-40%
Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber Original West Musical Tri-fold Flyer RARE
$ 10.55
- Description
- Size Guide
Description
Starlight Express Original Andrew Lloyd Webber West Musical 11.5" x 8.5" Tri-fold FlyerOf course, this was designed and manufactured by the world's leading advertising agency for the arts, Dewynters.
Excerpted
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Starlight Express
is a 1984 British musical, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe.
Later productions have used additional songs with lyrics by Don Black, David Yazbek, Nick Coler and Lauren Aquilina, and with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber's son, Alistair.
The musical tells the story of a young but obsolete steam engine, Rusty, who races in a championship against modern engines in the hope of impressing a first-class carriage, Pearl. Famously, the actors perform the entire show on roller skates.
The show holds the record as the ninth-longest-running theatrical production in West End history, having been performed 7,409 times between 1984 and 2002.
Starlight Express
is also the most successful musical in Germany, where it has been performed in a purpose-built theatre since 1988
The first production of Starlight Express opened on 27 March 1984 at the Apollo Victoria Theatre (where
Wicked
has been playing since 2006). It was directed by Trevor Nunn. Arlene Phillips created the roller-skating choreography. John Napier designed by the set, which featured race tracks extending from the stage into the auditorium, as well as a six-tonne steel bridge which lifted and tilted to connect the various levels of the set.
The original cast included Stephanie Lawrence, Frances Ruffelle, Jeff Shankley, Jeffrey Daniel and Ray Shell.
The production received some minor updates after the Broadway show opened, bringing some new material across, such as "Engine of Love", "Make Up My Heart", and cutting "No Comeback".