Tickets for Amity High School’s production of Les Miserables are now on sale online. The production will run from April 30th through May 8th. If the show is anything like previous years shows, you won’t want to miss it, but you’ll have to buy your tickets early. The best seats disappear quickly and the shows often sell out.

Here is what Dr. Britton has to say about the production:

Les Miserables: The wait is finally over for the 8-time Tony Award winning
musical that has thrilled audiences around the world. The award winning
Amity High School Theater Department is proud to announce that tickets for
our 2010 musical LES MISERABLES are now on sale. This exhilarating musical
voyage runs the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May for five
performances: Friday April 30th, Saturday May 1st, Thursday May 6th, Friday
May 7th, and Saturday May 8th with curtain at 7:30 pm. All seats are
reserved. Tickets are $15.00. LES MISERABLES is sponsored by Roll-A-Cover
Intl., Apicella Adjusters Inc., and the Jamie Hulley Foundation for the
Arts. Please consider supporting the Amity Theater Department by purchasing
an ad in the 2010 Les Miserables program, or by becoming a corporate
sponsor. Amity Theatre Department productions are funded entirely by ticket
and advertising revenue. We need your help to continue the Broadway-quality
performances we provide year after year. To purchase tickets or advertising
please go to our website at: www.amityperformingarts.com

For more information read the following press release:

The wait is finally over for the 8-time Tony Award winning musical that has thrilled audiences around the world. The Award winning Amity High School theater department is proud to announce its 2010 musical LES MISÉRABLES. This exhilarating musical voyage runs the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May for five performances only with opening scheduled for Friday April 30th, 2010 at 7:30 pm. LES MISÉRABLES is sponsored by Roll-A-Cover Intl. of Bethany and Apicella Adjusters Inc. of Orange and Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation, of Orange

"I am thrilled to bring this musical theater masterpiece to the Amity stage," said Director and Producer Robert Kennedy. "With co-direction and choreography by my talented wife Andrea Kennedy, audiences will experience Les Misérables as they never have before."

A unique production created solely for the Amity stage, LES MISÉRABLES is based on Victor Hugo's classic novel about ex-convict Jean Valjean and his attempts to start a new life as he is pursued relentlessly by policeman Javert over decades through the tumult of revolutionary France. This blockbuster musical also showcases a Tony Award-winning score including the songs "I Dreamed a Dream," "Do You Hear the People Sing?," "One Day More," "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," "A Little Fall of Rain," "Master of the House," and "On My Own." LES MISÉRABLES features a book by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, and music by Claude-Michel Schönberg.

According to LES MISÉRABLES director Robert Kennedy, the fact that the show is performed by young people plays a key role in this production. “Watching students perform this challenging material is really what makes this production special. The students are connected and invested in this epic story in a way that has to be seen to be believed. Our audiences will be dazzled!”

Les Misérables will feature senior John Jorge of Orange in the role of Jean Valjean. Amity audiences remember John from his unforgettable performance as Roger in last year’s smash production of RENT. The show also features Ken Adair (Javert), Connor Deane (Marius), Melissa Vernik (Cosette), Marla Morris (Fantine), Andrew Stein Zeller (Enjolras), Zachary Small (Thenardier), Kimberly Simon (Madame Thenardier), Alexandra Kramer (Eponine), Carson Adair, Sebi Aliberti, Christina Andrzejewski, Allie Anschutz, Kara Burgess, Elayna Cassella, Sarah Chadbourne, Peter Charney, Eliza Dillaway, Benjie Ding, Ashley Emery, Michael Goodman, Lauren Gray, Stephanie Haberman, Jonathan Hess, Julianne Keyes, Zev Kupfer, Lauren Larkin, Ted McNulty, Brendan Pasley, Harrison Paup, Dorie Penn, Dan Quarequio, Morgan Radin, Jasmine Rebhun, Erik Rooney, Heidi Schulte, Erik Shepherd, Rachel Skalka, Talyor Sullo, Christopher Tedesco, Pat Villano and Nina Yasick

The cast of almost 50 students features three local children Bethany residents Clare Pasley as Young Eponine and Dalia Medovnikov as Young Cosette. and Trumbull resident Daniel Randazzo as Gavroche,

In addition to Robert Kennedy (Director and Producer) and Andrea Kennedy (Director and Choreographer), the creative team for LES MISÉRABLES includes Christopher Hickerson (Musical Director), Phil Dolan (Orchestra Conductor), Julie Chevan(Costume Designer), Dan Hassenmayer (Lighting Designer). The student creative team also includes Amie Sandillo (Production Stage Manager), Veronica Wolanin (Assistant Producer), Molly Sachs, Joe Mortali (Assistant Stage Managers), and Alexis Parente (Assistant Costume Designer).

Tickets for LES MISÉRABLES (Beginning Monday March 1st 2010) are $15.00 for reserved seats. Performances are Friday April 30th, Saturday May 1st, Thursday May 6th, Friday May 7th, and Saturday May 8th, 2010 at 7:30pm. For tickets: www.amityperformingarts.com, (203) 392-2019, Amity High School is located at: 25 Newton Road, Woodbridge, CT.