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Klasien 07:39 pm UTC 03/04/11 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC: Andrew Lloyd Webber Talks of Wizard of Oz etc. - steven_stuart 11:30 pm UTC 03/03/11 |
| Crawford in Oz?? let me guess... he plays the part of the wicked witch of the west??? :-P Seriously... this sounds like something worth travelling for... I'd better start saving some more! -K- > Thanks for posting all that Ryan. I always find ALW to be > interesting, even though he is no Sondheim and he will > never be a Steinman. It's something about his attitude. > > I actually think that he is quite charasmatic. Comedians > have joked about him being ugly but they can get stuffed. > He is not ugly. He is just very unusual looking. > > I saw his brother Julian playing something that their > father wrote on cello the other day. Apparently the father > (is it William?) was a professor of composition. When ALW > told his father that he wanted to study composition for > university, his father told him not to study composition > if he wanted to become a composer. > > How strange that the people posting fake horrible reviews > about Love Never Dies were diehard Phantom fans. They were > actually ALW nuts. Although I guess it makes sense, now > that I think about it. > > It's interesting that ALW said Love Never Dies would have > worked in the West End if Bill Kenwright had been on board > from the start. He must have a lot of respect for Bill (as > you know, Bill is producing Wizard with him). I always > thought as Bill as someone who made a lot of money from > touring low budget shows. But perhaps that was in the > past. > > I read in The Express that ALW asked Tim Rice to do the > lyrics for Love Never Dies but Tim refused. How many songs > has Tim written for Wizard? I think it is four. I hope > they fit in with the classic songs. I know from an earlier > post you made that you are worried about the new songs. > > Gosh. I can't believe that the makers of the 1939 film > almost cut Somewhere Over The Rainbow out because of > running time. > > The Express gave Wizard five stars. Paul Callan praised > all the actors, including Toto and Michael Crawford. He > didn't mind the new songs. He seemed to be most impressed > by the special effects. Like the Flying Monkeys and > Dorothy's house in the tornado. > > Although apparently the Mail was not nearly so > enthusiastic. I guess it depends on individual taste and > also what mood the critic is in when he sees the show. > | |
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