Starlight Express

Wheeled train show

Starlight Express is a 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in which the entire cast performs on roller skates, playing sentient railway engines competing in a championship race.

The show features a distinctive high-energy spectacle with performers skating through the audience on specially constructed tracks.

We saw Starlight Express in the West End.

musicalSung theatrical production
trainsLinked rail carriages
roller skatesWheeled boots for gliding
railwayTrack system for trains
locomotiveRailway pulling machine

Andrew Lloyd Webber · rolling stock · train set · Rusty · Pearl · Electra · racing · tracks · wheels · steam · diesel · freight · caboose · engine · power source · speed · competition · Broadway

Opposites

theatrical staging and movement

Starlight ExpressOur Town

Play about everyday existence

black box theater · drawing room drama · Waiting for Godot

musical theater style and tone

Starlight ExpressLes Misérables

Sweeney Todd · Miss Saigon · West Side Story · Company

critical reception within Lloyd Webber canon

Starlight ExpressEvita

Spanish pet name

Jesus Christ Superstar · Cats · Sunset Boulevard

Family

star, light, express, stars, starred, starring, starry, starlit, stardom

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Rated G