Why were Maxwell Sheffield and ALW "rivals" on the Nanny
Why were Maxwell Sheffield and ALW "rivals" on the Nanny
bwayboy22
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/12
#1Why were Maxwell Sheffield and ALW "rivals" on the Nanny
Posted: 1/2/14 at 6:42pmOne was a producer and the other a composer, why would they be rivals? And even if Maxwell had passed on CATS it's ALW's show so its not like ALW profited off of his mistake. Could someone explain it to me if I'm missing something or is it just a mistake? I love the show, but this has always just been a pet peeve of mine that I never understood
#2Why were Maxwell Sheffield and ALW
Posted: 1/2/14 at 7:10pmPoetic licence? Because it sounded good? It wasn't real!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#2Why were Maxwell Sheffield and ALW
Posted: 1/2/14 at 7:44pmBecause ALW is a well known British theatrical personality that American audiences recognize.
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#3Why were Maxwell Sheffield and ALW
Posted: 1/2/14 at 8:14pmCharles Shaugnessy is effin sexy.
OperaBwayLover
Broadway Star Joined: 5/17/07
#4Why were Maxwell Sheffield and ALW
Posted: 1/2/14 at 8:26pm
Who cares? It always made for some funny bits.
Niles: "The children say they won't come down until they find out how many nominations Andrew Lloyd Webber got."
Maxwell: "I got five...and he got two!!!!"
#5Why were Maxwell Sheffield and ALW
Posted: 1/2/14 at 9:02pmI remember the episode about the musical Mr. Sheffield made based on Fran's Yetta. It felt heavy on the Streisand filmography.
#6Why were Maxwell Sheffield and ALW
Posted: 1/2/14 at 9:07pmBecause the correct comparison would be Cam Mac and he isn't nearly as prolific as ALW?
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#7Why were Maxwell Sheffield and ALW
Posted: 1/3/14 at 12:00amIn addition to Lloyd Webber's name being recognizable as a musical theatre personality, he did found the Really Useful Group, which served as a producer on all of his shows, so in a manner of speaking he was a producer.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8Why were Maxwell Sheffield and ALW
Posted: 1/3/14 at 5:24am
If SMASH couldn't be realistic in 2012, do you really think that SITCOM of the 90's would be?
All the above reasons are correct....recognition, humor, it wasn't THAT wrong (RUG), they were both British and it was fiction.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#9Why were Maxwell Sheffield and ALW
Posted: 1/3/14 at 8:48amIn addition to being head of Really Useful Group, ALW also owns(ed) several West End theaters. So he can be considered a producer and a rival of Sheffield.
#10Why were Maxwell Sheffield and ALW
Posted: 1/5/14 at 10:12amI also wouldn't discount the fact that in the mid-90s, ALW was without question the most high-profile theatrical figure in the world. The average TV watcher in the Midwest probably wouldn't have any idea who Cameron MacIntonish was/is, but they would surely know Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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