An Open Letter To Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber — Page 2

Just as a fellow Old Guard member of this board, I am not naysaying or nitpicking. I am just saying to give ALW and the production time to figure it out before demanding it and jumping all over ALW. If it was a hard no when you first asked about it and now, with this campaign, they are looking into it then people should have patience. I am hoping for a recording also as I loved the vocal performances in the show and agree they should be preserved.

A new life for this? There’s no where else that this show could work. And there’s not really any audience for it. Alienating to the originalists but still Cats for those who hate cats. It appeals to no one.

I also think the "This was our show--not yours. Now fund a recording" approach is about the worst method that could have possibly been taken in trying to sway him

Yeah, it's a terrible approach and it's also one of the reasons the show failed. ALW lives in a literal castle, he can fund it without blinking but doesn't want to for some reason. However, the concept album of Bad Cinderella (his worst show imo) was produced along with a few singles from the sad Broadway run so you never know.

Updated On: 7/20/26 at 12:48 PM

Lot666 said: "Fred Mason said: "It appeals to no one."

Why do people keep posting ridiculous statements like this?

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Queer people don’t count as human to some.

joevitus said: "I think you have to be either too obsessed with this production to retain objectivity orhave little to no knowledge of how "history" operates inthe gay communityto think a cast recording will work as an effective"preservation of a historically important revival that could be an invaluable piece of theater history for the LGBTQ+ community for generations to come." Most gay people won't care even a few years, let alone 20 or more. This is a transient thing. Enjoy the moment, retain your memories.

I also think the "This was our show--not yours. Now fund a recording" approach is about the worst method that could have possibly been taken in trying to sway him."

This ^

To add even more insult to injury, there's also an element of hubris in the notion that the entire LGBTQ+ community is represented by this one show.

It is not, and I will write again what I wrote earlier: although I support the production because of those who feel seen and represented by/through it, the show has never needed me to be in the audience, nor would I ever want to be.

IMO, there's too much hyperbole in that open letter.

Keyboard warriors apparently live rent free in your brain as every single comment you make is about them. Takes one to know one.

Updated On: 7/20/26 at 04:52 PM