Legit News: 26-year-old musical resurges on West End, road -- Now in its 26th year, the original London production of "Les Miserables" is the world's longest runner -- and currently carries its largest box office advance ever at £5 million ($8.2 million), an astonishing figure for a show of that vintage.
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM on April 9, 2011