Musicals have been the backbone of entertainment in the worlds greatest cities for a long time. Infact, some musicals have been captivating audiences for over 20 years and still driving lots of theatre goers. With the popular interest of this type of public entertainment, we will mention the biggest earning and longest running theatre shows in the world.
The big time musical production that has to be brought up is Phantom of the Opera, one of the most wonderful musical productions to ever be staged. This unbelievable show is the longest ever running musical in history and the biggest earning of all time. The musical show was adapted for the stage by Andrew Lloyd Webber and tells the tale of a disfigured French male who falls in deep love with a chorus singer from the local opera house. The magnificent songs of the theatre production are now legendary and the white mask worn by the Phantom is so unmistakable that it’s apparent in abounding fancy dress parties around the globe. Find theatre tickets for Chicago the Musical online and save money.
Next up is the outstanding musical known as Cats. Again another popular theatre show and one that ran practically 20 years until its last show in late 2000. Cats won both the Laurence Olivier Award and the Tony award for best musical and was performed in both London’s glittering West End and Broadway New York. The theatre show was so successful that it was changed into 19 particular languages and actually shown across the world. Cats the musical show was a true phenomenon.
Now it is time for the most world famous play with a French name of all time, Les Miserable aka Les Mis or changed into English as The Miserables. The theatre show has been going in London’s glittering West End for beyond 20 years now and is the 2nd longest running show in London’s history. One of the most popular songs from the theatre production is I Dreamed a Dream, and it was also sung by Britains Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle. The musical show Cats was up for 12 Tony awards and won eight of them, including very best musical production.
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