Broadway was the second production of Starlight Express to open, a good three years after the original London production. The show was completely over-hauled- new costume designs, lots of new songs - "Engine of Love", "Make Up My Heart", and the Rap was exchanged for "Silver Dollar". The show opened with "Entry of the Nationals", not the overture into Rolling Stock. The story wasn't about racing to win the championship, the whole motivation was the prize of the Silver Dollar. The race structure was changed- rather than having three heats, three engines, each winner in the final, on Broadway they introduced the structure of 4 engines in each heat, 2 heats, 2 engines from each in the final.

Due to the proportions of the theatre, the set could not extend into the auditorium as it did in london, but they did have a very wide and high stage to fill. So, the race tracks spiralled up and up and around within the proscenium arch. Unfortunately, while their bridge looked magnificent, the engineering was flawed and after a few months, had been damaged beyond repair - it was permanently placed in one position and left there! It seems this did not hinder the races, however. The set was far more decorated than London, with scenes of America and place names giving a sense of location to each part of the track.

"Songs from Starlight Express" music book

Rusty	Greg Mowry	Pearl	Reva Rice
Greaseball	Robert Torti	Dinah	Jane Krakowski
Electra	Ken Ard	Buffy	Jamie Beth Chandler
Poppa	Steve Fowler	Ashley	Andrea McArdle
Rocky 1	Frank Mastrocola	Krupp	Joey McKneeley
Rocky 2	Sean Grant	Wrench	Christina Youngman
Rocky 3	Ronald Garza	Purse	Gordon Owens
Rocky 4	Angel Vargas	Joule	Nicole Picard
Flat-top	Todd Lester	Volta	Mary Ann Lamb
Dustin	Michael Scott Gregory
Caboose	Barry K. Bernal	Belle	Janet Williams Adderley
Bobo	A.C. Ciulla	Swing	Michael Demby Cain
Espresso	Philip Clayton	Swing	Mark Frawley
Weltschaft	Michael Berglund	Swing	Anthony Galde
Turnov	William Christopher Frey	Swing	Lola Knox
Hashamoto	D. Michael Heath	Swing	Christine Langner
Prince of Wales	Sean McDermott	Swing	Ron Morgan
Swing	Amelia Prentice	Swing	Jennifer Prescott
Swing	Danny Strayhorn	Swing	Dwight Toppin
Swing	Broderick Wilson		38 in Company

1987 Broadway Souvenir Brochure