Prince Edward Theater
The Prince Edward Theater is a theater in London , England . It is located on Old Compton Street near Leicester Square in the West End . The theater can seat 1618 spectators.
history
The theater building was built in 1930 according to plans by the architect Edward A. Stone. The interior was designed by Marc-Henri Levy and Gaston Laverdet. The house, conceived as a multi-purpose theater, was to serve as a venue for musicals, revues and cinema screenings.
The Prince Edward Theater opened its theater on April 3, 1930 with a performance of the musical Rio Rita . On April 2, 1936, the house, renamed London Casino and converted into a cabaret restaurant, was reopened. During the Second World War , from July 1942 until the end of the war, the theater was renamed the Queensberry All Services Club as an entertainment club for members of the military. After the war, the name London Casino was reverted to and the old revue business was resumed. In 1954 the theater was converted into a cinema and from then on operated as the Castino Cinerama Theater .
After it was converted back into a theater in 1978, the house was given its original name Prince Edward Theater and opened with the world premiere of the musical Evita .
On April 6, 1999, exactly 25 years after the victory of the pop group ABBA at the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton , the theater premiered the ABBA musical Mamma Mia! instead of.
Previous productions
- Evita (January 21, 1978 to February 8, 1986)
- Chess (May 14, 1986 to April 8, 1989)
- Anything Goes (July 4, 1989 to August 25, 1990)
- Crazy for You (March 3, 1993 to February 24, 1996)
- Martin Guerre (July 10, 1996 to February 28, 1998)
- Mamma Mia! (April 6, 1999 to May 27, 2004)
- Mary Poppins (December 15, 2004 to January 12, 2008)
- Jersey Boys (March 18, 2008 to March 15, 2014)
- Miss Saigon (May 21, 2014 to February 27, 2016)
- since June 15, 2016 Aladdin
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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 50 ″ N , 0 ° 7 ′ 51 ″ W.