Kennedy Center presents: LES MISERABLES Washington, DC

Les Misérables musical is set in early 19th-century France and tells the story of Jean Valjean, a French peasant, and his desire for redemption. After stealing a loaf of bread for his sister’s starving child. Valjean is imprisoned for 19 years and released in 1815. When a bishop inspires him with a tremendous act of mercy, Valjean breaks his parole and starts his life anew and in disguise. He becomes wealthy and adopts an orphan named Cosette. A police inspector named Javert. pursues Valjean over the decades in a single- minded quest for “justice”. The characters are swept into a revolutionary period in France, where a group of young idealists attempts to overthrow the government at a street barricade in Paris. A stop for lunch on your own will be made at the Pentagon Mall Food Court departing there at 12:45 p.m. for the Kennedy Center for the 2:00 p.m. matinee. We will depart Manassas at 9:45 a.m. and Woodbridge at 10:30 a.m. Return time is approximately 5:30 p.m.