I'm reviewing the situation
Oct. 2nd, 2010 03:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
litlover12So, Michael Crawford's going to star in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new Wizard of Oz musical. (There was a time when I would have known this the instant he signed on, through my fan club membership. Alas, I'm not a member anymore. It's not like I miss ponying up the membership fee every year . . . but I do miss being a member sometimes.)
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
On the one hand, MICHAEL'S DOING A NEW MUSICAL! YAY!! IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!
On the other hand -- Andrew Lloyd Webber. Ew. I'm still ticked at him for that wretched POTO movie and absolutely livid at him over that piece of excrement he calls a sequel. Why would Michael even want to work with him again? I wouldn't.
On the other hand, the guy can write beautifully when he wants to (and when he's not smearing his own warped emotional issues all over the show), and he did do well by Michael in the original POTO.
On the other hand, I'm already hearing bad buzz about this show because ALW is daring to add new music to The Wizard of Oz (which, incidentally, I never really cared for much).
On the other hand, ALW can still put butts in seats. That piece of excrement he calls a sequel (TPOEHCAS for short) likely would have closed months ago had his name not been on it.
. . . And I'm running out of hands. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
On the one hand, MICHAEL'S DOING A NEW MUSICAL! YAY!! IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!
On the other hand -- Andrew Lloyd Webber. Ew. I'm still ticked at him for that wretched POTO movie and absolutely livid at him over that piece of excrement he calls a sequel. Why would Michael even want to work with him again? I wouldn't.
On the other hand, the guy can write beautifully when he wants to (and when he's not smearing his own warped emotional issues all over the show), and he did do well by Michael in the original POTO.
On the other hand, I'm already hearing bad buzz about this show because ALW is daring to add new music to The Wizard of Oz (which, incidentally, I never really cared for much).
On the other hand, ALW can still put butts in seats. That piece of excrement he calls a sequel (TPOEHCAS for short) likely would have closed months ago had his name not been on it.
. . . And I'm running out of hands. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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Date: 2010-10-04 02:44 am (UTC)Actually, I find it more strange to learn that Tim Rice is working with ALW again. I thought they'd never do that unless it was to write a new song for one of their existing shows. And then Oz seems far too optimistic for Tim Rice.
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Date: 2010-10-04 01:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-09 01:03 am (UTC)For better or for worse, sometimes the human imagination just likes to tinker with things. I have been trying to imagine a dramatic toned-down battle version of Bach's "A Mighty Fortress is Our God"