Article in the NY Post (at the link) about the Sydmonton Festival a few weeks ago.
A version of Phantom 2 - Act 1 was performed. No real comment on the music or lyrics, but the story (at the moment) is sounding comically bad (that's the trouble when you get Ben Elton involved).
Perhaps ALW was getting everyone pissed so they wouldn't remember what they saw on stage? LOL.