“Do you hear the people sing?”
In 2026, Arts Center Lake Placid celebrates the Movie Musical on the Annex screen! From timeless classics to modern favorites, from stage-to-screen and back again, we’re showcasing the very best of the genre. Broadway goes to Hollywood!
Les Misérables (2012)
Hugh Jackman leads an all-star cast in a soaring, cinematic adaptation of the musical phenomenon—a sweeping epic of redemption and revolution.
In 19th-century France, ex-prisoner Jean Valjean (Jackman) has been hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after breaking his parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever.
Directed by Tom Hooper
Written by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michael Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer (screenplay), from the 80s stage musical by Schönberg (music), Kretzmer (lyrics), Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel (original French text), based on the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo
Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen
Runtime: 2 hours 38 minutes
Rated PG-13
