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A behind-the-scenes look at the putting on of the successful West End stage musical, including footage of the cast rehearsing and the triumphant first night.
Top billed cast
Jonathan PryceSelf - 'The Engineer'
Lea SalongaSelf
Cameron MackintoshSelf
Claude-Michel SchönbergSelf
Alain BoublilSelf
Nicholas HytnerSelf - Director
William David BrohnSelf - Orchestrator- Richard Maltby, Jr.Self - Co-Lyricist
- Bob AvianSelf - Choreographer
- David CaddickSelf - Musical Supervisor
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