Loyalty. Duty. A Wolf on the Hunt.
Find out what lurks under the surface of the inspector who defined the relentless search for justice.
JAVERT is an original musical reexamination of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables. The 1862 novel is over 1,200 pages long. Yet, just a single page is devoted to the backstory of its chief antagonist, Inspector Javert.
JAVERT reimagines Hugo's story, granting the beloved Inspector the one thing his world denied him: mercy.
Haunted by the sister lost in his youth, a police inspector desperately searches for a kidnapped child, before his rigid obsession with justice claims his soul.
Blurring the lines between loving tribute to Hugo’s original masterpiece and self-aware meta-theater, JAVERT tells a story of Corruption, Mystery, Deceit, Revolution, Intrigue, Romance, and Tragedy, with a wink and a nod here and there.
134 page book script • 32 fully-arranged and orchestrated original songs • 11 familiar faces from Hugo’s novel • 4 characters from the novel newly brought to the stage • 4 original characters
Selected demo tracks of JAVERT’s original score
with music and lyrics by Brad Gelfand and Morgan Gelfand
New song released weekly - check back soon for more songs!
Song Descriptions
Paris, 1832 • The Paris police force mourns their recently fallen colleague, Javert.
Brad Gelfand and Morgan Gelfand
Brad and Morgan are a Charlottesville, Virginia-based father-daughter writing team responsible for JAVERT’s book, music, and lyrics. Brad is a Ph.D. trained university professor. Morgan is a high school student, as well as a prolific and award-winning musical theatre performer. They are excited to continue the development process to see JAVERT come alive onstage.
Book, Music, and Lyrics
