20 questions.(Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg)(Interview)

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg have crafted heart-twisting musicals from some of history's bloodiest episodes--the aftermath of the French Revolution in Les Miserables, the Vietnam War in Miss Saigon, the Hundred Years' War in Martin Guerre. Now the lyricist/composer team turn to the 16th-century naval battles between Ireland and England with The Pirate Queen, opening April 5 at Broadway's Hilton Theater.

What have you changed about The Pirate Queen since its tryout in Chicago? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BOUBLIL: We had to write a better play inside the ...

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