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.
| Music | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alistair Lloyd Webber (additional music) |
| Lyrics | Richard Stilgoe, Lauren Aquilina (additional lyrics) Don Black (additional lyrics), Nick Coler (additional lyrics), David Yazbek (additional lyrics) |
| Productions | 1984 West End, 1987 Broadway, 1987 Australasia Tour, 1988 Bochum, 1989 US Tour, 1993 Las Vegas, 1997 Mexico City, 2003 2nd US Tour, 2004 UK Tour, 2009 New Zealand Tour, 2012 2nd UK Tour, 2013 Asia Tour, 2013 Johannesburg, 2013 Tuacahn, 2017 UK Workshop |
About Starlight Express
Rock musical in which a child's train set magically comes to life and the various engines race to become the "fastest engine in the world."
Achievement of Starlight Express
The musical started as a West End production in 1984 and would be produced internationally in Japan, Australia, Germany, South Africa, the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Latest information about Starlight Express updated on July 28 2021.
