Jean Valjean - Shawn Val-shawn (shhjon; there's a bit of j in there, but not much.)
Fantine - Faun-teen or Fon-teen
Cosette - Coe-zet or Coe-set
Javert - jshaw-vare (if you can't to that, Jaw-vair is fine, but it's more of a "sh" sound than a hard "j" sound, like with Jean Valjean.)
Bienvenu (the bishop's nickname) - Be'ehn-ven-oo (Bee-en-ve-nu, but it's only 3 syllables.)
Marius - in the play I saw it was just Mare-ee-us, but my Dad studied French and read the book and he says "Marr-ee-oos." I'd stick with Marius ;)
lay misayraabl. In the programme for the London production, the pronounciation guide says 'Lay Miz-eh-rahb'.
It is pronounced "lay meh-zuh-rahb."
It's pronounced like "lay miz-air-ahb."
'The miserables' or 'the miserable ones'
French pronunciation: [le mizeˈʁaːblə], 'lay miz-ah-rarb'.
there are 40 songs in Les Miserables.
The Production Budget for Les Miserables was $65,000,000.
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo was published in 1862.
Les Miserables opened in the US in 1987.
Les Misirables
Zip coeds are not used in Les Miserables.
The policeman in the musical "Les Miserables" is named Javert.
Javert, was the policeman who kept pursuing Valjean in Les Miserables.
Les Miserables won 8 Tony Awards.
The 2012 film Les Miserables is 2 hours and 38 minutes long.
Jeff Layton appeared in Les Miserables in 2012 as the choreographer for the production.