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Howard Keel Presents Playhouse

BBC Radio 2
on BBC Radio 2

A six-part series celebrating great London theatres associated with musicals.
5: Her Majesty's Theatre
Howard Keel tells the story of the theatre where some of London's longest running musicals have played, from Chu Chin Chow during the First World War to West
Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof and Phantom of the Opera. All these shows are recalled, along with some spectacular flops such as Ambassador and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jeeves.
Written and compiled by James Montgomery
A Ladbroke Radio production

Contributors

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Chu Chin Chow
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Andrew Lloyd
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James Montgomery
Source: Radio Times

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