The Titan Debate: Sondheim vs Lloyd Webber- Page 2

[B3TA07]

Posted: 8/3/08 at 4:53pm

See, he is happy for you to have ringtones without him getting royalties.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 8/3/08 at 5:00pm

That settles it. Sondheim wins.

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 8/3/08 at 5:10pm

Of course Webber looks pissed: how would you feel if you were smacked with the title of "that guy who brings people into the musical theater, allowing them to discover more sophisticated and better writers?"

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 8/3/08 at 5:12pm

If he's as smart as a composer should be, that should be a big "hint, hint; clue, clue" moment for him.

[Hest882]

Posted: 8/3/08 at 8:28pm

Obviously both have had a huge influence on the course of musical theatre. Although my heart belongs to Sondheim I'm also rather fond of a number of Webber musicals as well (JCS, Phantom), so I can't really get on the "either/or" bus. Why can't it be both?

If you haven't read it already, I do highly recommended Stephen Citron's "Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber: The New Musical ." Compelling read, even for those with only a middling interest in musical theatre, and certainly gave me a new appreciation for Sir Andrew as well.

[Eagleman]

Posted: 8/3/08 at 9:14pm

"Webber doesn't write the lyrics for his shows."

And Sondheim doesn't do the orchestrations for his.

See how easy it is to cherrypick.