I have no interest in the British royal family or their attendant pomp and circumstance (to borrow an expression from Julia Sugarbaker, to me they're no more relevant than wire corsets). Nonetheless, I read this thread because I was curious to see how the topic was going to be rationalized as Broadway-relevant. ALW is, of course, a composer of Broadway musicals, but that's not why certain people are posting here; they're here because this thread provides another excuse to bash him.
The man consistently writes music that plays my heartstrings like a virtuoso harpist and I'd rather listen to his meanest composition than the impassive, unimpeachable masterpiece playing at the Lunt-Fontanne right now.
Some people on this board remind me of Sean Hannity when Barack Obama was president. It's almost as if their reason for getting out of bed each morning is to find a public opportunity to say something condescending about someone they love to hate. If you don't like the sort of music he writes, why spend so much time talking about it, when you could be talking about something you love?
==> this board is a nest of vipers <==
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- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
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were meant to telegraph inclusiveness; a more relaxed and 'modern' approach to the traditional monarchy as perceived in the past. I thought/think the program of music reflect a desire to be perceived differently from the past.
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