Les Miserables Greenville reviews
Les Mis not impressed
The first time I saw Les Mis was as a teenager for a school project in 1988. I fell in love instantly. I took my future husband to see it while we were in college. And have returned to see it as often as I could when it has toured at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. I had not seen the show in several years, so I bought tickets to take my children this time. Hoping that they, too, would love it, as much as I. But I was so disappointed in my favorite show. I am not sure how they thought condensing this show would make it better. The music sped up did nothing to let you get involved with the story. And that's the whole point to to become emotionally attached to the beautiful stories and the characters. I felt that the actors were just going through the motions of singing. Though the voices were beautiful and the sets great, I am just not sure that I would ever spend this much money again. I still to my Original Cast Recording and relive the show in my mind from over 20 years ago.
I also am not impressed with the acoustics lately at the Fox Theatre. I am not sure if changes have been made, but the past few shows that we have seen there have been very difficult to understand the dialog and even some of the singing.