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rockfenris2005 03:36 pm UTC 02/05/10 |
| In reply to: | Should WDTW Have Been Set In The North Of England? - steven_stuart 11:28 pm UTC 02/04/10 |
| I believe there are 2 Andrew Lloyd Webber shows that have never played Broadway, "Whistle down the Wind" and "The Beautiful Game", 3 if you count "Jeeves" which was different to the revisal "By Jeeves". "By Jeeves", which was a flop on Broadway, and "The Woman in White", which was also a flop, were the only shows composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber to have played Broadway in the 2000s. I don’t think there's anything necessarily wrong with setting "Whistle" in Louisiana. I think that's more interesting because of the religious side of things. In my opinion, it's Bill Kenwright’s production that's the problem. But I've been over this before as have many others and I just wish someone would take the initiative to bring back the real production from the West End, all songs in tact. I wish Jim could have been involved with "Love Never Dies". Think what he could have done with that setting, a Gothic theme park, freak shows, scary clowns, and the great fire at Steeplechase Park in 1907, the list goes on... > I noticed that angie said she didn't know if she could be > bothered to see WDTW when it plays Sheffield. I wonder if > she would be more enthusiastic about going to see it if > the show was set in the north of England instead of > America (as the wonderful film it is based on was)? > > Nothing wrong with setting shows in America but the film > was so cool, why change it? Even though Jim is American, I > believe he has said that the show should have been closer > to the original film. > > Has anyone here not seen the original film? Alan Bates and > the kids who find him in the barn are magnificent. Please > try to see it if you have not seen it yet. > > Also, I have not seen both the Bill Kenwright production > and the first West End production. If anyone has seen > both, would they be so kind as to compare the two > productions? Many thanks. > > And two questions for theatre experts like Ryan. Is WDTW > the only ALW show not to play on Broadway? What were his > reasons for not opening it there? | |
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