London School of Musical Theatre Adam Bayjou the alternate Jean Valjean in "Les Misérables" and Danny Walters playing Tiger in the ITV series "Benidorm". London School of Musical Theatre The London School of Musical Theatre (LSMT) is an academy of performing arts that has provided training since 1995. It was originally housed at The Old Vic Theatre and then Her Majesty's Theatre, before moving to premises on Borough Road where it currently operates. In 2015 the school was based at Price Studios in Clapham but later returned to Borough Road following a full building refurbishment in the summer of 2016. London School of Musical Theatre
Musical theatre way for Kern's later work by showing that a musical could combine light, popular entertainment with continuity between its story and songs. Historian Gerald Bordman wrote: The theatre-going public needed escapist entertainment during the dark times of World War I, and they flocked to the theatre. The 1919 hit musical "Irene" ran for 670 performances, a Broadway record that held until 1938. The British theatre public supported far longer runs like that of "The Maid of the Mountains" (1,352 performances) and especially "Chu Chin Chow". Its run of 2,238 performances was more than twice as long as any previous musical,