Les Misérables School Edition - July 10 - July 12, 2026
Firebird Children's Theatre
Music Theatre International
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Alain Boubil
Author
Alain Boublil conceived the musicals, La Révolution Française (the first-ever staged French rock opera) and Les Misérables. He is the author of the librettos and original lyrics for those works as well as for Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen, all in collaboration with lifelong creative partner, composer Claude-Michel Schönberg. He also co-produced with Claude-Michel the original cast albums of all his shows. He co-wrote the screenplay of the Golden Globe-winning and Oscar nominated film Les Misérables. His many awards include two Tonys, two Grammys, two Victoire de la Musique and two Molière Awards for Les Misérables (1991 and 2025). He received a Best Song Oscar nomination for Suddenly from the movie version of Les Misérables. He is long married to singer, actress and director Marie Zamora, the Paris Cosette of 1991, and is the father of four sons. Alain was nominated on 14 July 2024 to the Légion d’Honneur in France.
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Claude-Michel Schonberg
Author
Claude-Michel Schönberg began his career in France as a singer, writer and producer of pop songs. In collaboration with Alain Boublil, he is the book co-writer and the composer of La Révolution Française, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen. In 2012, Schönberg co-wrote the screenplay and reconceived the music for the Les Misérables musical movie. His shows have won WhatsonStage audience awards for Best West End Show and Best Musical Revival for the London production of Miss Saigon, Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee and Grammy Award winner. As a Professor of Contemporary Theatre at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University and is now an Emeritus Fellow. He is an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music where he is a guest Professor. Schönberg married the English ballerina, Charlotte Talbot, in 2003. He is the father of one son and two daughters.
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