ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#1ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/6/10 at 11:15am
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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TheatreFan4
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#2ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/6/10 at 11:16am
He's a f*cking ass. I honestly can't wait for him to die.
There. I said it.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
Roscoe
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#3ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/6/10 at 11:25amJesus. Lloyd Webber isn't exactly in a position to throw stones about perceived masculinity. He himself makes Chris Colfer look like Sean Connery.
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#4ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/6/10 at 2:25pm
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.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#5ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/6/10 at 2:32pm
Mel Gibson isn't doing anything these days. I'm sure he'd love to play Jesus. He is a bit long in the tooth however.
And:
"inslut": Doctor Freud would have been ever so pleased.
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#6ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/6/10 at 2:33pmI 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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#7ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/6/10 at 2:37pmHis point is asinine.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Muhlethaler
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#8ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/6/10 at 2:44pmUpdated On: 7/20/18 at 02:44 PM
#9ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/6/10 at 2:47pmHe is taken out of context here, he has given more work to Michael Ball than anyone else. They are friends and Andrew is his biggest supporter.
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#10ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/6/10 at 2:57pm
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.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#11ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/6/10 at 3:25pm
I dont think telling the truth is insulting, he does have a point
The point being that gay men aren't really men?
#12ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/6/10 at 3:35pm
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!
#13ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/6/10 at 4:42pm
Thanks Andrew
When my goodbye post was removed: “but I had a great dramatic finish!!!!”
#14ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/7/10 at 6:28am
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.
"it's a dirty little war"
WestEnd2
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#15ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/7/10 at 8:06amEven as a Brit, I have to squint to see the humour, but I think the comments about Michael Ball and John Barrowman are meant to be a joke. It just doesn't work in writing. Granted, with ALW it probably wouldn't work in person either. I imagine Michael Ball and John Barrowman who both know Andrew and have worked with him, get that it was a joke.
#16ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/7/10 at 8:44am
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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#17ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/7/10 at 10:15am
John Barrowman can inslut me any time 
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#18ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/7/10 at 10:15am
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.
#19ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/7/10 at 11:35am
"He's a f*cking ass. I honestly can't wait for him to die."
Maybe this will tide you over in the meantime:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoVccXgAy6U
#20ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/7/10 at 11:40am
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
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#22ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/7/10 at 5:41pmYeah, Phyllis. You just don't quite it.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#23ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/7/10 at 10:17pmPhyllis, I don't know how to quite you.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#24ALW insluts Michael Ball and Barrowman in one breath
Posted: 10/7/10 at 10:19pm
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.
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