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

1980

Title

Run

Venue

Barnardo (Maxin) 21 May (43 perfs) Royalty Theatre
The Biograph Girl (Heneker) 19 November (57 perfs) Phoenix Theatre
Colette (John Dankworth) 24 September (47 perfs) Comedy Theatre
Nicholas Nickleby (Oliver) also known as Smike
On the Twentieth Century (Coleman/Comden & Green) 19 March (165 perfs) Her Majesty's Theatre
Pal Joey (Rodgers/Hart) 4 August Half Moon Theatre. Transferred to Albery Theatre
The Streets of London (Barnett & Carpeneter) - Based on the Boucicault play 21 October (122 perfs) Her Majesty's Theatre
Swann with Topping (Donald Swann/Frank Topping) 2 October Ambassadors Theatre
Sweeney Todd (Sondheim) 2 July (157 perfs) Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
They're PlayingOur Song (Hamlisch/Carole Bayer Sager) 1 October Shaftesbury Theatre
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Legrand/Harnick & Burr) 10 April (12 perfs) Phoenix Theatre