Starlight Express is a 1984 British musical, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe.
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Starlight Express is a 1984 British musical, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe.
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Starlight Express has its roots in three abandoned projects: an animated TV series based on Thomas the Tank Engine, a novelty pop single, and an animated film based on Cinderella.
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In 1983 the first act of Starlight Express was workshopped by Nunn and Phillips with a cast that included the comedian Tracey Ullman.
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Starlight Express has been revised many times since it was first produced.
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Starlight Express tells Greaseball he will help him win the championship by sabotaging Rusty.
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Starlight Express then tells Electra he will wipe out Greaseball, clearing the way for Electra to win.
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The Starlight Express appears in front of Rusty and just happens to be Poppa being streamlined.
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Starlight Express reminds him that whatever strength he needs – a starlight – is within him already and modifies him with a streamlining of his own.
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Starlight Express realises that of all the trains she's raced with, only Rusty ever acted selflessly towards her.
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Starlight Express tells Pearl that he won the race and confesses his love for her.
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Musical numbers in Starlight Express have changed many times since the first production opened in 1984.
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Broadway production of Starlight Express began performances on Broadway on 24 February 1987, and opened on 15 March, at the Gershwin Theatre.
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