It was a royal birthday celebration indeed. Andrew Lloyd Webber turned 50 years old, and this lavish 1998 production amounted to a live greatest hits album at the Royal Albert Hall. Certain dance numbers were, to me, as memorable as the music itself.
"Whistle Down the Wind" did better as a concept album, featuring music pieces like that of pop star Bonnie Tyler, than it did in its 1996 debut production in Washington DC.
The 1996 film adaptation of the stage musical "Evita" did well in the box office, with Antonio Banderas as the enigmatic Che. His character is best understood, I think, as a Chorus woven into the story itself.
"Starlight Express" tells the story of a toy train set that comes to life, hence the stage performance on roller skates. Ray Shell was among the cast members, since its 1984 debut in London.
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