It seems that the musical Les Miserables gets a lot of negative comments "theater folk." I've heard arguments against it ranging from "a score made up entirely of reprises," to "performers get swallowed up in the spectacle." The thing is, I think that "Les Miz" may arguably be the most well-crafted ... and Schonenberg, however, are in a class closer to that of Sondheim. Yes, that Sondheim. Heresy, I know – but hear me out. First, in Les Miz, there's the matter of the overall score. It's huge and bombastic and in a word, epic. That's what many of the show's detractors cite as ... -by-ste...

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