The award-winning Hanover High School Theatre Department will bring one of the most famous musicals in the world to the stage this spring. A cast and crew of dozens will present Les Miserables School Edition at the HHS Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 7 and 8 and 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 9.
Tickets for the show are now available at the Hanover High School office during regular school hours. Advance tickets are $8 for adults and $7 for students. Tickets at the door are $10 for adults and $9 for students. More information on tickets is available by calling the high school at 717-637-9000.
Based on the Victor Hugo novel of the same name, Les Miserables premiered in Paris in 1980. The London production has run continuously since 1985, the second-longest running musical anywhere behind the 42-year run of The Fantasticks.
The musical features an elaborate set and one of the most recognized scores, including songs such as “One Day More,” “Master of the House,” “I Dreamed a Dream,” “Do You Hear the People Sing” and many more. Hanover’s show is directed by Rene Staub.
The cast for Hanover’s production of Les Miserables School Edition features Isaac Silver as Valjean, Stephen R. Henderson III as Javert, Madison Hanlon-Reck as Fantine, Sam Vogel as Madame Thénardier, Finn Johnson as Thénardier, Lauren Pritt as Young Cosette, Rowan Barber as Gavroche, Isabelle Oropeza as Eponine, Benjamin Newman as Enjolras, Luke Mumma as Marius and Madison Maloney as Cosette.
The Theatre Department at Hanover has won numerous Encore Awards, representing the best musical theatre productions in York County. The 2016 production of Jekyll & Hyde won Best Overall Performance from the 14 county districts participating in the awards. The 2015 production of Sunset Boulevard won Most Creative or Original Performance. Other recent musicals to win Encore Awards include 2014’s Aida (Best Dance Performance) and 2013’s Phantom of the Opera (Judges Award for Excellence).
Silver has been honored as Outstanding Male Performer three times at the Encore Awards while three different Hanover students have won Outstanding Female Performer since 2013.
To supplement the show experience, a Red White & Bleu Dinner will take place prior to the Saturday. April 8 performance. A $15 ticket includes a French-themed dinner served at the high school at 5 p.m. and a ticket to the show with preferred dinner patron seating near the front of the auditorum. Tickets are available at the high school for the event, which will benefit the Parents Association Supporting Theatre Arts (PASTA).
Les Misérables School Edition is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). A musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg with Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer.
