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#26

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:20pm

I can't imagine RENT plays terribly well abroad. It's a bit of an American phenomenon.
"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. " --Sueleen Gay
#29

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:30pm

And sorry for agreeing about RENT with you on an unrelated
space...but you're right, it is not much of a success outside the USA.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#30

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:32pm

Arent they all the same thing....

If I had to choose one of his overrated and repetitive scores it would have to be JCS. Other than that, what is the point other than a good laugh. Phantom has cool sets and tech, but that wasnt Webber. And Cats? I SERIOUSLY believe he was high when he wrote that.

London Boy why do you hate RENT so much?
#31

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:35pm

Evita
Sometimes i wish he never would've came into my life because the fact that hes gone and took my heart with him is more than i can handle.
#32

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:36pm

Well, but if repetitive is the issue, there's nothing worse than Les Miz.
They composed five songs which repeat over and over between transitional music...
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#33

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:39pm

Umm, Evita, JCS, Sunset, Phantom, Cats

Oh and joseph bored me almost to the point of death.

Those are the only one's I've seen. But Starlight Express looked pretty bad.
when ducks grow thumbs then maybe my opinion will change.
#34

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:39pm

I won't go into why i hate Rent here. I've made that mistake before and found that 'rentheads' are an empassioned and opinionated group who LOVE Rent.
"the cottagers at Rotherhithe knew something of his name. From Hammersmith to Putney people shuddered at his name" - Growltiger's Last Stand
#35

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:42pm

It's hard to pick a favorite Andrew Llyod Webber since I don't really like any of his work (actually just the other day I ran across a "Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber CD" and laughed my head off that someone could actually make an Andrew Lloyd Webber CD and attach the word 'best' to it, I thought that was impossible). If I had to choose though, I would have to say Evita was tolerable enough and then Phantom.
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#36

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:59pm

Whichever musical had the shortest run--"Aspects of Love", was it?
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
#39

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:39pm

By Jeeves was the shortest run -- two months.

The 1977 JCS revival only lasted three months, the 2000 JCS revival lasted just over 5 months and the 1994 Joseph revival ran just over 6 months.

Aspects ran almost a year.
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#40

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:39pm

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

Updated On: 9/5/05 at 08:39 PM

#42

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:52pm

LondonBoy - you're certainly entitled to hate Rent, but don't defend Cats without having actually SEEN the show (actually, same goes for hating Rent). Cats is a very pretty spectecale...but so is the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Show. There is no plot whatsoever. There are one or two decent songs, yes, but the overall show leaves me with the feeling of having just thrown a ton of money down the disposal just to see the wonder of it being shredded.
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
#44

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:59pm

ok... that's nice. We knew that already...

Mine are Phantom and Evita.
"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" -Family Guy

Updated On: 9/5/05 at 08:59 PM

#46

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 9:14pm

Evita, followed by Sunset Boulevard. I think Cats and Phantom are two of the most overrated shows ever, and I can't stand either one of them. Not a fan of Jesus Christ Superstar or Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I'm agnostic, so that might have something to do with it, but I just don't really like the scores. By Jeeves is okay I guess. Aspects of Love is so-so. Same with Song and Dance. I HATE Starlight Express with a passion. Haven't seen or heard Woman in White yet, so I can't comment on that.
"I believe that art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, to engage in a constant search for the truth." - Barbra Streisand
#47

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 9:43pm

I would have to say

1.Phantom
2.Joseph
3.JCS

Then I like alot of the music from Cats but I hate the show as a whole

(and this is an Andrew Lloyd Weber thread not a Stephen Swartz thread...)
"You just have to do what your voice tells you to do." -Linda Eder

Updated On: 9/5/05 at 09:43 PM

#49

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 10:22pm

I am an admirer of the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber and I enjoy most of his stage musicals.

My favourite ALW musical is ASPECTS OF LOVE - arguably his best musical score.

Second favourite is SUNSET BOULEVARD, which I think will translate well as a film.


#50

re: Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???

Posted: 9/5/05 at 10:23pm


Best to Worst:

Evita
Requiem
Jesus Christ Superstar
Sunset Boulevard
Whistle Down the Wind

All the rest are extremely varying to me:

Aspects of Love & Starlight Express are the worst IMO

CATS was the first Webber musical I ever saw

I have yet to hear Beautiful Game or The Woman in White
Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try -South Pacific

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