Les Miserables at Tennessee Performing Arts Center

In 1980, a grand idea was conceived when Jean-Marc Natel, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Alain Boubil created the very first stage script for the stage adaptation, Les Misérables (previously in the French language). Created from Victor Hugo’s late book of the identical name, Les Misérables was transformed and turned into a musical performed as a show only sung from start to finish, which was monumental in that time period.

Following an initial showing in Paris, there was obviously overwhelming support to produce a more accessible version, and when Cameron Macikintosh discovered the musical score, he instantly fell in love and announced he was going to create an English interpretation hand in hand with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Herbert Kretzmer, who wrote the translated song numbers. The English version of the musical only performed with a two-month period at the Barbican Centre, but due to its astounding success and positive reviews from critics, the musical quickly moved to West End’s Palace Theatre in 1985, a more bustling and superior venue, and was performed for 19 years. The West End play then moved one more time to another venue, the Queen’s Theatre (which one day renovated and renamed to The Sondheim Theatre in roughly half a decade ago), and continues to run up until today. Counting all its runs since its first showing all those years ago, the stage adaptation of Les Mis is as it happens, the longest-running musical in the entire world.

With almost 4 decades in West End solely and not even listing its tours in international locations, especially its sold-out shows on Broadway, it is with certainty that this global hit endures and is astounding in the eyes of the show's audiences. The storyline and the epic musical score, which revolves around redemption, sacrifice, and unrequited love, tugs on a viewer's heartstrings due to the evident heart behind each song and act performed. The musical has become so famous that it has been converted to motion pictures repeatedly and has been met with glowing reviews even on a separate platform.

This approaching January’s production of Les Misérables carries it to Tennessee, where the show will be hosted on Sunday 25th January 2026, in Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nashville. For a sung-through musical like this, theatergoers can agree that Tennessee Performing Arts Center is the best choice because of its audio engineering and acoustic range, as well as a spacious stage platform to have the play. For ticket purchases or queries, seats can be bought by using the links that can be clicked on the top of this page.