Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stage
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stage
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stage#1
Posted: 4/5/13 at 9:11pm
Really excited that SOR is finally becoming a musical, but Andrew L. Webber? O.o Intersting choice, but I'll take it!
http://broadwayworld.com/article/Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-To-Bring-SCHOOL-OF-ROCK-To-The-Stage-20130405
Updated On: 4/5/13 at 09:11 PM
Leading Actor Joined: 5/22/11
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stage#2
Posted: 4/5/13 at 9:28pmDream casting; GO!
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stage#2
Posted: 4/5/13 at 9:37pmIt's hard to dream cast a nightmare
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#3
Posted: 4/5/13 at 9:44pmI'm casting a lot of doubt about this project.
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#4
Posted: 4/5/13 at 9:49pmTom Hanks as The Bill
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#5
Posted: 4/5/13 at 10:01pm
It's hard to dream cast a nightmare
Quite possibly the best thing I've read on here.
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#6
Posted: 4/5/13 at 10:23pmI feel like it's almost inevitable for Josh Gad to end up with the Jack Black role.
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#7
Posted: 4/5/13 at 10:32pmOh my gosh, Josh would be perfect!
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#8
Posted: 4/5/13 at 11:19pm
NO NO NO NO
Updated On: 4/5/13 at 11:19 PM
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#9
Posted: 4/6/13 at 12:28am
Lloyd Webber is the exact opposite person this project needs, especially with his alleged disdain for rock music, post-Evita.
Now, if he's producing and getting someone with an actual foot in rock music since the early Seventies to write some songs, that would be different. Paging Tim Minchin anyone?
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#10
Posted: 4/6/13 at 12:30amThis is an odd pairing...
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#11
Posted: 4/6/13 at 12:31amAgreed that Andrew Lloyd Webber is the wrong person for this but I would love to see his son take this project. It's a little more up his alley.
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#12
Posted: 4/6/13 at 9:25amI love the movie, but ALW??? REALLY?! Eh, maybe they'll have Jack Black reprise his role for the stage.
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#13
Posted: 4/6/13 at 10:28amOhhhhhh School of Rock I thought it said School House Rock. In that case I cast the guy who played jack blacks character in High Fidleity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#14
Posted: 4/6/13 at 11:14amThis could totally work as a musical. He's not writing the music, right? He's just producing. So who cares? He obviously knows how to put on some spectacle.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#15
Posted: 4/6/13 at 12:13pm
>>It's hard to dream cast a nightmare
Quite possibly the best thing I've read on here.
Agreed!
Personally, I think Lord Lloyd-Webber's productions suffer from a lack of focus (most recent case in point: His inability to 'finalize' Love Never Dies even a year after its official opening in the West End).
Why, when he's still hemming and hawing over completing his Profumo Affair musical, is he clouding his focus by producing SOR? Perhaps it will afford him further excuses for not completing the task at hand... >DOH!<
Updated On: 4/6/13 at 12:13 PM
Broadway Star Joined: 10/7/11
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#16
Posted: 4/7/13 at 11:18amI personally don't understand why Lloyd Webber would go for this. Sure I can see the material's stage potential. I mean music is the film's main driving force and it does already have songs in it, albeit ones that do not function to progress the narrative (though come to think of it, one could actually get rid of the film's pre-existing songs and replace them with new ones, therefore creating an entirely original score) but even so, I don't think that he is the right composer to pen the music. If anything, it needs a more contemporary, rock-orientated composer - someone like Broadway's Tom Kitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda or even Jason Robert Brown. From the UK, Tim Minchin is a better choice for SCHOOL OF ROCK - he has a "rockier" and "edgier" sensibility so could potentially write a great musical adaptation of this. Although, I can't say that I'm itching to see this as a musical. I'm fed up with movie-to-musical adaptations!
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#17
Posted: 4/7/13 at 12:34pm
Tim Minchin just did a season on Californication, the roman a clef series about Hollywood insiders and outsiders, as a character whose inspiration appeared to be fifty percent Axl Rose, fifty percent Russell Brand. During his run as the character, Minchin performed a number of songs as Atticus Fetch, rock legend whose career descent (parallel to Guns n' Roses being unable to produce their followup album) heralded the end of the metal and classic rock eras.
The songs were great. I totally bought them as being authentic and of their era, while they fit the character and situations. Minchin has a gift for bridging genres- he combined indie pop and stand-up comedy most famously, but the guy definitely knows what he's doing. Here's one of his songs from Californication:
https://soundcloud.com/planet-promo/tim-minchin-as-atticus-fetch
Andrew Lloyd Webber To Bring SCHOOL OF ROCK To The Stagei#18
Posted: 4/7/13 at 4:42pm
I have no interest in this whatsoever.
Also, ALW has said that i may be about as musical as the film, which means it may not be a musical.
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