Les Miserables Staged Concert to Stream Through PBS Starting February 25

Unlike previous stage musicals shown on PBS, Les Misérables will not be part of the station's Great Performances series but air as part of PBS special programming.

Seen by over 120 million people worldwide, Les Misérables is undisputedly one of the world's most popular musicals. Coinciding with its 35th triumphant year in London's West End, Cameron Mackintosh produced a spectacular sell-out staged concert version at the Gielgud Theatre.

The filmed stage production was acquired by PBS from NBCUniversal Global Distribution and will arrive on PBS stations this month.

Featuring an all-star cast including Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Matt Lucas, and John Owen Jones, Les Misérables: The Staged Concert is part of special programming premiering on PBS stations beginning Saturday, February 25, 2023. Check your local listings for further information.

The concert will also stream through PBS' donation-based streaming platform, PBS Passport starting the same day.

Les Misérables: The Staged Concert features a cast and orchestra of over 65, filmed live at London's Gielgud Theatre in 2019.

Unlike previous concerts, such as the 25th-anniversary production and the original 10th-anniversary celebration, the 2019 concert features complete staging (which differs from the original London staging of the show). 

Cameron Mackintosh's presentation of Boublil & Schönberg’s Les Misérables – The Staged Concert was originally released to cinemas in 2019 and later made a one-night-only cinema appearance in the UK. This is the first time the concert will be broadcast in the US.

The musical is based on the novel by Victor Hugo, with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, and original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel.

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