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The long-running ''[[Black and White Minstrel Show]]'' played through the 1960s until 1972. In 1982, a production of ''[[The Little Foxes]]'', saw [[Elizabeth Taylor]] making her London stage debut. Another unusually long-running show at the theatre was ''[[Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story]]'', that played for 13 years in London, beginning in 1989 (transferring to the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]] in 1995). After this, the theatre presented mostly revivals of well-known musicals. In 2005, ''[[Billy Elliot the Musical]]'' opened, garnering rave reviews and Olivier awards.
The theatre was purchased by [[Stephen Waley-Cohen]] in 1991.
After ''Billy Elliot'' ended its run in April 2016, the theatre closed for a multi-million pound refurbishment. In
==Notable productions==
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* ''[[Tonight's the Night (2003 musical)|Tonight's the Night]]'' (7 November 2003 – 9 October 2004)
* ''[[Billy Elliot the Musical]]'' (11 May 2005 – 9 April 2016<ref>[https://www.bestoftheatre.co.uk/blog/post/billy-elliot-ends "Billy Elliot pirouettes out of the West End"] ''Best of Theatre'' 10 December 2015</ref>) by Lee Hall, starring [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]] and [[Haydn Gwynne]].
==Nearby Tube stations==
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