The musical begins as Jean Valjean is released from nineteens years in prison for stealing bread to stave off starvation by the police inspector Javert, who issues him a parole ticket he is to present for employment. Valjean quickly realizes that no onel sees him as an equal citizen and decides to break parole and begin a new life elsewhere. As Valjean reestablishes himself as mayor and businessman of another town, the diligent Javert spends the next years continuing his search for the convict.

Javert is relocated to Valjean’s town and becomes suspicious when Valjean first intervenes with the arrest of Fantine, an ill prostitute whom he later brings as a guest to his home. After Valjean saves another life, Javert confesses that he had thought him the convict he sought, but that the man had been captured. Valjean cannot cope with the idea of another being imprisoned for him, so he confesses before the court that it is he, and not the vagrant accused, who is Valjean, then goes home to await his consequence. At the same time, Fantine is dying and requests that Valjean bring up her daughter, so when Javert comes to arrest him, he flees.

Cosette, Fantine’s daughter, is found in a questionable inn, where Valjean pays a hefty price to take her away, again garnering new identities, and evading capture again. When Cosette grows, she falls in love with the revolutionary Marius Pontmercy, and the revolutionary movement has brought the country to war. Javert joins the revolutionaries as a spy, where his path crosses again with Valjean as Valjean struggles to save Marius from death. Valjean escapes him yet again after setting Javert free of execution.

Marius and Cosette are married while Jean Valjean goes into hiding, but visit on the eve of his death, where Cosette learns the truth of her mother and past before Valjean’s passing.

Put to music, the plot plays out more lovely than in the book. Rich with emotion, the tunes capture the struggles of the characters, the agony of defeat, and the bittersweet thrill of victory.

Billy Elliot The Musical consists of a gripping story that explores the relationship between the strife of the working class and the desires of a child trapped by circumstance. The show consists of two acts. The music is done by Sir Elton John. The story was written by Lee Hall and is set during the coal strike of 1984 which lasted until 1985.

Billy is a boy raised by his coal miner father and brothers while the family is embroiled in the consequences of an active miner’s strike. Billy stops attending boxing lessons in favor of ballet lessons. The boxing instructor tells Billy’s father about Billy’s absences. Billy’s father acts to prevent Billy’s dancing.

The dance instructor Mrs. Wilkinson offers Billy free dance lessons and offers encouragement helping him develop a try out routine to audition for the Royal Ballet School. The day of Billy’s audition arrives. The events of the day force a reveal of Billy’s actions which upsets his family. Billy’s family responds abusively which enrages Billy who rejects his dream. This closes the first act.

The second act opens at a Christmas gathering. Mr. Elliot deals with his grief over his deceased wife by becoming drunk. Billy’s best friend Michael reveals his homosexuality and his feelings for Billy. Billy’s father departs the gathering as does Michael. Billy dances. Mr. Elliot sees the dance routine. He approaches Mrs. Wilkinson to discuss Billy’s future. They speak about the cost of tuition for Billy which is beyond the father’s means to afford.

Knowing the best way to assist Billy at this moment requires funds, Mr. Elliot crosses the picket line. This prompts a conflict with Billy’s miner brother Tony. Father and son argue about which is more important, Billy’s dream or the unity of the miners. The conclusion draws in the other miners. In the end Billy acquires the funds for his dream which leaves Tony in despair.

Billy with his father sets out to audition. The scene contrasts the differences of the working class miners with other families from different social classes. Billy auditions. The Elliots return to their home and continue their lives. Billy receives a letter from the school but tells his family he didn’t pass the trials. Tony discovers Billy’s deception.

The last act closes with the strike’s end and shows Billy’s response to those who supported him before he departs for the Royal Ballet School.

Chicago: The Musical is set in Chicago in the 1920?s. It begins with Velma who is in jail because she killed both her husband and sister when she found them in bed together. She is a criminal turned celebrity because of the murders. In comes Roxie who is accused of killing her lover, Fred Casely. Roxie tries to convince her husband that the man was a burglar, but he shortly figures out the truth. Roxie is now the next criminal turned celebrity, which kicks Velma out the limelight. Matron ?Mama? Morton watches over the block and is very corrupt. She helped Velma become a criminal celebrity and is now helping Roxie too. Roxie also hires Billy Flynn to be her lawyer, who just so happens to be Velma?s lawyer as well. The two women go back and forth to stay in the media?s view only to be surpassed by the next crime of passion. They focus on their trial and Velma creates many tricks, hoping they will help her get acquitted. Billy passes Velma?s tricks to Roxie and promises her freedom if she makes a show of her trial. As promised, Roxie is acquitted. Unfortunately, her fame is quickly reduced when a more sensational crime creates an even bigger stir for the media, leaving Roxie behind in the dust. By the end of the play Roxie is left with her freedom, no fame, no fortune and no husband.

We Will Rock You the musical, with narrative and writing by Ben Elton and song and lyrics by the band Queen, will have each young person of the 1970?s and 1980?s who ever acquired a record by them recalling down remembrance path. The story of ?We Will Rock You? sets it separately from a range of other musicals based on the hits of well-known bands. As an alternative of recording the tale of Queen, Elton has written an exclusive and strange story put in a dystopian future three hundred years away.

In a globe where any grounds for living is read out by one organization ? the Globalsoft Corporation. It rules the planet earth, manages the music, the learning-teaching processes in the schools, the food in the shops and the lives of the people as a whole. The Killer Queen (The head of the Corporation) and her influential police force, come to a decision what citizens? listen, what they dress in, what they look at on TV and to the maximum what they eat. The inhabitants, known together as the GaGa?s, has no brain of distinctiveness, due to the corporation unbeaten and steady removal of all personal thought and individual outlooks. Therefore, there are no channel for personal interest expression ? most significantly ? no music! All musical devices have been methodically eliminated, and a globe devoid of music is a globe devoid of life! And yet, hope leftovers. The Bohemians, a collection of insurgents living subversive, investigate for that man who is stated in a very old legend. The person identified as ?the Dreamer?. He?s the man who is able to return back the globe that the Bohemians so utterly lost?

For pop fans we have chart hits and the songs that we hear regularly on the radio. For fans of classical music, there are CDs with orchestral songs from the past and present in all music shops. Then of course, for fans of everything else there is definitely something on offer.

Music is all around us, from the ringtones on our phones to the headphones from our mp3s. It is a popular art form that has kept us entertained for generations and made record companies millions.

The popularity of music is cemented every year with shows such as The X Factor appearing on our screens, which has made stars out of the likes of Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke, whilst providing enormous revenue for their managers. It is also cemented by the success of movies, where music plays a large role in helping the director convey a particular emotion or message.

This is most obvious in cases such as High School Musical 3 or 2008’s hit Mamma Mia! where music played a large part in making them so successful.

Music is here to stay and rightfully so. It is a huge part of the world we inhabit…and the Earth is a lot better for it.