Les Misérables
Stage
Do You Hear the Countries Sing?
Utah Shakespeare Festival’s marquee production has parallels in contemporary America
June 21st, 2012
Profundity-averse theatergoers might ignore the social crosscurrents swirling through Les Misérables, instead distilling it to a chase tale—The Fugitive as operetta—but others will likely be struck by how eerily the societal roiling of 19th-century France mirrors the turbulent divisions of 21st-century America. Read more »
