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The Phantom of The Opera
"Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical extravaganza..."
- Daily Telegraph
With some of the most lavish sets, costumes and special effects ever to have been
created for the stage, The Phantom of The Opera is a haunting musical
which traces the tragic love story of a beautiful opera and a young composer shamed
by his physical appearance into a shadowy existence beneath the majestic Paris Opera
House. Adapted from Gaston Leroux's classic novel of mystery and suspense, this
award winning musical has woven its magical spell over audiences in over 60 cities
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Billy Elliot the Musical
A musical based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot . The music is by Sir Elton
John , and book and lyrics are by Lee Hall (who wrote the film's screenplay). The
musical revolves around motherless Billy, who trades boxing gloveBs
for ballet shoes. The story of his personal struggle and fulfillment are balanced
against a counter-story of family and community strife caused by the eighties' coal
miners' strike in Northern England . Hall's screenplay was inspired in part by A.
J. Cronin 's novel, The Stars Look Down , and the musical's opening song
is an homage .
The musical opened in London's West End in 2005 and was nominated for nine Laurence
Olivier Awards , winning four including Best New Musical. The success of Billy Elliot
the Musical has led to productions in Australia and on Broadway . -
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Chicago
A Kander and Ebb musical set in prohibition era Chicago . The music is by John Kander
with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse . The story is a satire
on corruption in the administration of criminal justice , and the concept of the
"celebrity criminal." The musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter
Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes she had reported on.
The original Broadway production opened June 3, 1975 at the 46th Street Theatre
and ran for a total of 936 performances. Bob Fosse choreographed the original production,
and his style is strongly identified with the show. Chicago' s 1996 Broadway
revival holds the record for the longest-running musical revival on Broadway (not
counting the revue Oh! Calcutta! ) and is Broadway's seventh longest-running
show in history. As of November 15 , 2008 , it has played for more than 5,000 performances.
The revival was followed by a production on London's West End and several tours
and international productions. An Academy Award -winning film version of the musical
was released in 2002. -
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The second British musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber
and Tim Rice . Its predecessor, The Likes of Us , was not performed until
2005. Based on the " coat of many colours " story of Joseph from the Bible , this
light-hearted show was first presented as a fifteen-minute pop cantata at Colet
Court School in London on 1 March 1968. It was adapted
as a musical film (starring Donny Osmond ) in 1999. Joseph was particularly
recognized as one of the only major British musical theatre shows with hardly any
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Wicked
A musical with songs and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
and book by Winnie Holzman . The story is based on the best-selling novel Wicked:
The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire ,
a parallel novel of L. Frank Baum 's classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz .
Wicked tells the story of Elphaba , the future Wicked Witch of the West
and her relationship with Glinda , the Good Witch of the North . (In the album notes,
Gregory Maguire explained that he derived the name "Elphaba" from the initials of
L. Frank Baum.) Their friendship struggles through their opposing personalities
and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, their reactions to the Wizard
's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace. The plot
is set mostly before Dorothy 's arrival from Kansas , and includes several references
to well-known scenes and dialogue in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz as
a backstory.
The musical debuted on Broadway on October 30, 2003. It was produced by Universal
Pictures and directed by Joe Mantello , with musical staging by Wayne Cilento .
Its original stars were Idina Menzel as Elphaba,
Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, and Joel Grey as the Wizard. Although the production
received mixed reviews and was panned by The New York Times , it has proved
to be a favorite among patrons. The Broadway production's success spawned productions
in Chicago , Los Angeles , London's West End , Tokyo , Melbourne , and Stuttgart
, along with two North American tours that have visited over 30 cities in Canada
and the United States.
Wicked has broken box office records around
the world, holding weekly-gross-takings records in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago,
St. Louis, and London, and the record for biggest opening in the West End ( £
100,000 in the first hour on sale). The West End production has played to more than
1.4 million people, and the North American tour has been seen by over two million
patrons.The show was nominated for ten 2004 Tony Awards , winning those for Best
Actress , Scenic Design and Costume Design . It also won six Drama Desk Awards .
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