Phantom of the Opera vs. Cats — Page 2

if this were a just world, les miz would hold that title and phantom would have closed ages ago.

but hell, in that case (as in, if this were a just world) cats would have never opened, so oh well.

Actually, critics didn't love Phantom. Well, at the time of its opening, they liked it, but since then the show has gotten lukewarm-to-negative reviews.

I would have also loved (and hoped) to see Les Miz on the top of the list. Of the four big British mega-musicals, Les Miz was the most critically-acclaimed. Even after 16 years, the show still garnered rave reviews which commented on how fresh and emotional the performances still were.

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WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND was NOT a bomb. A 2.5 year run is short for Lloyd Webber but it is not a bomb. People are under the delusion that WHISTLE was a bomb only because it did not go to Broadway. His only bomb really was the original JEEVES with THE BEAUTIFUL GAME coming in 2nd only making it a year. I saw BY JEEVES on Broadway in 2001 and it was wonderful. BY JEEVES was a limited run by the way and was not meant to have a long run.

Updated On: 7/6/04 at 12:32 AM

Let me guess. You were there on a night they couldn't get the highway platform to elevate properly? It's a very high tech show. What happened?

i havent seen both but cats was only good in 2 parts( The beginning of Gus and Mr. mistopholes. They should've made cats one act so people don't walk out of it.

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J. you're smarter than I've taken you for!
Suffice it to say we had an extra 15 minute intermission
Those crazy Brits

I'm smarter than everyone on this board takes me for. Not at their fault though. lol