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Good thing Ravel wrote the melody in 1928, then! :)

In order for there to be oscar wins - they need to have new songs in it. Tim Rice told me he is not a huge fan of the song... I am sure Alan won't disappoint!

qolbinau said: "Mister Matt said: "It would barely even register as a forced rhyme, something that's been used by well-respected lyricists throughout Broadway history, especially in comedic songs. Porter was particularly fond of them. "I don't know if they are explicitly trying to rhyme those two words (though if you ask me, they are pretty close).For example, here is another section (which I think is clever) where they attempt to rhyme each of the words at the end of the line:"Specialness" s...

and yet Kinky Boots continues to run. Baffling. "Everybody say yeah!"

Maybe they'll include it on the film's soundtrack

Fosse76 said: "The producers, contrary to Ms. St. Martin's statement, could care less about performers' safety."Ahem.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

I will happily suggest MusicalTalk - not that I am biased...

The plot is utter nonsense - much like a lot of queen's songs. You tell me what Bohemian Rhapsody is all about...

I am generally against pop star "writing" musicals - but...Big Bad Voodoo DaddyBilly Joel Paul McCartneySpring to mind...

Who is the English National Orchestra? Do they accompany the English National Opera?

Anthony Drewe. "To see a statue, dance like that you can't believe your eyes. You fear you've lost your marbles, though the thinker thinks you're wise. So you should hasten; call a mason, tell him what you've seen. He knows his craft; he'll think you're daft - but we'll know what you mean" (From a pantomime musical of Jack the Beanstalk he and George did) "If you write a poem then you have to rhyme it.If you watch a race run then you want to time it.If you see a church bell well you're gonna ...

EvanK said: "The chalkboard in Matilda isn't a projection? I always thought it was? "Nope - that would be too obvious! It'd be bad to see a beam of light and also Trunchbull walks right infant of the board as it's happening... and the chalkboard moves forward.

That moment really is the most amazing moment of theatricality. I remember seeing it at the RSC thinking How is Trunchbull going to pick her up... and then she does - with no lighting or position switch. It's really the chalkboard illusion that's pretty ingenious - considering it is NOT projection at all.

RaiseYouUp said: ""Defying Gravity" still kills me every time." I completely agree! To me, Defying Gravity is the ultimate special effect on Broadway. Another for me would be the finale in Kinky Boots. I'm not sure that this exactly qualifies as a "special effect", but the use of the lights and mirrors on the walls of the set is just thrilling, and then when the lights hit those drag costumes it's just the best thing ever! It was good, too, when Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Doo-daa did ...

Paul Kieve love fest coming up:GHOST (Door, folding letter, blue room illusion, subway, everything)Matilda (Pigtails and Chalkboard)Lord of the Rings (Bilbo Baggins disappearing - much like GHOST)The Witches (the table cloth falling on the witches and they all disappear from underneath it)The Invisible Man (when he takes his bandages off and there's no face and yet his glasses are still there and he smokes a cigarette !!!!!)Levitation effect in PIPPIN The castle rotating in Beauty and the Bea...

I think it's a very finely crafted score. The numbers do SO much on stage and a lot of new writers today can learn a lot from them - how to write a modern score that still works in every way it should. Sheridan gave an absolutely stellar performance early in the run until she lost her way toward the end and was told off for being too silly and not taking it seriously. I think it was a clever move to scale the show down to its bare essentials by Sonia - but I don't like how it's lead to a tren...

Or - the English version - "ME" from Beauty and the Beast :)

I was so shocked with their laughable recordings - I even told Alan Menken about the Little Shop of Horrors one! Whilst he had no power to remove it (??) he certainly wasn't happy! They're giving London theatre a bad name - that's for sure!

Some of these aren't Broadway Musicals - as they didn't originate there. So West End Mega Musicals Evita Cats Les Miserables Starlight Express The Phantom of the Opera Miss Saigon Sunset Boulevard Mary Poppins Matilda Broadway Mega Musicals Wicked The Lion King The Producers Spider-Man is not a mega musical - as it's only played one place.. and flopped.

Yes. Leslie Bricusse told me Dahl hated the film so much he said that no future versions of it were allowed to have anything to do with that version. So - there you go.