Hey high school drama teachers!

[romgitsean]

Posted: 6/5/10 at 11:20am

Now you can finally achieve your dream of straining your high school student's untrained voices drastically and make them wish they never joined musical theatre in the first place and license: Phantom of the Opera: School Edition.

Oh, golly gee! Now the whole school can join in on the plagerized fun!

God. What the hell, Really Useful Group. What's really f*ked up about them (besides the fact that ALW created it) is that Woman in White isn't even listed on their licensable show list at all. I mean, at least the humor us by putting all of the other shows and say if their licensable or not...Woman isn't even listed at all.




License Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Phantom of the Opera- the School Edition!'

Updated On: 6/5/10 at 11:20 AM

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 6/5/10 at 11:40am

Just FYI, there's a huge thread on this lower on the board.

[JasonM12480]

Posted: 6/5/10 at 8:28pm

Couple'a things.

1. It's not called "The Phantom of the Opera: School Edition." It's simply called "The Phantom of the Opera." Period. You know, like the actual real show? Yeah. So, you messed that one up.

2. Um, explain how it's plagiarized? Andrew Lloyd Webber knows it's being released - his company released the rights to Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatricals. So...um...that's not plagiarism. That's called "making a profit."

3. I seriously doubt kids who participate in "The Phantom of the Opera" in high school or college will regret having joined musical theatre in the first place. If anything, they'll be excited to do something daring and exciting that's not been done before outside of London or New York (or Tokyo, Rome, Paris, or Las Vegas). Plus, the name recognition alone will rake in the ticket sales. And, ultimately - how does it affect your life? It doesn't. I've heard many an untrained voice croak out "Think of Me", or "All I Ask Of You", or "The Music of the Night" in my day - it wasn't pleasant, but I didn't die or anything. I bet people will live. In addition, they won't be ruining their voices - most high schools and colleges perform shows 3 or 4 nights, not 8 nights a week for several months at a time.

4. "The Woman In White" has not been put out to license yet. They haven't released it to the public. Yes, most of his other shows have been made available, but just because of this fact, you shouldn't assume that "The Woman In White" is available. I'm just sayin'...(Same goes for "The Beautiful Game", which is currently being re-written)

5. Yes, there's another thread about all this already. Wah wah.
Updated On: 6/5/10 at 08:28 PM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/5/10 at 8:52pm

So not plagiarized. With the blessing of the creator.

For serious singers, I'm sure they would love it.