For Poto2 to be a hit, ALW needs to either go down the old raod and use the creative team he did with that, or take on a completely new route. I think Jim could take it on a completely new route, Zippel plays it too safe.
> With any new musical the critics can ovbviously go either
> way (oooh er), but Phantom 2 is gonna get compared to the
> highest grossing musical ever, so it has a lot to live up
> to.
>
> I don't think ALW gives a shit whether his career is
> 'revived' or not, he has nothing to prove and a ton of
> money, but I do think he cares about the creation.
>
> In regards to a hit single, any show is gonna benefit, but
> I don't think he'll achieve that with David Zippel or Ben
> Elton. Tim Rice or Don Black maybe. Steinman of course.
>
> Maybe he will use several lyricists (like Phantom 1), and
> I can see Jim writing one or two songs, as a remote
> possibility.
>
>
>
> >
> > With "Woman In White" as Andrew's "Blind Before I Stop".
> > Come on, the advance sales for this musical will keep it
> > running a year alone. Every musical fan in the world is
> > going to want to catch this for curiosity's sake alone.
> > All Andrew has to do is write a big song like "I'd Do
> > Anything For Love" and the rest is irrelevant. ONE big hit
> > that can sum up the whole show. If he gets this right, his
> > career is revived. If he screws it up, he might as well
> > retire because no one's going to take him seriously again.
> >
> >
> > This, to me, is like the Evil Knievel of Musical Theatre.
> > Will Andrew leap over the sharks on his motorcycle? Or
> > will he crash into the pool and get devoured by the
> > screaming hacks of Fleet Street?
> >
> > It's all so exciting!!!
> >
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