London Shows - Chronology

The shows are listed in alphabetical order. The original opening date is the official frst night, not counting previews, unless otherwise stated. By and large revivals of shows are not included. In later years, unless show runs have been officially published I have assumed 8 shows per week, uncluding matinees. Where only short runs have been scheduled I have given the opening and closing dates only. Further information about the shows can be found by clicking on the show title where linked.

Original listing by Edmund Whitehouse of "This England" magazine

London shows - chronology

1979

Title

Run

Venue

Aladdin (Sandy Wilson) 27 December Lyric Hammersmith
Chicago (Kander/Ebb) 10 April (600+ perfs) Cambridge Theatre
A Day In Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine (Lazarus/Vosburgh) 28 March (168 perfs) May Fair Theatre
Faust (Mortimer/Reid, Bogdanov) based on play by Goethe 4 July (26 perfs) Young Vic
Fearless Frank (Brown/Davies) 31 May (52 perfs) King's Head Theatre Club
Flowers For Algernon (Strouse) 14 June (29 perfs) Queen's Theatre
Grease (Jacobs/Casey) (124 perfs) Astoria
The King and I (Rodgers/Hammerstein II) - revival (538 perfs) London Palladium
Songbook (Monty Norman/Julian More) 25 July (208 perfs) Globe Theatre
Tommy (Townshend & The Who) 6 February (118 perfs) Queen's Theatre