Song & Dance
Cats
It tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make the "Jellicle choice," deciding which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.- Basis: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot
- Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Première: 1981 at New London Theatre, London
- Film: 1998, 2019
A Chorus Line
- Book: James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante
- Music: Marvin Hamlisch
- Lyrics: Edward Kleban
- Première: 1975 at Public Newman Theater, NYC
- Film: 1985
(L) “I Hope I Get It” (R) a full show
Contact
- Book: John Weidman
- Choreography & direction: Susan Stroman
- Music: various
- Lyrics: various
A musical "dance play" that ran both off-Broadway and on Broadway in 1999–2002.
Song and Dance
- Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Lyrics: Don Black, Richard Maltby, Jr. (additional)
- Productions: 1982 West End
A musical comprising two acts, one told entirely in "Song" and one entirely in "Dance", tied together by a unifying love story:
(1) The "Song" act is 'Tell Me on a Sunday', about a young British woman's romantic misadventures in New York City and Hollywood.
(2) The "Dance" act is a ballet choreographed to Variations (composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber for his cellist brother Julian) which is based on the A Minor Caprice No. 24 by Paganini.
Starlight Express
The musical tells the story of a young but obsolete steam engine, Rusty, who races in a championship against modern engines in the hope of impressing a first-class carriage, Pearl.
- Musical: Andrew Lloyd Webber (later + son Alastair Lloyd Webber)
- Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe (later + Don Black, David Yazbek, Nick Coler and Lauren Aquilina)
- Productions: multiple productions worldwide
"The show holds the record as the ninth-longest-running theatrical production in West End history, having been performed 7,409 times between 1984 and 2002."
Sources: Wikipedia
Reference: Show Time! 音樂劇的9種風情 (邱瑗)
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