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Production photos of Quasimodo featuring 정성화 Jung Sung Hwa, 양준모 Yang Jun Mo and 윤형렬 Yoon Hyung Ryeol for the 2024 Notre Dame de Paris run, photos courtesy of Mast Entertainment company.

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🎄 Merry Les Mis Christmas, everyone [2/2] 🎄

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I don't think people understand how intrinsically Jewish the Les Misérables musical is. The writers of the original French musical were Claude-Michel Schönberg (Hungarian Jew), Alain Boublil (Sephardic Jew), and directed by Robert Hossein (Moldovian Jew). Schöneberg also composed the music. It was adapted into English by Herbert Kretzmer (Lithuanian Jew).

The lyrics include many references to Jewish beliefs and values. Schöneberg said in an interview, "When I’m writing a show there is always a part that is typically Jewish."

However, the one that sticks out to me especially is a line from the Epilogue:

"They will live again in freedom,

In the garden of the Lord;

They will walk behind the ploughshare,

They will put away the sword."

The origin of the phrase - specifically, the bit about 'ploughshares' and 'swords' - can be traced back to a nevuah (prophecy) by Yeshayahu (Isaiah), a Jewish navi (prophet) from the sefer Yeshayahu (Book of Isaiah). (Sorry, yes, I insist on the Hebrew words first.)

"The Torah will go forth from Tzion (Zion) and the word of Hashem from Yerushalayim (Jerusalem)... They will then cut their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning knives. No nation will lift a sword against the other, and they will no longer learn warfare."

This is a quote about the 'end of days', and the idea of a peaceful paradise free from war was emulated in the song to convey a similar paradise for our barricade boys, the casualties of the June Rebellion. This is only one of the many examples of Jewish themes and references in the Les Misérables musical!

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Judas Iscariot

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Jesus Christ Superstar 2000

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don't ya want to know? do ya really wanna know?

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Teaser for the Paris production of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

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@lesmisletters are we having fun

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Les Misérables - French concert production in China

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Official poster for the 2024 Paris revival production of Les Misérables

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Prob from last season, shared Nov 13, 2023

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Starmania fanart !! I put all my heart (and pain) in it ! Hope you like it :))

( update : I put my heart, my pain AND 10 hours of my life in it lmao)

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Portraits of the cast of the 2024 French concert production of Les Misérables in China

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Alex and Adrien performed Les uns contre les autres on tv tonight (Nov 10, 2023)

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Concept art for the costumes of the 2024 Paris production of Les Misérables

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GLASS WAKE UP ANTON ZETTERHOLM JUST DROPPED A STEADILY FILMED BOOT OF POTO STOCKHOLM ACT 1

Omg Anton you are the hero we deserve

Also I don't think this is a boot, this looks like a proshot (which, hey Mr. Zetterholm, are you sure you should be uploading this?). Regardless, it looks like he, or whoever runs his YouTube channel, is still uploading as we speak so hopefully Act 2 is coming!

(And he's also posting stuff of his wifey, how sweet.)