Not only that, he also had to contend with the sheer time span (1815 -48) of Les Mis, and the massive social changes the story encompasses. "It took a lot of research," he says. "I started by re ...

“I love ‘Les Mis’ and it’s a much more progressive story than people realize, but it’s also big and bombastic and over-the-top romanticism schmaltz — the kind of stuff Trump love ...