So in short, there's absolutely nothing Jim could've taught ALW about musical theatre.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical successes speak for themselves and so do Jims.
> > In what way could he have taught ALW a lesson or two?
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> Alright, so "Superstar", "Evita" and "Cats" was just as
> daring as, say, "Neverland". I think he would have brought
> that true rock/opera bombast sound into the theatre and
> made it the Broadway sound. People's expectations would
> have risen so high, and it may have appealed to the opera
> audience. I just find, as good as Andrew's stuff is, it's
> too pop and not enough rock. "Superstar" and "Evita" were
> rock, in ways, but not like something "Neverland" would
> have been. It was just sooo bizarre, if that show came in
> and succeeded there's NO telling what kind of limits we'd
> be going to these days. Steinman would have been the
> Stanley Kubrick of the musical theatre. Whereas Andrew is
> more like the Steven Spielberg. If Jim was successful in
> the 80s theatre, he might have influenced Andrew to rough
> it up a little more.
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