PHOTO ARCHIVE: Les Misérables Over the Years

A starry 25th anniversary concert of the pop opera was presented at London's O2 Arena Oct. 3. The recorded performance, screened at movie theatres around the United States on Nov. 17, will soon be released on CD and DVD.

The new U.S. tour of Les Misérables, directed and designed by Laurence Connor and James Powell, launches Nov. 19 at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse. A British-cast production of this revised revival toured the U.K. and, earlier this year, played a brief London engagement.

Playbill.com looks back at the original Broadway and London companies, and its many performers over the years:

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Based on Hugo's classic novel, Les Miz is an epic story of survival and sacrifice amid great social change. The famous pop-opera score includes the classic songs "I Dreamed a Dream," "On My Own," "Stars," "Bring Him Home," "Do You Hear the People Sing?," "One Day More," "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," "Master of the House" and many more.

From Colm to Karimloo: Looking Back at 31 Years of Les Misérables

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We look back at some of the amazing talent to have climbed the barricades.
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Frances Ruffelle as Eponine, Roger Allam as Javert, Sue Jane Tanner as Madame Thenardier, Patti LuPone as Fantine, Colm Wilkinson as Valjean and Rebecca Caine as Cosette

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pattilupone_Les Miz_HR.jpg — Patti LuPone

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Betsy Joslyn and Nick Wyman on Broadway

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Terrence Mann in the original Broadway cast HR — Terrence Mann in the original Broadway cast

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Michael Maguire as Enjolras

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Donna Vivino, the original Broadway Young Cosette — Donna Vivino in *Les Misérables*

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Randy Graff in the original Broadway cast — Randy Graff in *Les Misérables*

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Braden Danner in the original Broadway cast

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Colm Wilkinson as Valjean on Broadway

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Leo Burmester and cast on Broadway

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John Dewar, Paul Harman, Frances Ruffelle, Colm Wilkinson, Randy Graff and (seated) David Bryant and Judy Kuhn in the original Broadway cast

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Gary Morris as Valjean on Broadway

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Anthony Crivello as Grantaire on Broadway

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Ed Dixon and Jennifer Butt on Broadway

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Mark McKerracher and Richard Kinsey on Broadway

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Timothy Shew and Tobi Foster on Broadway

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Dave Clemmons and Chuck Wagner

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Robert Cuccioli as Javert on Broadway HR — Robert Cuccioli as Javert on Broadway

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Tom Zemon and Maureen Moore on Broadway

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Lea Michele as Young Cosette on Broadway

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Deborah Gibson as Eponine on Broadway HR — Deborah Gibson as Eponine on Broadway

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Alicia Morton as Young Cosette

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Florence Lacey as Fantine on Broadway

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Ray Walker and Tracy Shayne on Broadway

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Ray Walker as Marius and Natalie Toro as Eponine on Broadway

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Jessica Boevers and Peter Lockyer on Broadway

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Ron Bohmer as Enjolras on Broadway

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Peter Lockyer and Sarah Uriarte Berry on Broadway

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Sarah Uriarte Berry as Eponine on Broadway

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Stephen R. Buntrock, Jeffrey Scott Watkins, Christopher Innvar and John Capes on Broadway

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Stephen R. Buntrock as Enjolras on Broadway

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Melba Moore as Fantine HR — Melba Moore as Fantine

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