The Painful History of Lloyd Webber's Crazy Train Musical

All aboard! As we continue forward on our journey of theater history, today we'll be making a stop to look into the painful spectacle of Starlight Express. Fresh off the success of Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber would follow it up with a musical about anamorphic trains. What could go wrong?

Special thanks to Robert Torti and Josie Campbell for helping me learn the story more!

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Great Research Sources:

"Starlight Express Alumni Podcast" with Peter Liciaga
https://starlightexpress-club.mountla...

"Skating the Starlight Express" by Michael Fraley
https://www.amazon.com/Skating-Starli...

"The Megamusical" by Jessica Sternfeld
https://www.amazon.com/Megamusical-Pr...

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