No one here has seen it. And considering the exchange rate; no smart tourist is going to pay the equivalent of $200.00 a seatto see a Andrew lloyd Webber musical. I will be seeing it this week.. but I got invited by a friend. (just a warning .. I hate Lloyd Webber and Michael Crawford)
It will probaly do as well as Bombay Dreams. And with the bad press the Phantom movie has been getting.. I think the Lloyd Webber name wont bring them in.
Looking back on it, I like it more than when I saw it in performance. I'd love to see it again sometime - it's a very good Victorian-style musical. The staging is so imaginative it becomes unimaginative (the whole set is projected, but projected all the way through) but the music sticks in your head. After just one viewing I can still sing the tunes to about 3 or 4 of the songs (All for Laura, You Can Get Away with Anything, I Believe My Heart spring to mind). The performances are great too. Overall, out of the 'big 3' in London this year, this comes second after The Producers.
