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Tremorlor 06:34 pm UTC 10/06/10 |
| In reply to: | re: Is ALW Committing A Crime? - steven_stuart 11:51 pm UTC 10/05/10 |
| > Its not doing great for an ALW show. I heard that he's > going to keep it open for two years (his minimum before he > will close his own show). No idea how long Woman in White ran. Twas pretty shite IIRC. Did like the single though that was next to impossible to get as it was only released with some magazine or other. Beautiful Game never got me even remotely interested, couldn't care less about that particular game. > It has yeilded no hits, unusual > for an ALW show. There's no "No Matter What". How many of his shows actually generated hits like No matter what? I think that was his only hit on non-easy listening charts for a long time. > The main > song he tried to turn into a single was recycled from "The > Beautiful Game", almost note for note with different > lyrics. Which in turn was recycled from the previous planned Phantoms sequel. Tire Tracks is recycled, Sunset Boulevard is recycled, some Phantom songs are recycled, I don't know how to love him is recycled. Looks like he just kept true to his usual habits. > People who have seen it say that its dull. They > weren't saying that about "Cats" and "Phantom". I'm not > sure about Broadway but I think it may just tour America > like "WDTW" did. Cats is dull. Maybe they'll pull a Sunset and rework the story for the merkins. Wouldn't be entirely new anyway as they often get rewrites for all sorts of stuff. Usually a simplification for some reason :p > Its quite possible that the new "Wizard Of Oz" will do > better than "Love Never Dies", especially if Tim Rice is > on board. Possibly. More money on his bank account then. Good for him. > People have been wanting them to get back > together for ages (Tim will be very busy because he is > producing the musical of "From Here To Eternity" in the > West End - another iconic film that some will complain > aboout). Agreed. Lorefreaks are everywhere. Can't say I'd know the movie. > BTW, were you one of the few people who thought "Cats" was > a good idea "before" it opened? Of course people changed > their minds "after" it opened. Was too young for that back then. > > And yes, casting Crawford would mean desperation. > > It might turn out to be ALWs second smartest "WOO" move, > with hiring Tim Rice being the smartest move. He's lucky > that Londoners don't know much about the "DOTV" Broadway > fiasco. Not to mention that there's likely still enough bluehair fans of Crawfords that will gather to see him. > I recently saw a one hour Michael Crawford > documentary on the Bio channel and it talked about > everything that he had done apart from "DOTV". They never > even mentioned it. Surprising =D | |
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