05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- AU Financial Review
Critics hated Les Miserables. Cameron Mackintosh trusted the public
Critics hated Les Miserables when the musical debuted 40 years ago – its producer, Cameron Mackintosh, remembers one called it 'the Glums' – yet over the next month it will play to 300,000 people in Australia.
The billionaire British impresario, visiting Sydney last week to launch the Australian leg of a 16-month global tour for Les Miserables: The Arena Spectacular, doesn't hesitate when asked how the adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel overcame poor reviews to become a phenomenon that's sold more than 130 million tickets.
