Whats your favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical???- Page 2

[colleen_lee]

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

I can't imagine RENT plays terribly well abroad. It's a bit of an American phenomenon.

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:27pm

Well maybe you are right, but I don't know. I am Greek, but I adore RENT ! I think that its message trancends boundaries ! Ok, back to topic !

[Mamie]

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

Phantom. PHANTOM. PHANTOM!
then Superstar.

[blaxx]

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.

[nodaybut2day2007]

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?

[Broadway _ Beauty]

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

Evita

[blaxx]

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...

[ZONEACE]

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.

[London Boy]

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.

[LaVieBoheme2]

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.

[roquat]

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

Whichever musical had the shortest run--"Aspects of Love", was it?

[One Song Glory]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:10pm

JCS. I also like Cats 'cause it's the first musical I've ever known.

[Conor]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:29pm

Phantom and Evita

[MargoChanning]

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.

[MargoChanning]

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

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

[MisterRussell]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:44pm

1. Evita
2. By Jeeves
3. Phantom

[jasonf]

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.

[elphaba610]

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

wicked is my favorite musical

[COOOOLkid]

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

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

Mine are Phantom and Evita.

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

[Broadway_Bound_Star]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 9:07pm

Evita.

[bwayboi4life42]

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.

[hot_brdwy_diva]

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...)

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

[absolutely fabulous]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 10:19pm

Jesus Christ Superstar

[jo]

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.

[rockfenris2005]

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