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re: DOTV Broadway Actually Had A Lot Going For It

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steven_stuart 01:34 pm UTC 04/23/13
In reply to: re: DOTV Broadway Actually Had A Lot Going For It - rockfenris2005 11:28 am UTC 04/23/13

Oh yes. That's true. JCS was first staged in America. I wonder why ALW decided to start Whistle off in Washington. Maybe because it was set in America.

> > Wow. Thanks for taking the time to post all that.
> >
> > What about the other aspects of Whistle? How were the
> > three versions different from each other? I am guessing
> > that the West End version had the highest budget. Did all
> > three versions have the same set designer?
> >
>
> No. Whistle was like the Broadway production of Superstar.
> Actually, this is interesting. The first Andrew Lloyd
> Webber musical to debut on American shores since "Jesus
> Christ Superstar" on Broadway in 1971 WAS the 1996
> production of "Whistle down the Wind", and LIKE "Jesus
> Christ Superstar" after the original American production,
> there was a different creative team on board the London
> version. From the impression that I get, they took a clean
> break from the Washington show when they went to do it in
> the West End, I think.
>
> Kenwright's tour is different again, I recall.


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