Les Miserables at Orpheum Theatre San Francisco

Let’s be frank: LES MISÉRABLES is an unparalleled theatrical experience.

It’s storytelling that hits home and profoundly affects anybody that would listen, even more than 150 years after Victor Hugo published his landmark novel. It’s exquisite music - from orchestra down to the very last voice - and soaring melodies that you’ll remember long after the curtain has fallen; it’s a superb musical production that will sweep you off your feet, enthral you, and tear your heart apart, and stitch it back together - forever changed.

An iconic story

Following the journey of French peasant Jean Valjean from hopelessness to redemption, Victor Hugo’s iconic 1862 novel inspired writers Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Jean-Marc Natel to create a theatrical masterpiece oozing with passion, heart, and emotion. Victor Hugo’s iconic 1862 tale about French peasant Jean Valjean’s journey from despair, his search for salvation, love, and revolution made for the perfect foundation for a theatrical masterpiece - and that is exactly what writers Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, alongside composer Claude-Michel Schönberg {had in mind for their celebrated sung-through musical|were hoping for - something incredible to turn into a theatrical triumph. The result was larger-than-life - not only did LES MISÉRABLES, since its English-version premiere in the West End in 1985, become the longest-running musical in the West End and the second-longest running musical on Broadway, but received numerous very well-deserved awards, including a Laurence Olivier Award, eight Tony Awards, five Drama Desk Awards, and a New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award..

LES MISÉRABLES has been hailed by critics as a standout production, with “soaring solos, thunderous choruses, and symphonic swells and crashes of oceanic proportions raising the audience’s hearts and arm hairs” (CTX Live Theatre) with every single production thereof a love-letter to the original. It is loaded with innovation, gravitas, and honesty, featuring wondrous music that land like gifts among the stars, lyrics that inspire thought and personal reflection, visuals that leave a lasting impact, music that oozes passion and operatic intensity, themes that hold up the proverbial mirror, and unbelievable portrayals that capture the heart narrative flawlessly.

Apart from this, you’ll hear the much adored music delivered in a breathtaking manner - from the most delicate ‘Bring Him Home’ you’ll ever hear to the heartbreaking ‘I Dreamed A Dream’, from the most sorrowful ‘Empty Chairs At Empty Tables’ to the most longing ‘On My Own’ ever - leaving an unparalleled and lasting impact on anyone and everyone that listens.

Tickets and more info

When it comes to off-Broadway productions, the Orpheum Theatre is the perfect fit.

Boasting a long history of welcoming the best of the best in entertainment to its stage, the Orpheum Theatre is hailed as the place to go when you’re looking for highly acclaimed events. Featuring to-the-minute sound and lighting, pin-drop acoustics, wonderful amenities, ample parking, and plenty of comfortable seating spread across multiple levels ensuring those crystal-clear sight-lines, every seat is a fantastic seat!

So hurry - get your tickets before they’re all sold out!