Prince Edward Theatre original name, reopening with the world première of the musical "Evita" on 21 June 1978. Further renovations were undertaken by RHWL in 1992–93, increasing the size of the stage, reopening 3 March 1993 with a revival of "Crazy for You". The ABBA musical, "Mamma Mia!" premièred here on 6 April 1999, transferring to the Prince of Wales Theatre, after a five-year run. Owned by the Delfont Mackintosh Group, and with a capacity of 1,716, it formerly hosted "Mary Poppins" until 12 January 2008, before the show toured the UK. "Jersey Boys" opened on 18 March 2008 and moved to the
Jukebox musical songs. Other films described as jukebox musicals take all their songs from a single concept album featuring an integrated song cycle with a story arc, sometimes labeled a rock opera. Both the movies of The Who's "Tommy" and of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" adapted the entire song cycle of a single album which already revolved around a fictional character. Although jukebox musicals had achieved success for years (for instance "Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story", the musical about the life of Buddy Holly which ran in the West End for 13 years from 1989 to 2003), a surge in popularity