A: Wow, Les Miserables Staged Concert Spectacular is visiting Taiwan for the first time.
B: Isn’t Les Miserables often praised as one of the world’s four greatest musicals?
A: Yup. Its concert is touring Taipei from tonight to July 6, and Kaohsiung between July 10 and 27.
Photo: Liberty Times 照片：自由時報
B: The English version of the French musical, based on writer Victor Hugo’s masterpiece, has been a huge success throughout the four decades since its debut in 1985.
A: The musical has never toured Taiwan, but going to the concert sounds like fun, too.
A: 哇，音樂劇《悲慘世界》紀念版音樂會首度來台巡演！
B: 《悲慘世界》……它不是常被譽為全球四大名劇之一嗎？
A: 對啊音樂會將從今晚到7月6日在台北演出，從7月10日到27日在高雄演出。
B: 這部法文音樂劇的英文版，改編自維克多雨果的同名小說，自1985年首演以來，在過去40年造成轟動。
A: 雖然音樂劇從未來台，先去聽音樂會好像也不錯。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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