Blame Anne Hathaway! LES MIS returning to Broadway ......
Les Misérables is returning to its New York home 11 years after its historic Broadway run. In March 2014, a revised production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical will debut at New York’s Imperial Theatre, the same stage where the original show ran for 13 years until 2003. “This magnificent theater has the perfect blend of scale and intimacy for a story like Les Misérables, and I can’t wait to put together a brilliant company to bring this great musical to new generations of Broadway audiences,” said producer Cameron Mackintosh, in a statement.
The original Les Misérables debuted at London’s Barbican Theatre in 1985, and it continues to play in the West End, making it the world’s longest-running musical.
Casting for the new American production will be announced later this summer, but Laurence Connor and James Powell, who co-directed the version of the show that is currently touring North America, will helm the Broadway show as well. Previews will begin March 1 with opening night scheduled for March 23.
SOURCE http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/05/30/les-miserables-broadway-return/