New U.S. Andrew Lloyd Webber TV Show?

[DrMark]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 4:48pm

It looks like Andrew Lloyd Webber may be taking a trip across the pond to do some sort of show here.

Interesting. Go, go, go, Joseph. :)

Will Andrew Lloyd Webber be the Next Simon? Updated On: 7/10/07 at 04:48 PM

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 4:52pm

Whatever it is, it's a mistake. Middle America doesn't care about him, just his shows. And he has no personality

[jaystarr]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 4:56pm

What is the word for such....? when something is so grand? so earnest ? and ultimately so proposterous ! One has to laugh ! What's one call that ???
(from XANADU the musical )

J*

Updated On: 7/10/07 at 04:56 PM

[BobbyErikValjean]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 4:58pm

All I know is that he looks HOT in that picture.


Right.

[BobbyErikValjean]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 4:59pm

Thought ALW was so nice I posted twice. Updated On: 7/10/07 at 04:59 PM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 5:01pm

"The thought of spending three months in the U.S. is not necessarily what I want at my age,” the 59-year-old told the London Daily Mail."

Of course not. You might get a tan on your pasty skin.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 5:02pm

Haaaaa.

[Weez]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 5:09pm

Hey, don't mock our pasty English flesh! :P

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 5:18pm

"Hey, don't mock our pasty English flesh! :P"

Actually I was just talking about ALW, but if the shoe fits...

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 5:58pm

Yeah, every time I see Webber I kinda' shudder. But that's no reason to assume he's not a master of musical theater, is it?

(and since sarcasm can't be detected in a written message)
Haaaaaa....

But seriously, my opinion: Webber can be good sometimes - his work just seems too much like a cartoon at times (ASPECTS OF LOVE was so ludicrous that you just have to look away...)

Updated On: 7/10/07 at 05:58 PM

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:05pm

He is a master of the musical theatre world, and I will say it until the day I die . . . so suck it!

[Sondheim Geek]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:06pm

Hopefully his cat will, yet again, stop him from making another awful mistake...

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:13pm

"He is a master of the musical theatre world, and I will say it until the day I die"

He is the master of ripping off classical music (and borrowing from his other musicals) and turning it into musical theatre.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:17pm

Psst . . . so does/did other composers. If you listen to enough Rodgers and Hammerstein, you hear bits and pieces from their other musicals thrown in there. And who cares? If it is his music, he can do whatever the hell he wants with it.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:21pm

"And who cares? If it is his music, he can do whatever the hell he wants with it."

Maybe Puccini didn't want his music turned into Phantom of the Opera.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:22pm

One example . . . ONE!!!!! I highly doubt he is the first composer to take someone elses music and warp it around to make it his own. I am not saying that it is a good thing to do, but he can not be the only one.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 7:32pm

Despite what he says about his cat, that Phantom sequel is coming next season...so perhaps he'll be casting that show via TV.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 8:09pm

He may not be the first or last composer to steal work from another major (and a trillion times better) composer, but it still doesn't make his music genuine or compelling or original.
Plus, he is just so obnoxious and comes off as arrogant and full of himself.
I wish it was him retiring instead of Angela Lansbury.

[jv92]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 8:18pm

"He is the master of ripping off classical music (and borrowing from his other musicals) and turning it into musical theatre."

And may I list those he has stolen from to prove your point.
Bach, Puccini, Frank Loesser, Frederick Loewe, hell, even The Beatles!
The man cannot craft a good piece of music not stolen from someone with more talent than he for his life. Even in Evita, which was saved by Hal Prince.

[MerMaggieGalinda]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 9:33pm

Although I don't really like ALW all that much(creepy) I do like the idea of going into high schools to find new talent...mainly because I'm in high school...but he'd probably never come to my town, no one ever does.

[ahmelie]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 9:39pm

"We nurture; we don’t torture."

This is what we have to choose from?
I pick C.

I don't want Andy nurturing me. Creepy.