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protectionsquad24601 · 5 months

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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!

#les mis #les miserables #judaism #isaiah #yeshayahu #navi #claude michel schöneberg #les mis musical #les miserables musical #alain boublil #herbert kretzmer #robert hossein

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euphraisette · 5 months

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fantines “i dreamed a dream” motif being repeated for marius and cosette in “one day more” because fantines dream of true love is finally being reALIZED THROUGH HER DAUGHTER EVERYBODY SHUT THE FUCK UP

#les mis #les miserables #les mis musical #les miserables musical #analysis

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have-you-seen-this-musical · 3 months

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Have you seen this Musical?

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thekinglemingle · 1 month

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Please help me Tumblr.

What's the deal with Gavroche?

Why can he break the fourth wall? My wife says it's "because he's the narrator" but I feel you can't introduce a narrator in the second act and Paris/Look Down and Stars aren't really enough fourth wall breaks to count as a narrator. So why does the musical include this?

#gavroche #les miserables #les miserables musical

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theatre-stuff · 9 months

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If I had a nickel for every time an Aaron Tveit character got really passionate about something in France I would have 2 nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

#les mis #les mierables #les miserables musical #moulin rouge #moulin rouge! the musical #i think i’m funny #musical theatre #musical theater #musicals #broadway #broadway musicals #aaron tveit #christian the composer #enjolras #moulin rouge broadway

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endearingfascination · 7 months

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no story is complete without the aroace king protagonist who has his own stuff going on and the repressed homosexual guy who’s dedicated their life to being obsessed with him (this is about les mis)

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littlesongbirb · 26 days

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My long distance friend and I are talking about getting matching Les Mis quote tattoos

What do yall think about this idea? (Their favourite character is Enjolras and mine is Gavroche)

#les mis #les miserables #gavroche #enjolras #les miserables musical #victor hugo

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ghost-vivs · 6 months

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rewatched the 10th anniversary concert and did not expect that scene to emotionally hit me the way it did

#les miserables #les mis #jean valjean #les miserables musical

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nopeemi · 1 year

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maybe i spent the my october obessed about vampires

vampire!enj is something that can be so special to a girl whos a nongirl(me)

+ silly funny cute comic about the babygirls

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ghost-of-diogenes · 1 month

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I watched Les Miserables live! With a friend who knew nothing about it outside of the song One Day More

they didn’t expect so much death

referred to Les Amis as “the twinks”

thought Javert was hot and shipped him with Jean Valjean

referred to Cosette as Casenoisette and Casoupee

shipped Enjoltaire (they called them the drunk one and human Shrek, they thought the actor plying Enjolras looked like human Shrek)

also in this production when Thenardier sings “this one’s a queer, but what can you do,” instead he said “this one’s a queer, think I’ll try it to,” and swept a guy into a dip. They called this iconic, they are correct.

Enjolras and Grantaire were perfect. The actor of Grantaire understood the assignment. So many yearning looks and his desperation to stop enjolras right before he dies. Grantaire last one alive then climbs the barricade finally and then is shot dead. also he was close with Gavroche which made it really hurt when he died.

also the Javert bridge fall was done in such a freaking cool way it’s hard to explain. I know some of this is just part of the touring production, but it’s my first time seeing the show live since I was six.

Also Jean Valjean had the voice of an angel, but with his grey hair from a distance he looked like Connor Roy

#les mis #les miserables #enjolras #grantaire #enjoltaire #les amis #jean valjean #javert #Jean valjean x javert #enjolras x grantaire #les miserables musical #musical theater #musical theatre #connor roy #cosette fauchelevent

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spookysplatt · 11 months

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Javert: Your time is up and your parole's begun. You know what that means?

Valjean: Yes, it means I'm free!

Javert:

#les mis #les miserables #les miserables musical #les mis musical #les mis broadway #he said it with his CHEST #put his whole javussy into it #<- I didn't add that tag #/j

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protectionsquad24601 · 7 months

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Jean Valjean saving Marius in the musical: "he's like the son I might have known"

Jean Valjean in the brick: 'he gazed at him in that half-light with an inexpressible hatred'

#les mis #les miserables #the brick #victor hugo #jean valjean #marius #marius pontmercy #bring him home #les miserables musical #the musical version is so soft but in the brick hes fuming

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euphraisette · 4 months

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another les mis musicality thought: eponine's 'and i know it's only in my mind, that i'm talking to myself and not to him' melody in 'on my own' is repeated in the epilogue when cosette sings 'you will live, papa you're going to live / it's too soon, too soon to say goodbye' because 1) eponine and cosette are mirrors of each other and 2) just as eponine knows that marius doesn't love her and she's deluding herself in her imagination, deep down cosette knows that valjean is going to die and she, too, will be left on her own

#les mis #les miserables #les mis musical #les miserables musical #musical #broadway #analysis

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behindthemirrorofmusic · 2 months

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Just read through the transcript of last Saturdays Ethan Freeman Night stream by @wheel-of-fish

So glad to see you all loved the documentary so much, and thank you for all your kind words, they mean a lot!!

The Ethan talks Phantom followup documentary will be out in September, to coincidence with the anniversary with the original Leroux novel's anniversary.

For anyone who missed it on Saturday, the full documentary is now on YouTube:

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#phantom of the opera #poto #the phantom of the opera #ethan freeman #jekyll and hyde musical #jekyll and hyde #les miserables musical #les miz #evita musical #elisabeth das musical #youtube #jewish actors #jewish artist #jumblr #jewblr #erik phantom of the opera #erik phantom

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weiwuxiankinnie · 7 months

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He was Antinous, wild. You would have said, seeing the thoughtful reflection of his eye, that he had already, in some preceding existence, been through the revolutionary apocalypse.

Enjolras cosplay

#enjolras #enjolras cosplay #les mis #les miserables #les misérables #victor hugo #enjoltaire #aaron tveit #les amis de l'abc #les amis #les miserables musical

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ace-of-toodles · 4 months

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Here are some rough sketches from when I was figuring out the character design for Jean Valjean and Javert for a Les Mis illustration.

#les mierables #les mis #fanart #illustration #jean valjean #javert #colm wilkinson #anthony perkins #victor hugo #les miserables musical

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