Celebrated Musical Shows Around the Globe
Musicals have been the backbone of social entertainment in the worlds largest cities for a long time. Infact, some theatre shows have been showing for over twenty years and still popular. With the interest of this sort of entertainment, we will mention the biggest earning and longest running theatre productions in the world.
The heavy weight musical production that has to be mentioned is Phantom of the Opera, one of the most incredible theatre shows to ever be launched. This phenomenal show is the longest running theatre show in history and the biggest earning of all time. The theatre show was written for the stage by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and tells the story of a scarred French guy who falls in deep love with a chorus singer. The fantastic songs of the theatre show are now famous and the white face mask worn by the Phantom of the Opera is so unmistakable that it’s apparent in many fancy dress parties around the world.
Next is the tremendous musical known as Cats. Again another memorable theatre show and one that ran pretty near to 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 musical was so successful that it was changed into 18 separate languages and eventually shown across the world. Cats the theatre production was a real phenomenon.
Now it’s time for the most acclaimed play with a French show title of all time, Les Miserable aka Les Mis or translated into English as The Miserables. The theatre show has been running in London’s glittering West End for beyond 20 years now and is the second longest running musical production in London’s entertainment history. One of the most beloved songs from the theatre musical is I Dreamed a Dream, and it was also sung by talent show runner up Susan Boyle. The musical production was nominated for over ten Tony awards and won eight of them, including finest musical show. Find Phantom of the Opera Tickets online.
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