Tickets to Broadway and West End musicals are very much sought after. The ticket prices are not cheap. The musical notes and instruments of the full band hidden beneath the stage fill the theatre and the voices, costumes and stage sets transport the audience to another time, another place, another world. Off Broadway and just off the  West End are not bad either, and the prices are just a little more affordable.
People have been known to queue for hours to get cut-priced tickets at one of the famous theatres housing a well known popular musical. Tourists book their tickets months in advance and the very popular or new musicals are often sold out for months in advance.
Many of these world renowned musicals have been playing in the same theatres for years. The cast has changed. The lead actors are not the same, but the quality of the music and the show is just as great. Famous musicals such as CATS and LES MISERABLES have traveled the world and been translated into various languages.
Many of these musicals have been seen by the same person over, and over, and over again. They've been shown on TV and the video, DVD and CD of the show are available for purchase. The lyrics are well known and can be heard hummed or sung quietly by the person sitting next to you on the bus or tube. As it's been said in real British slang, that musical was "wicked".
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