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Alain Boublil

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LyricistBook Writer b. 1941

French librettist and lyricist of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon.

Also credited on4 works

Les Miserables
Miss Saigon
The Pirate Queen
Miss Saigon (2017 Revival)

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In the literature8 passages

  • Alain Boublil , the co-creator of Les Misérables has said, “France is an empty space as far as musical theatre is concerned. Only old-fashioned operettas, but that’s about it.” [94] Far be it for me to argue with the most successful French musical writer of the modern era, but he may as well claim that his country has no art, literature o…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • Soon after, Alain Boublil (1941- ) wrote a stage adaptation of Les Demoiselles de Rochefort . More recently, Boublil and Schönberg collaborated with Legrand on another project, Marguerite , a Second World War updating of Alexandre Dumas’ Our Lady of the Camelias . Thus Legrand , who has also worked as an arranger with Maurice Chevalier ,…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (1944- ) were French pop songwriters who had ventured into the world of theatrical spectacle in 1973 at the Palais des Sports in Paris with La Revolution Française . They were enamoured of Jesus Christ Superstar , West Side Story and Oliver! In fact, it was the latter show that would give them the…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • Marguerite Original London Cast recording Music by Michel Legrand Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer , Original French Lyrics by Alain Boublil , Book by Alain Boublil , Claude-Michel Schönberg and Jonathan Kent First Night CAST CD102ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • The cast dissolved in tears on stage in London during the early rehearsals of Les Misérables after Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg introduced a new song, ‘Bring Him Home’, which was needed for a climactic moment in the second act. Valjean’s beautiful prayer over the wounded body of his soon to be son-in-law begins quietly with t…ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
  • Rookies of the Year: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, and Herbert Kretzmerebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt

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