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Ovations for "Les Miserables" Opening night was received with a standing ovation for the talented group of regional youth, directed by Karen O'Baker Porter, performing…
Ovations for “Les Miserables”
Opening night was received with a standing ovation for the talented group of regional youth, directed by Karen O’Baker Porter, performing the musical “Les Miserables, School Edition” in Geauga Lyric Theater Guilds Skip Kelley Youth Production. Referred to as Les Mis by those in the know, this show is the second longest running musical in the world.
Set in France during social revolutions, the story follows a man imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread, his adopted daughter and her unfortunate mother, street urchins and noble university students.
“Our audiences will, I hope, be moved by these performances through both laughter and tears and leave the theater feeling they have gone on a marvelous journey through a world of sacrifice, redemption and great hope for the future,” stated producer Civia Wiesner.
“Les Miserables, School Edition,” book by Alain Boublil, music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil and based on the novel by Victor Hugo, is sponsored by Lake Health.
The show runs weekends through Feb. 10. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8 p.m.; Sunday performances are at 2 p.m. All tickets are $12.
The historic Geauga Theater is located at 101 Water St. in Chardon. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.geaugatheater.org or call the box office at 440?286?2255.
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