The Syndicate

Les Miserables is my favorite musical, not only for the fantastic music, but for these two reasons:

1. Characters have actual issues, instead of "Oh no, Bobby doesn't like me!" it's "I was fired from my shitty factory job, so now I have to be become a prostitute, sell my hair, teeth, and nails all to support my starving 4 year old who spends all of her time with the two sleaziest motherfuckers in the world. Also, I have AIDS."

2. Pretty much everyone dies. I appreciate a story that goes balls to the wall with it's character deaths. I'm a sadistic person.