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Palace Theatre, London
The Palace Theatre, London, is an imposing red-brick building that dominates the west side of Cambridge Circus.Opened in January 1891 as the Royal English Opera House designed by Thomas Collcutt and was renamed the Palace Theatre of Varities a year later. The name finally changed to The Palace Theatre in 1911.
Until 2004, it was the home of Les Misérables for eighteen years. The musical transferred from the Barbican Centre on December 4, 1985.
On March 11, 1925 the musical comedy No, No, Nanette opened at the Palace Theatre starring Binnie Hale . The run of 665 performances made it the third longest running West End musical of the 1920s.
The Palace Theatre was also the venue for Fred Astaire's final stage musical Gay Divorce which opened there on November 2, 1933.
Its current capacity is 1400.
Principal productions
- Song and Dance (April 7, 1982 - March 31, 1984)
- Les Misérables (December 4, 1985 - March 27, 2004)
- The Woman in White (September 15, 2004 - )
Nearby tube stations
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