Can-Can 2007

Opened: April 1, 2007
Closing: April 28, 2007

Can-Can - 2007 - London History , Info & More

Lilian Baylis Theatre
Rosebery Avenue London

The musical comedy takes place in turn-of-the-century Paris, where La Mome Pistache, proud owner of the Bal du Paradis, famous for its sexy can-can girls, spars with Aristide Forestier, a self-righteous judge determined to close all Parisian dance halls.


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Other Productions of Can-Can

1953   Broadway Original Broadway Production
Broadway
1954   West End London Production
West End
1955   US Tour National Tour
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1959   Off-Broadway Off-Broadway Revival
Off-Broadway
1962   Off-Broadway City Center Revival
Off-Broadway
1981   Broadway Broadway Revival
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1988   International Tour
1988   West End London Revival
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2004   Off-Broadway Encores! Concert
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2007   London Lost Musicals Concert
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2007   Los Angeles Pasadena Playhouse Production
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