Alain Boublil conceived the musicals, La Révolution Française (the first-ever staged French rock opera) and Les Misérables. He is the author of the librettos and original lyrics for those works as well as for Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen, all in collaboration with lifelong creative partner, composer Claude-Michel Schönberg. He also co-produced with Claude-Michel the original cast albums of all his shows. He co-wrote the screenplay of the Golden Globe-winning and Oscar nominated film Les Misérables. He is the author/lyricist of Abbacadabra, a fairytale musical including ABBA classic songs, of the stage adaptation of the Demy / Legrand film, Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, as well as author of the musical play, Manhattan Parisienne, and the play, The Diary of Adam and Eve, which Alain is rewriting as a musical, scored by Maxime Pretends.
His many awards include two Tonys, two Grammys, two Victoire de la Musique and two Molière Awards for Les Misérables (1991 and 2025) as well as an Evening Standard Drama Award for Miss Saigon, an Olivier Award for Martin Guerre and a New York Chapter Honors Grammy for his outstanding contribution to the creative community. He received a Best Song Oscar nomination for Suddenly from the movie version of Les Misérables.
The re-creation of Les Misérables in Paris at the end of 2024 in a new French production created the opportunity for Alain to re-write and fine-tune parts of the original French lyrics which he had not looked into for 30 years. Alain and Claude-Michel, in recognition of this new French production, completed a book of reminiscences of their amazing 50-year collaboration and friendship, published in October 2024 in France and entitled J’avais rêvé...
Alain devised the Do You Hear The People Sing? concerts, a symphonic promenade through Boublil and Schönberg musical history and creative process, which regularly plays at major venues around the world including Carnegie Hall as honorees of the New York Pops 33rd Birthday Gala and, most recently, for an unforgettable starry night at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
He is long married to singer, actress and director Marie Zamora, the Paris Cosette of 1991, and is the father of four sons. Alain was nominated on 14 July 2024 to the Légion d’Honneur in France in recognition of his service to the arts in the world.
