Wait in the Wings | The Painful History of Lloyd Webber's Crazy Train Musical @WaitintheWings | Uploaded June 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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
starlightexpress-club.mountlaurelmartialarts.com

"Skating the Starlight Express" by Michael Fraley
amazon.com/Skating-Starlight-Express-Michal-Fraley/dp/1458374327

"The Megamusical" by Jessica Sternfeld
amazon.com/Megamusical-Profiles-Popular-Music/dp/0253347939/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+megamusical&qid=1592986346&s=books&sr=1-1