It's difficult to get away from Charles Hart as lyricist since the show has grossed about 3 times more than what Titanic did at the box office.
Pud
> Well...
>
> # Charles Hart. The lyricist of the original "The Phantom
> Of The Opera" who, rightfully, should resume the reins
> here. Charles *did* return to write the lyrics for "Learn
> To Be Lonely" for the "Phantom" film.
>
> Not Richard Stilgoe because he was replaced on the
> original by Charles Hart.
>
> #2 Tim Rice. He was originally asked to write the lyrics
> but he turned it down because he was busy with "Chess"
> (probably one of the worst decisions of his career. Tim's
> version of "Memory" also escaped "Cats", literally, at the
> last minute)
>
> -- Alan Jay Lerner (My Fair Lady, Camelot) was also one of
> the candidates to write the lyrics for the original
> "Phantom" but he died before he could begin (which is a
> huge shame as he'd had a decade long list of flops and he
> deserved one last sucess.)
>
> #3 Frederick Forsyth. I don't know how involved he could
> be with this. Their history stems back to the early 70s
> when ALW composed the film score for "The Odessa File",
> based on a Forsyth novel. Forsyth isn't a lyricist or a
> playwright, as far as I know, but Ben Elton wasn't a
> lyricist either. Then again, IMO, Elton's lyrics on
> "Beautiful Game" sucked hideously
>
> #4 Jim Steinman. Simply because he almost got the chance
> to write the lyrics for the original. However, I don't
> think this is as much a golden opportunity as it seems.
> This is a huge risk for ALW. I, personally, don't want Jim
> associated with another enormous flop
>
> O/T let's pray they don't reunite Michael Crawford and
> Sarah Brightman as the Phantom and Christine.
>
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