Celebrated Theatre Shows Around the World

Musicals have been the main type of entertainment in the worlds biggest cities for years. Infact, some theatre shows have been going for over 15 years and still popular with the public. With the interest of this type of public entertainment, we will discuss the highest earning and longest running theatre musicals in the globe.

The big time theatre musical that has to be mentioned is Phantom of the Opera, one of the most incredible shows to ever be written. This brilliant show is the longest running theatre musical in theatre history and the biggest earning of all time. The musical production was written for the theatre stage by Andrew Lloyd Webber and details the story of a scarred guy who falls in deep love with a chorus singer from the local opera house. The excellent songs of the musical show are now legendary and the mask worn by the Phantom of the Opera is so unmistakable that it’s apparent in lots of fancy dress parties around the world. The cheap theatre ticket retailers in central London offer Cheap Theatre Tickets with great savings on all top West End theatre productions.

Next up is the spectacular musical show known as Cats. Again another world renowned theatre show and one that ran pretty much 18 years until its last stage show in late 2000. The theatre show won both the Laurence Olivier Award and the Tony award for greatest theatre production and was shown in both London’s showbiz West End and world famous Broadway New York. The theatre production was so in demand that it was scripted into 19 different languages and even shown across the globe. Cats the musical was a real phenomenon.

Now it is time for the most memorable play with a French name of all time, Les Miserable aka Les Mis or translated into English as The Miserables. The musical show has been pleasing audiences in London’s West End for well over 15 years now and is the 2nd longest ever running musical in London’s entertainment history. One of the most acclaimed songs from the musical is I Dreamed a Dream, and it was also sung by Britains Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle. The theatre musical Cats was up for 12 Tony awards and won eight of them, including very best theatre show.