Les Misérables (pronounced /leɪ ˈmɪzərɑːb/ or /leɪ ˌmɪzəˈrɑːb/; French pronunciation: ), colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz /leɪ ˈmɪz/, is a musical composed in 1980 by French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg, with a French-language libretto by Alain Boublil.
The English-language adaptation, with libretto by Herbert Kretzmer, opened at the Barbican Centre in London, England on 8 October 1985. As of 2010, it was in its twenty-sixth year, and the third longest-running show in Broadway history. In January 2010, it played its ten-thousandth performance in London, at Queen's Theatre in London's West End.
On 3 October 2010, the show had three productions running in the same city, with the original show running in London's West End, a Twenty-Fifth Anniversary touring production running at the original home of the show, London's Barbican Centre – and a third version, a special concert at London's O2 Arena, on Sunday 3 October 2010.

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