Les Misérables- Manila (The Theatre at Solaire)
Catch it until May 1 One of the best renditions ever Victor Hugo's book was required reading when I was still in high school. It was hard to fight the tears because of the misery everyone suffered, most especially Monsieur Jean Valjean. I have seen several versions of this classic story: Straight plays, musicals(including the Broadway version, and the Repertory Philippines production) and movies(my favourite movie is the Hugh Jackman version). I even watched a couple of French versions(A musical with original French lyrics , and a movie that's not a musical without subtitles). Every version is beautiful in their own right, and every time I watch it, I pretend that it's the first time and I always get excited. When I learned that this (as described by Ticket World) musical phenomenon would be staged at The Theatre at Solaire, I was so excited. I wanted to watch it with a special someone, but how could I refuse my dad when he said that it w...