Lea Michele Reveals How a Friend's Family Crisis Led to Her First Broadway Role in “Les Misérables”

The 'Glee' star said she only auditioned for 'Les Misérables' after her parents agreed to take her friend to the audition ...
Decider

Eddie Redmayne Recalls Awkward 'Les Mis' Audition With Taylor Swift On 'The View': "I Hadn't Realized It Was Going To Be Quite So Intimate"

Eddie Redmayne and Taylor Swift‘s audition for the 2012 screen adaptation of Les Misérables was not what either of them were expecting. On this morning’s episode of The View, Redmayne, who played ...
Variety

Hugh Jackman Recalls Bombing Audition Singing ‘Stars’ From ‘Les Misérables’ 30 Years Ago: ‘I Cracked on the Final Note So Spectacularly’

Hugh Jackman earned an Oscar nomination for his work as Jean Valjean in “Les Misérables,” but things didn’t go so well decades ago while belting out the musical’s “Stars” when he had to sing for the ...

A heart attack helped 'Glee' star Lea Michele land her first Broadway role

Lea and her friend are still close, and her pal is "good" 30 years after the audition. "Les Misérables" marked the "Funny ...
The Cheat Sheet

Taylor Swift Knew She Wouldn’t Get a Part in ‘Les Misérables’ After a ‘Nightmare’ Audition

Swift was under consideration for two roles in the 2012 adaptation of Les Mis. “Basically, I was up for two roles,” she said on The Graham Norton Show (per People). “I had the look of Cosette and the ...

Les Misérables lyricist felt lack of credit, archive reveals

The late Herbert Kretzmer, who wrote the English libretto for Les Misérables, felt he was not given enough credit for transforming the original French musical into the hugely popular English-language ...
Yahoo

Trio of former students return to perform "Les Miserables" at Indiana University Auditorium

A scene from "One More Day" in "Les Miserables" is seen here. The musical will be shown at IU Auditorium, with three former IU students helping with the production. Three Indiana University alumni are ...