Cheering Up That Downer of a Melancholy Dane by Gordon Cox
What if Hamlet were an astrophysicist?
What if Hamlet were an astrophysicist?
Amid confetti, reunions and several rounds of "One Day More," "Les Misérables" played its final performance on Broadway last night, closing after a run of more than 16 years.
If the list of Tony Award nominations is making your brain feel too close to your skull, I feel your pain.
It hardly seems possible that 'Les Miserables,' the music of our lives for 16 years is closing this weekend.
With links to a story from 1993 and Newsday's original 1987 review.
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