Starlight Express is a 1984 rock opera, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. It tells the story of a young but obsolete steam engine, Rusty, who races in a championship against modern locomotives of diesel and electric engines in the hope of impressing a first-class observation car, Pearl. Famously, the actors perform on roller skates.
Running for 7,409 performances in London, Starlight Express is the ninth-longest-running West End show. It is the most successful... meer