Top 5 West End Shows
by: Karen Rasin on Sun, 10 May 2009 at: 9:09 AM Go to: Previous Article Next Article
West End shows are among the most popular and best shows put up by any theatres in the country. Over fifteen million people go and watch these plays annually, and here is a list of the top five West End shows.
1. Cats
A musical, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, it is founded on the Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats that was penned by T.S. Eliot. It has the song criterion, Memory, in it. Cats primarily opened in 1981 in the West End, and then went on to be opened in Broadway in 1982. Both shows were directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Gillian Lynne. Cats has got a lot of awards including the Tony Award for the best musical. The West End production ran for directly twenty one years, setting a historical long-run record.
2. Starlight Express
This is a rock musical with Andrew Lloyd Webber doing the melody, Richard Stilgoe doing words, and Arlene Phillips doing dance routine. It is about a child's trance where his plaything train comes to life. The actors perform while wearing roller skates. It was shortly revised, with Don Black revising lyrics, and David Yazbeck redoing the tune and lyrics for the next United States tour.
Andrew Lloyd Webber formerly wished to make a melodic edition of the Railway Series volumes, by Rev W. Awdry. When he could not get the writer's consent, he conceived the plot for Starlight Express himself, basing it limply on Cinderella. In the melodic, Rusty plays Cinderella, Greeseball and Electra play stepsisters, and the Starlight Express is the fairy godmother.
3. Taboo
Taboo is a melodic, from a tome by Mark Davies, lyrics by Boy George, and tune by George and Kevan Frost. It is set in an abandoned London warehouse. The show is regarding a group of club "names" which are set in the same setting as London's most stylish club night. Based on the 1980s club panorama, the anecdote is regarding Boy George who became very celebrated at this time with his band called Culture Club. It is a narrative of his career and his acquaintances, and of the generation of that time. It is a loose explanation with some things being embellished and as such does not accurately state the correct events.
4. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream coat
This is the second British musical show written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. They in addition wrote The Likes of Us. It is based on the "Coats of Many Colours" account regarding Joseph in the Bible. The show is known as being one of the merely leading British shows which scarcely has any discourse and is principally sung.
5. Sound of Music
It is a musical penned by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a volume by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Founded on the autobiography of Maria von Trapp "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers", it has become very well-known all over the world. It was also made into a movie which became a hit all around the world. Many of the musical's songs are popular around the world such as the title song, "the Sound of Music", "My Favourite Things", and "Do-Re-Mi".
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