Nick Cantrell has played the lead character of Jean Valjean over 1,400 times. How does he see the story and its characters?

Girl power is important, and I hope that shows through my version of the production.” Based on the acclaimed novel by Victor Hugo, Les Misérables features one of theatre’s greatest scores.

The current touring incarnation of “Les Miserables” underscores the reasons why we go back to see it again — and for some fans, again ad nauseam. The goods are there, of course; the ...