Starlight Express
Gershwin Theatre
Previews Began: February 24, 1987
Opening Night: March 15, 1987
Closing Night: January 8, 1989
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe
A boy’s toy train set comes to life and the characters race to become the ‘fastest engine in the world.’ Will the underdog, Rusty, triumph and win the race and the heart of observation car, Pearl? Or will the Greaseball gang ruin everything?
Musical Numbers
Act One
Rolling Stock……………………………Greaseball, Gang
Engine of Love……………………..Rusty, Pearl, Dinah,
Ashley, Buffy
Lotta Locomotion…….Dinah, Ashley, Buffy, Rusty
Freight………………………………………………..Company
AC/DC……………….Electra, Krupp, Wrench, Joule,
Volta, Purse, Company
Pumping Iron……Greaseball, Pearl, Ashley, Dinah,
Buffy, Joule, Volta, Wrench
Freight (Reprise)…………………………………Company
Make Up My Heart……………………………………Pearl
Race One…………….Greaseball, Dinah, Weltschaft,
Joule, Turnov, Red Caboose,
Electra, Pearl
There’s Me………………………….Red Caboose, Dinah
Poppa’s Blues……………….Poppa, Rocky I, Rocky II,
Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rusty
Belle…….Belle, Poppa, Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III,
Rocky IV, Rusty, Dustin, Flat-Top
Race Two…………….Bobo, Buffy, Hashamoto, Volta,
Espresso, Ashley, Poppa, Dustin
Laughing Stock……………………………………Company
Starlight Express………………………………………Rusty
Act Two
Silver Dollar………………………………………..Company
U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D……………..Dinah, Ashley, Buffy
Rolling Stock (Reprise)……….Dinah, Ashley, Buffy
Wide Smile, High Style, That’s Me…Red Caboose,
Electra, Krupp,
Wrench, Joule,
Volta, Purse
First Final………..Greaseball, Pearl, Electra, Dinah,
Hashamoto, Volta, Rusty, Red Caboose
Right Place, Right Time……………Rocky I, Rocky II,
Rocky III, Rocky IV
I Am the Starlight…………………………..Rusty, Poppa
Final Selection………Rusty, Dustin, Dinah, Electra,
Pearl, Greaseball, Red Caboose
Only You…………………………………………Pearl, Rusty
Chase…………………………………………………Company
One Rock and Roll Too Many…………….Greaseball,
Electra,
Red Caboose
Light at the End of the Tunnel…………….Company