Arizona Onstage to tackle epic musical 'Les Misérables'

Arizona Onstage to tackle epic musical 'Les Misérables'

By Kathy Allen

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If you go

What: Arizona Onstage Productions’ “Les Miserables.”

By: Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg.

When: Preview (sold out) is 7 p.m. Friday; regular performances are 7 p.m. Saturday (opening) and Aug. 16, with matinees at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16 and 17.

Where: Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway.

Tickets: $48.50, with discounts available (no reserved seats).

Reservations/information: 1-800-838-3006, arizonaonstage.org or brownpapertickets.com

Running time: 2 hours 50 minutes, with one intermission.

Arizona Onstage’s ‘Les Miserables’ by the numbers

$10,000

price paid for royalties, rental of music and legal fees.

$41,000

the budget for this production.

340

people who auditioned for a role in the production.

130

approximate number of times Kevin Johnson heard auditioners sing “On My Own” from the play.

41

cast members

15

musicians in orchestra.

6

performances of the Arizona Onstage production.

501

seats at the Berger Center for Performing Arts.

472

available seats, thanks to the necessary lighting equipment.

820

approximate number of costumes, wigs and props.

Kevin Johnson isn’t easily daunted.

The founder of Arizona Onstage Productions has taken on the task of producing and directing a much-loved and massive musical: “Les Misérables,” based on Victor Hugo’s epic novel about a man who spends his life fleeing the law and seeking redemption in 19th-century France. It opens in previews Friday and plays for two weekends.

Read the entire preview here:

Arizona Onstage to tackle epic musical 'Les Misérables'