Aaron Zebede "La Cage aux Folles" and did a one-week run as 'Shrek' in "Shrek the Musical". In 2017 he played the role of 'Edna Turnblad' in the Panamanian revival of "Hairspray (musical)". As director, Zebede directed Elton John & Tim Rice's "Aida" at the National Theatre of Panama as well as Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In The Heights" at the Teatro El Círculo (both in 2013), Schönberg & Boublil’s "Les Misérables" in 2014, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar" in 2015, Larry Kramer's AIDS drama "The Normal Heart", the ABBA inspired hit "Mamma Mia!" at the Teatro Anayansi, the rock musical "Rock of
West End theatre 19th century, and all other theatres could perform only musical entertainments. By the early 19th century, however, music hall entertainments became popular, and presenters found a loophole in the restrictions on non-patent theatres in the genre of melodrama. Melodrama did not break the Patent Acts, as it was accompanied by music. Initially, these entertainments were presented in large halls, attached to public houses, but purpose-built theatres began to appear in the East End at Shoreditch and Whitechapel. The West End theatre district became established with the opening of many small theatres and halls, including the Adelphi in The Strand on