On the subject of all things Phantom, just a tidbit of info:
Back in the summer it seemed David Zippel (who wrote the lyrics for Woman In White), was doing the lyrics for Phantom 2.
However, it seems (as of a few weeks ago) that the gig is still up for grabs (see link)?
'Over wine and a vegetarian lunch in the Court’s cafe downstairs, I asked Simon (Lee) how Phantom Two was coming along. “At a rate of knots,” he said, “we should be in production in early 2009.” But who’s written the book and lyrics? “No-one yet, but when they do, they’ll have to move at the speed of light, that’s for sure.”
We know that Freddie Forsyth has long departed the lists. Maybe the fact that Ben Elton sat between Lloyd Webber and Madeleine at the first night of Hairspray is some kind of hint? I’m sorry that the hugely talented Charles Hart, who wrote eighty per cent of the lyrics on the first Phantom, is no longer in favour. I wonder if you can get any sort of odds on Tim Rice?'
Now the chances of Jim doing it are probably nil (with Bat coming out), but I bet ALW ran it by him??
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