will be over their heads. Language is also strong with several references to hell and several uses of the word d*mn. Since everything is in song, most of the words will not be noticed by kids anyway.
Overall, Les Miserable: Student Edition is a wonderful treat for families, especially families with pre-teens or teenagers.
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