I am not sure exactly the first, but I know it was one by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Some of his were: Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar. I hope that helps :)
The oldest theater on the West End is the Adelphi, and it was first used for bulesques and melodramas. The first true musical to play in the theater was The Earl and the Girl, in 1904.
It first opened at the West End on the 14th May 2002.
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Cats premiered in the West End at the New London Theatre on May 11, 1981.
The Phantom of the Opera was first performed as a musical in the West End in 1986. It then went on to open on Broadway in 1988.
Cats the musical was first performed on 11th May 1981 in West End at the New London theatre.
Cats the musical was first performed on 11th May 1981 in West End at the New London theatre.
It first opened at the West End on the 14th May 2002.
Possibly The Lord Of The Rings. It was considerd the most expensive west end musical at the time it was on.
Oliver! premiered in London in 1960, New York in 1964, and was made into a movie in 1968.
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West end musicals generate billions of dollars each year. The top grossing musical is Phantom of the Opera which is followed closely by The Lion King.