'Les Miz', Broadway Show, 16

Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 03:35:06 GMT
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On May 18 this blockbuster version of the Victor Hugo novel that helped define
the mega-musical of the 1980's will go dark at the Imperial Theater, taking its
place in the record books as the second longest-running Broadway show of all
time, after "Cats." With the closing of "Cats" in September 2000 and of "Miss Saigon" in January
2001, the closing of "Les Miz" inevitably seems heavy with symbolism, like the
end of an era. This leaves "The Phantom of the Opera" as the last remaining big
British import, which will soon become the third longest-running show in
Broadway history.
This also follows the recent loss of The Fantasticks (See post of Jan 11, 2002),
the longest running Off-Broadway show.