Conversation and Musical Moments with Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil

The Tony Award-winning creators of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, will visit the University of Virginia. 

On Tuesday, September 30, at 6:30 pm in the Culbreth Theatre, they will talk with Professor Marva Barnett about the musical-theater world and the process of composing the music and writing the libretto for the international sensation that is Les Misérables. The University Singers, directed by Michael Slon, will open the program by performing several Boublil & Schönberg songs.

Tickets for this free event are available through the U.Va. Arts Box Office by phone, in person, or online, beginning September 2 (limit of 2 tickets per person): www.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu. Doors open at 6 pm. Please arrive to claim your ticket and seat prior to 6:15 pm, as unclaimed tickets will be released at 6:20 pmto patrons in the standby line. Free parking is available in the Culbreth Road Parking Garage after 5:00 pm.

Schönberg (left) and Boublil (right) will both meet on Tuesday with students and faculty in various courses, discussing their composition and libretto-writing experiences, as well as their musical careers in theater. Composer Claude-Michel Schönberg will continue such conversations on October 1.

Co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts, Department of Drama, Department of Music, the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, the Institute of the Humanities & Global Cultures, and the Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation.

Conversation and Musical Moments with Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at 6:30 pm
Culbreth Theatre, University of Virginia 

Contact: Marva Barnett, marva@virginia.edu, 434-982-2816