Shirley Valentine Kershaw directed by Glen Walford. Two years later it opened in London's West End at the Vaudeville Theatre, with Pauline Collins directed by Simon Callow. After eight previews, the Broadway production, with Collins again directed by Callow, opened on 16 February 1989 at the Booth Theatre, where it ran for 324 performances. Ellen Burstyn replaced Collins later in the run, and Loretta Swit starred in a US national tour in 1995. From 26 March - 8 May 2010, as part of the Willy Russell season at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Meera Syal played Shirley in the production's first London West
Laverne & Shirley in the Army Laverne & Shirley in the Army Laverne & Shirley in the Army is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Paramount Television and a spin-off of the live-action sitcom "Laverne & Shirley" with the title characters voiced by Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams. The show aired for one season of 13 episodes on ABC from October 10, 1981, to September 18, 1982 (the words "In the Army" did not appear in the show's title card). The series was loosely based on the 1979 two-part episode "You're in the Army, Now," in which Laverne and