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Blockbuster musical Les Misérables is returning to Toronto in 2012, to the same theatre where it had its Canadian premiere more than 20 years ago. A revamped production of the Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg musical will play downtown Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre beginning July 20, theatre impresarios Cameron Mackintosh and David Mirvish announced on Tuesday. Mackintosh is behind the 25th anniversary production,sacs louis vuitton which includes a new staging and re-imagined scenery based on paintings by Victor Hugo, whose classic novel of the same name inspired the musical. The theatre show tells the story of a loosely related band of characters battling hardship, searching for love and seeking salvation in 19th-century France. The score includes such songs as I Dreamed a Dream, On My Own, Master of the House and Do You Hear the People Sing? British theatre mogul Mackintosh unveiled his revamp at London's Barbican theatre in October 2010. The original version, which premiered in October 1985, continues to play at Queen's Theatre in London's West End and is among the world's longest-running musicals. A forthcoming film adaptation will be directed by Tom Hooper and star Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. The new show "has surpassed all my expectations, having been embraced by Les Mis fans and new audiences everywhere," Mackintosh said, noting the 25th anniversary edition has sold out venues in the UK, Spain and the U.S. "I am really thrilled to come back to one of my favourite theatres in the world, the beautiful Royal Alex, with this exciting production." An all-Canadian cast will star in the forthcoming Toronto run. Les Misérables debuted in Canada on March 15, 1989, eventually running for 63 weeks at the Royal Alex. The show returned for Toronto engagements in 1991, 1992, 1998 and 2005.
