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Scaled-down `Les Miz' soars just the same; THEATER REVIEW: The Chanhassen production finds its spectacle in the humanity of Victor Hugo's epic tale.(NEWS)

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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20070628
Author:Royce, Graydon

Byline: Graydon Royce; Staff Writer

After 11 tours to the Twin Cities, "Les Miserables" takes on a different look in its Chanhassen Dinner Theatre premiere. Director Michael Brindisi, working within the technical limits of his stage, has eschewed grand wizardry for a simpler gambit: People are the spectacle. As the show opens, a large curtain stretched across the stage drops, and a tableau of 33 actors arrayed on a small amphitheater instantly communicates that humanity defines Victor Hugo's redemptive tale. It is a theme repeated when the cast steps to the stage front and ...

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