The Mexican premiere of Starlight Express ran from November 1997 to April 1998 at the Teatro Polanco in Mexico City.[1]
Production Details[]
Recreating the direction, choreography and designs from the "new" London and Las Vegas productions, Expreso Astral was helmed by Bobby Love, who had been a cast member in Bochum, Las Vegas and on tour in the US [2]
A cast recording was produced but never released, owing to complications with the rights.[3]
Translation[]
The lyrics were translated into Spanish by Marco Villafán[4]. Many of the character's names were localised (as seen in cast list).
The National Engines were also tweaked. Only Nintendo and the Prince of Wales were unchanged. Turnov was renamed Boris, and the French, Italian and German engines were replaced by engines from Brazil (Carioca) and Argentina (Pibe) as well as Conan the "Orient Express".
Conan took Bobo's place in Heat 2, racing with Botana (Buffy), and Carioca took Espresso's role with Bacha (Ashley). El Pibe replaced Ruhrgold, racing with Joule and taking the fourth place in the final.
Musical Numbers[]
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Act 1
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Act 2
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Cast[]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Mexico's Expresso Astral Closes
www.playbill.com April 20th 1998 - ↑ Lloyd Webber's Expreso Astral Arrives Dec. 12 in Mexico
www.playbill.com, Dec 12th 1997 - ↑ Lloyd Webber's Expreso Astral Arrives Dec. 12 in Mexico
www.playbill.com, Dec 12th 1997 - ↑ The Midnight Train Crossing - Fansite with complete lyrics