1. In Defense of Les Miserables
It seems that the musical Les Miserables gets a lot of negative comments "theater folk." ... First, in Les Miz, there's the matter of the overall score. ... Can you imagine a Les Mis with a chamber score (i.e., Passion or The Light in the Piazza)? ... Basically, the integration of book and music in Les Miserables is so well-done that the only person who could top it (and has) is Stephen Sondheim. ... Feeney, but as the original John Adams in 1776) dislike Les Miz, or are loath to admit that they do? ...
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