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 ''Starlight Express'' is a rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Richard Stilgoe (lyrics) and Arlene Phillips (choreography). The story follows a child's dream in which his toy train set comes to life; famously the actors perform wearing roller skates. Debuted in West End in 1984
-* ''Uncoupled''
+* ''U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.'' is a pastiche of the Tammy Wynette song, ''D-I-V-O-R-C-E''
 * ''Only You''
 * ''Light at the End of the Tunnel''

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 * ''Tea for Two''
 * ''I Want to Be Happy''
 ''Oh! What a Lovely War!'' was created by Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop created in 1963. It is based on ''The Donkeys'' by military historian Alan Clark and is a satire on World War I. Music by various artists
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-List of longest-running Broadway shows (as of March 2020) – 1<sup>st</sup> ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (13,370 performances), 2<sup>nd</sup> ''Chicago'' (9.692), 3<sup>rd</sup> ''The Lion King'' (9,302), 4<sup>th</sup> ''Cats'' (7,485), 5<sup>th</sup> ''Wicked'' (6,836)
+'''List of longest-running Broadway shows''' (as of March 2020) – 1<sup>st</sup> ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (13,370 performances), 2<sup>nd</sup> ''Chicago'' (9.692), 3<sup>rd</sup> ''The Lion King'' (9,302), 4<sup>th</sup> ''Cats'' (7,485), 5<sup>th</sup> ''Wicked'' (6,836)
-List of longest-running West End musicals (as of March 2020) – 1<sup>st</sup> ''Les Miserables'' (13,964), 2<sup>nd</sup> The ''Phantom of the Opera'' (13,629), 3<sup>rd</sup> ''Blood Brothers'' (10,013), 4<sup>th</sup> ''Cats'' (8,949), 5<sup>th</sup> ''Mamma Mia!'' (8,498)
+'''List of longest-running West End musicals''' (as of March 2020) – 1<sup>st</sup> ''Les Miserables'' (13,964), 2<sup>nd</sup> The ''Phantom of the Opera'' (13,629), 3<sup>rd</sup> ''Blood Brothers'' (10,013), 4<sup>th</sup> ''Cats'' (8,949), 5<sup>th</sup> ''Mamma Mia!'' (8,498)

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	List of longest-running West End musicals (as of March 2020) – 1<sup>st</sup> ''Les Miserables'' (13,964), 2<sup>nd</sup> The ''Phantom of the Opera'' (13,629), 3<sup>rd</sup> ''Blood Brothers'' (10,013), 4<sup>th</sup> ''Cats'' (8,949), 5<sup>th</sup> ''Mamma Mia!'' (8,498)		List of longest-running West End musicals (as of March 2020) – 1<sup>st</sup> ''Les Miserables'' (13,964), 2<sup>nd</sup> The ''Phantom of the Opera'' (13,629), 3<sup>rd</sup> ''Blood Brothers'' (10,013), 4<sup>th</sup> ''Cats'' (8,949), 5<sup>th</sup> ''Mamma Mia!'' (8,498)

−	''42nd Street'' is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren. Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes and the subsequent 1933 film adaptation, it focuses on the efforts of famed dictatorial Great White Way director Julian Marsh to mount a successful stage production of a musical extravaganza at the height of the Great Depression

−	~~''42nd Street'' features the songs ''We’re in the Money'' and ''Lullaby of Broadway''. Tells the story of Peggy Sawyer~~
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−	~~''Annie'' is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip ''Little Orphan Annie'', with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan~~
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−	~~''Avenue Q'' is a coming-of-age parable set in New York. Over 2,500 performances~~
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−	''Betty Blue Eyes'' is a musical with the story is based on the Alan Bennett screenplay, ''A Private Function'', and set during a celebration of the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip
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−	~~''Billy Elliot'' the Musical opened in 2005. Music is by Elton John, and book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay~~
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−	''The Book of Mormon'' is a religious satire musical with book, lyrics, and music by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone. ''The Book of Mormon'' tells the story of two young Mormon missionaries sent to a remote village in northern Uganda, where a brutal warlord is threatening the local population
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−	~~''Charlie Girl'' – real name is Charlotte. Opened in 1965 and played for 2,200 performances~~
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−	~~Michael Ball played Caractacus Potts in the stage premiere of the musical ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang''. The music and lyrics were written by Richard and Robert Sherman~~
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−	~~''Chocolate Soldier'' is a 1941 musical based on GB Shaw’s ''Arms and the Man''~~
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−	''Chu Chin Chow'' is a musical comedy written based on the story of ''Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves''. The piece premiered at His Majesty's Theatre in London in 1916 and ran for five years and a total of 2,238 performances
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−	~~''I’m the Greatest Star''. ''People'', ''Don’t Rain on My Parade'' – songs in ''Funny Girl'' sung by Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice~~
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−	''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' is a musical with a book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, lyrics by Leo Robin, and music by Jule Styne, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Loos. The story involves an American woman's voyage to Paris to perform in a nightclub
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−	~~''Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend'' – from ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes''~~
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−	~~Richard Gere played Danny Zuko when ''Grease'' the musical was first performed in London~~
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−	~~''Half a Sixpence'' was written for Tommy Steele. Based on HG Wells’s novel ''Kipps''. David Heneker wrote both music and lyrics. Contains the song ''Flash Back Wallop''~~
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−	''Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical'' is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. First song is ''Aquarius''
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−	~~''Hair'' opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London in 1968. The opening night was delayed until the abolition of theatre censorship in England under the Theatres Act 1968~~
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−	~~''Heathcliff'' is a musical, written by Cliff Richard and based loosely on the novel ''Wuthering Heights''~~
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−	~~''Jerry Springer: The Opera'' is a British musical written by Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee. The musical ran for 609 performances in London from 2003 to 2005~~
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−	~~''Jersey Boys'' is based on the lives of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons~~
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−	''Kismet'' is a musical, with music and lyrics written in 1953 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin, and produced by Charles Lederer, who in 1954, won three Tony Awards for it. The musical was adapted from the book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis, based on the play by Edward Knoblock. It takes place in the city of Baghdad in the times of The Arabian Nights
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−	''Stranger in Paradise'' is a song from ''Kismet''. Like all the music in that show, the melody was based on music composed by Alexander Borodin, in this case, the ''Gliding Dance of the Maidens'' from the ''Polovtsian Dances''
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−	~~''Baubles, Bangles & Beads'' is a song from ''Kismet''~~
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−	~~''Lady, Be Good'' is a Broadway musical play that was written by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, featuring music by George and Ira Gershwin. It debuted in 1924~~

	''Mamma Mia!'' is a jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA. It was the brainchild of producer Judy Craymer''.'' Phyllida Lloyd directed the musical and also the film adaptation		''Mamma Mia!'' is a jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA. It was the brainchild of producer Judy Craymer''.'' Phyllida Lloyd directed the musical and also the film adaptation

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 ''Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' is a 2011 ‘circus, rock and roll, drama’ with music and lyrics by U2's '''Bono''' and '''The Edge'''
 ''Stop the World – I Want to Get Off'' is a musical with a book, music, and lyrics by '''Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley'''
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 ''Jerry Springer: The Opera'' is a British musical written by '''Richard Thomas''' and Stewart Lee. The musical ran for 609 performances in London from 2003 to 2005
-In ''The Music Man'', 110 cornets marched after 76 trombones in the big parade
+''42nd Street'' is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by '''Harry Warren'''. Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes and the subsequent 1933 film adaptation, it focuses on the efforts of famed dictatorial Great White Way director Julian Marsh to mount a successful stage production of a musical extravaganza at the height of the Great Depression. Peggy Sawyer is the chorus girl
 ''The Unsinkable Molly Brown'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Meredith Willson. The plot is a fictionalized account of the life of Margaret Brown, who survived the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic''
 ''42nd Street'' is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren. Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes and the subsequent 1933 film adaptation, it focuses on the efforts of famed dictatorial Great White Way director Julian Marsh to mount a successful stage production of a musical extravaganza at the height of the Great Depression

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 * ''New York, New York''
 ''Fiddler on the Roof'' is a musical with music by '''Jerry Bock''', lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. Originally entitled ''Tevye'', the musical is based on ''Tevye and his Daughters'', or ''Tevye the Milkman'', and other stories originally published by the Russian Jewish author Sholom Aleichem in 1894. The play's title stems from a painting by Marc Chagall
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 * ''Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall In Love''

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 ''Charlie Girl'' opened in 1965 and played for 2,200 performances. Music by David Heneker and John Taylor. Her real name is Charlotte
-''Les Miserables'', ''Miss Saigon'' – libretto by '''Alain Boublil''', composed by '''Claude-Michel Schonberg'''
+''Mame'' focuses on eccentric bohemian Mame Dennis. Music composed by '''Jerry Herman'''
-''Les Miserables'' opened at the Barbican Centre in London in 1985, produced by Cameron Mackintosh and adapted and directed by Trevor Nunn. It is the longest-running musical in the world, the second longest-running West End show after The Mousetrap and the third longest-running show in Broadway history. Includes ''I Dreamed a Dream'', sung by Fantine
+''Kiss of the Spider Woman'' – musical by Kander and Ebb. Based on the Manuel Puig novel
-''Miss Saigon'' is a modern adaptation of Giacomo Puccini's opera ''Madame Butterfly'', and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover. The setting of the plot is relocated to the 1970s Saigon during the Vietnam War
+''The Scottsboro Boys'' is a musical by Kander and Ebb with a book by David Thompson. Based on the 1931 trial in Alabama
-In the London production of ''Miss Saigon'', Lea Salonga originally starred as Kim, with Jonathan Pryce as the Engineer. When the production transferred from London to New York City, the Actors' Equity Association (AEA) refused to allow Pryce, a white actor, to recreate the role of the Eurasian pimp in America. Producer Cameron Mackintosh threatened to cancel the show, despite massive advanced ticket sales
+''Show Boat'' is set on the paddle steamer Cotton Blossom. Music by '''Jerome Kern''' and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. Based on a novel by Edna Ferber
-''Martin Guerre'' is a musical with a book by Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil. Based on a a French peasant of the 16th century, was at the centre of a famous case of imposture. Set at the time of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew
+* ''Ol’ Man River''
-'''Kander and Ebb''' were a songwriting team consisting of composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb. Known primarily for their stage musicals, which included ''Cabaret'', ''Chicago'', and ''Fosse'', Kander and Ebb also scored several movies including their most famous song, the theme song from Martin Scorsese's ''New York, New York''
+''Dreamgirls'' is a Broadway musical based upon the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes. Music by '''Harry Krieger'''
-''Maybe This Time'' – song from ''Cabaret'' sung by Sally Bowles
+''Rent'' is a rock musical, with music and lyrics by '''Jonathan Larson''' based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera ''La Boheme''
-''Chicago'' is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago
+''Man of La Mancha'' is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by '''Mitch Leigh'''
-''All That Jazz'' – song from ''Chicago''
+* ''The Impossible Dream''
-''Kiss of the Spider Woman'' – musical by Kander and Ebb
+'''Lerner and Loewe''' were the team of lyricist and librettist '''Alan Jay Lerner''' and composer '''Frederick Loewe'''
-''Showboat'' – set on paddle steamer Cotton Blossom. Music by '''Jerome Kern''' and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
+* ''How to Handle a Woman''
-''Showboat'' features the song ''Ol’ Man River''
+''Brigadoon'' by Lerner and Loewe involves two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village which appears for only one day every hundred years. Tommy, one of the tourists, falls in love with Fiona, a young woman from Brigadoon
-''Smoke Gets in Your Eyes'' – Words by Otto Harbach. Music by Jerome Kern, for the musical ''Roberta''
+* ''Almost Like Being in Love''
-'''Lerner and Loewe''' were the team of lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe
+* ''On the Street Where You Live''
-''How to Handle a Woman'' – from ''Camelot'', by Lerner and Loewe
+''Paint Your Wagon'' by Lerner and Loewe is set during the California gold rush
-''Camelot'' is based on ''The Once and Future King'' by TH White
+* ''Wandering Star''
-''My Fair Lady, Brigadoon'' – Lerner and Loewe
+''Gigi'' by Lerner and Loewe is based on a novel by Colette
-''Brigadoon'' involves two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village which appears for only one day every hundred years. Tommy, one of the tourists, falls in love with Fiona, a young woman from Brigadoon
+* ''I Remember It Well''
-''On The Street Where You Live'' – from ''My Fair Lady''
+''Les Miserables'', ''Miss Saigon'' – libretto by '''Alain Boublil''', composed by '''Claude-Michel Schonberg'''
-''Paint Your Wagon'' is set in the California gold rush
+''Les Miserables'' opened at the Barbican Centre in London in 1985, produced by Cameron Mackintosh and adapted and directed by Trevor Nunn. It is the longest-running musical in the world, the second longest-running West End show after The Mousetrap and the third longest-running show in Broadway history. Includes ''I Dreamed a Dream'', sung by Fantine
-''Wandering Star'', ''I Talk To the Trees'' – from ''Paint Your Wagon''
+''Miss Saigon'' is a modern adaptation of Giacomo Puccini's opera ''Madame Butterfly'', and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover. The setting of the plot is relocated to the 1970s Saigon during the Vietnam War
-''Gigi'' – based on a novel by Colette
+In the London production of ''Miss Saigon'', Lea Salonga originally starred as Kim, with Jonathan Pryce as the Engineer. When the production transferred from London to New York City, the Actors' Equity Association (AEA) refused to allow Pryce, a white actor, to recreate the role of the Eurasian pimp in America. Producer Cameron Mackintosh threatened to cancel the show, despite massive advanced ticket sales
-''I Remember It Well'', ''The Night They Invented Champagne'' – from ''Gigi''
+''Martin Guerre'' is a musical with a book by Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil. Based on a a French peasant of the 16th century, was at the centre of a famous case of imposture. Set at the time of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew

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		+	List of longest-running Broadway shows (as of March 2020) – 1<sup>st</sup> ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (13,370 performances), 2<sup>nd</sup> ''Chicago'' (9.692), 3<sup>rd</sup> ''The Lion King'' (9,302), 4<sup>th</sup> ''Cats'' (7,485), 5<sup>th</sup> ''Wicked'' (6,836)

−	List of longest-running Broadway shows (as of March 2015) – 1<sup>st</sup> ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (11,303 performances), 2<sup>nd</sup> ''Chicago'' (7,629), 3<sup>rd</sup> ''Cats'' (7,493), 4<sup>th</sup> ''The Lion King'' (7.224), 5<sup>th</sup> ''Les Miserables'' (6,680)	+	List of longest-running West End musicals (as of March 2020) – 1<sup>st</sup> ''Les Miserables'' (13,964), 2<sup>nd</sup> The ''Phantom of the Opera'' (13,629), 3<sup>rd</sup> ''Blood Brothers'' (10,013), 4<sup>th</sup> ''Cats'' (8,949), 5<sup>th</sup> ''Mamma Mia!'' (8,498)
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−	List of longest-running West End musicals (as of ~~August 2014~~) – 1<sup>st</sup> ''Les Miserables'' (12,~~000~~), 2<sup>nd</sup> The ''Phantom of the Opera'' (11,~~574~~), 3<sup>rd</sup> ''Blood Brothers'' (10,013), 4<sup>th</sup> ''Cats'' (8,949), 5<sup>th</sup> ''~~Starlight Express~~'' (7,~~406~~)