ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath

From the above interview.

Re: Casting Jesus via TV

The one that I really want to do, that I think might cause an uproar - but I hope not - is that I'd like to cast Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. That's what I'd like to do. One of the interesting things, is that we are quite short in the West End of big, male stars.

You've got some Michael Ball of course, but he likes dressing up as a girl and you've John Barrowman, of course - we won't go further. But, we need a search for a bloke I think.



Read more: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber_Talks_Oz_Next_TV_Star_Hunt_Jesus_20101006#ixzz11aljHOkY

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Hee. Insluts.

Oh, I agree! Jesus should be a bloke. A real man's man. Like John Wayne, George Clooney, or Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Mr. Toad strikes again.

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I dont think telling the truth is insulting, he does have a point. And I dont think the comments regarding Ball or Barrowman are in direct relation to Superstar.

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Updated On: 7/20/18 at 02:44 PM

Pools for Michael Ball and John Barrowman.

Now if they had granted him a divorce, they'd be able to sing all his music for free in their concerts.

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If his point is that there isn't the male talent in London to cast any leading role, he's a buffoon.

Unfortunately, as ever, ALW talks in idiotic soundbites and then wonders why people dislike him. Remember those declarations that Love Never Dies would open simultaneously in New York, Tokyo and London?? Maybe he should look up the word 'hubris'.

Dear Andrew, just try thinking before you speak. Better yet, shut the hell up!

i agree Roscoe...and PRS i have missed you
TheatreFan...so bang on!

This is utterly ridiculous. I love John Barrowman, which is probably why i take this even more to heart.

How Sarah Brightman married him (twice?) i will never understand. Unless, it was to get further ahead.

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But if you take out the whole joke and who gets insulted and what not, somewhere in there he does have a point regarding the fact that in the London scene, there is not as many male "names" as say on Broadway.

You have a few broadway male stars that are household "names" mainly because of film and TV. And you have a TON of Broadway male stars that are well known to "theatre people"

Maybe It's just me but I dont see it as the same in London. Aside from the two mentioned, Im not sure how many others there are that are household names, unless you go back to veterans like Michael Crawford, Jonathan Price and maybe Colm Wilkinson. And then those that dont seem to do much anymore like Philip Schofield and Jason Donnavan (yes he was recently in Priscilla)
Then you've got those that are names to theatre people, like John Owen-Jones and Earl Carpenter due in part to their long runs in Les Mis and Phantom, and to some extent Ramin.
Even look at when Hairspray was on, After Michael Ball they went with alot of TV people who aren't really known as theatre people (atleast to me).

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But if you take out the whole joke and who gets insulted and what not, somewhere in there he does have a point regarding the fact that in the London scene, there is not as many male "names" as say on Broadway

But that's not what he seems to be saying, and the interviewer's "You want a man" or whatever the exact wording is doesn't suggest it either.

I personally find this hilarious. Typical British (and Lloyd Webber) humour. And yes, those mentioned would find it funny.

Phyllis Rogers Stone, with all due respect, I think you're overreacting a bit, and possibly don't quite get the British humour?

Updated On: 10/7/10 at 11:40 AM

Yeah, Phyllis. You just don't quite it.

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I would like to hear it for myself, but I'm not about to listen to a 120 minute interview with Andrew Lloyd Webber to do so.

It reads like a really homophobic comment. And it can be a joke, and Lloyd Webber can be BFF's with all the gay leading men in London to boot, and it can STILL be a homophobic comment.