Doctor Dolittle 1998

Opened: July 14, 1998
Closing: June 05, 1999

Doctor Dolittle - 1998 - West End History , Info & More

Apollo Theatre
29 Shaftesbury Avenue London

Based on the stories of Hugh Lofting

The classic tale of kindness to animals and animal kindnesses trots, crawls and flies onto the stage in a big Broadway-sized family musical. All of the characters (human and animal) we've come to love through the stories of Hugh Lofting and the magical movie musical are given new life in the stage version of Doctor Dolittle.

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Songwriter/Lyricist Leslie Bricusse (Stop the World - I Want to Get Off, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Victor/Victoria) made his first big splash in Hollywood with the 1967 Twentieth Century FOX production of Doctor Dolittle, a roadshow musical starring Rex Harrison as Hugh Lofting's English country doctor that could talk to the animals. A variety of activities and releases have been mounted to celebrate the 50th Anniversary.

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Doctor Dolittle FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Doctor Dolittle have there been?
Doctor Dolittle has had 3 productions including West End which opened in 1998, US Tour which opened in 2005 and US Tour which opened in 2006.

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