Palace Theatre, London Theatre in 1957. In the 1960s, "The Sound of Music" ran for 2,385 performances, from 1961, and "Cabaret" followed in 1968. The Danny La Rue revue "Danny at the Palace" played for two years from 1970. Two more exceptional runs took place at The Palace during the last decades of the 20th century: "Jesus Christ Superstar" (3,358 performances from 1972 to 1980) and "Les Misérables", which played at the theatre for nineteen years after moving from the Barbican Centre on 4 December 1985. The production moved to the Queen's Theatre on April 2004 to continue its record-setting run. In between,
Palace Theatre, London a programme of 21 short films shown at the Theatre. The name of the theatre was finally changed to The Palace Theatre in 1911. Herman Finck was musical director at the theatre from 1900 until 1920, with whose orchestra he made many recordings. The theatre was famous not only for its orchestra, but also for the beautiful Palace Girls, for whom Finck composed many dances. In 1911, the Palace Girls performed a song and dance number, which was originally called "Tonight" but became very popular as a romantic instrumental piece "In The Shadows". In 1912, the theatre hosted the first