Entertainment & Arts
Alain Boublil is 78 but looks younger in person, trim and lithe in the way of French cinema stars.
May 23, 2019
World & Nation
A top French civil servant who has become embroiled in an insider-trading scandal resigned today and will go to court to defend his name, the Finance Ministry said.
Jan. 20, 1989
“Miss Saigon,” an updated version of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” set in Vietnam as the Americans are fleeing Saigon, opens at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Wednesday.
Sept. 18, 1989
A senior French official in the Ministry of Finance resigned Friday amid an expanding investigation of illegal stock market transactions that has shaken the Socialist government in recent days.
Jan. 21, 1989
Music
Boublil, Schonberg revisit, rework the songs of ‘Les Miserables’
Dec. 24, 2012
The new movie version of “Les Misérables,” which opened on Christmas, has given fans of the original stage musical a reason to revisit their old cast albums and reminisce about the Broadway show.
Dec. 27, 2012
The French team behind ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘Miss Saigon’ brings ‘Martin Guerre’ to town. This time, the duo’s struggle for success has been humbling.
Feb. 13, 2000
Before ‘Les Miserables,’ there was ‘La Revolution Francaise’
Does older necessarily mean better or does it simply mean that things have more time to grow on you?
Jan. 22, 1991
After much revision on the road, the musical story of the impostor-or-real ‘Guerre’ sets up camp in L.A. with little flash.
Feb. 25, 2000