New London Theatre
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The New London Theatre is a West End theatre located on the corners of Drury Lane and Parker Street in Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster.
Designed by Paul Tvrtkovic, it officially opened on January 2, 1973 with a production of The Unknown Soldier and His Wife starring Peter Ustinov. Between 1981 and 2002 it was home to the musical Cats, during which time it became the longest running musical in West End history.
It also hosted the 1977 BBC Sports Personality of the Year and the Masters snooker between 1976 and 1978.
Between 2003 and 2005 the theatre hosted Bill Kenwright's revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This closed after a two and a half year run on 3 September 2005. Currently, the venues is playing host to the London transfer of the hit off-Broadway production, Blue Man Group, which will close in July 2007, to make way for "Never Forget", a musical based on the songs of Take That.
[edit] Principal Productions
- Cats (May 11, 1981 - May 11, 2002)
- Umoja (September 6, 2002 - February 8, 2003)
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (March 3, 2003 - 3 September 2005)
- Blue Man Group (November 10 2005 - July 2007)
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