Oliver!

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Oliver!
Original theatre programme and poster
Music	Lionel Bart
Lyrics	Lionel Bart
Book	Lionel Bart
Basis	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Productions	1960 West End 1962 Broadway 1968 Film Adaptation 1977 West End revival 1984 Broadway revival 1994 West End revival 2002 Australian tour 2003 Tallinn 2009 West End revival 2009 Chorzów 2011 UK Tour 2016 Arena Stage Washington, DC 2022 Blyth Hall, Newport-on-Tay, Scotland 2023 Encores! 2023 Leeds Playhouse 2024 Chichester Festival Theatre & West End Revival
Awards	Tony Award for Best Original Score

Oliver! is a stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before opening in the West End, where it enjoyed a record-breaking long run. Oliver! ran on Broadway, after being brought to the U.S. by producer David Merrick in 1963. Major London revivals played from 1977 to 1980, 1994 to 1998, 2008 to 2011 and on tour in the UK from 2011 to 2013. Additionally, its 1968 film adaptation, directed by Carol Reed, won six Academy Awards including Best Picture.

Oliver! received thousands of performances in British schools, becoming one of the most popular school musicals.^[1] In 1963 Lionel Bart received the Tony Award for Best Original Score. Many songs are well known to the public, such as "Food, Glorious Food", "Consider Yourself" and "I'd Do Anything".^[2]