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| re: Will Andrew Lloyd Webber ever be considered one of the great Bway composers? | |
| Last Edit: KingSpeed 01:56 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 01:53 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Will Andrew Lloyd Webber ever be considered one of the great Bway composers? - Chromolume 01:30 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
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| School of Rock and JCS were first produced on Broadway. Whistle Down the Wind was first produced for Broadway but closed out of town. | |
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| re: Will Andrew Lloyd Webber ever be considered one of the great Bway composers? | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 04:50 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Will Andrew Lloyd Webber ever be considered one of the great Bway composers? - KingSpeed 01:53 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
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| But half the score of School of Rock isn't by Lloyd Webber; it's from a movie that was already a musical, written by others, and not originally intended as a Broadway production. JCS was also not originally intended as a Broadway production. It tells us something that the one show Lloyd Webber aimed at Broadway from the beginning failed to arrive. I think one of the fundamental attributes of "great Broadway composer" is that they aimed several productions at Broadway from the very beginning, and that several of them also arrived there. In the spirit of the season, I will refrain from discussing quality of music--or lyrics. (The latter, of course, are not Lloyd Webber's, but since he chooses his lyricists he's ultimately responsible for them.) |
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| re: Will Andrew Lloyd Webber ever be considered one of the great Bway composers? | |
| Posted by: GavinLogan1 10:41 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Will Andrew Lloyd Webber ever be considered one of the great Bway composers? - keikekaze 04:50 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
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| That’s completely wrong. It’s entirely original music by ALW (with some clever repurposing of his Paganini variations from 1977). Not sure where you got your information. |
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| re: Will Andrew Lloyd Webber ever be considered one of the great Bway composers? | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 11:00 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 10:59 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Will Andrew Lloyd Webber ever be considered one of the great Bway composers? - GavinLogan1 10:41 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
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| Not ENTIRELY. There are a few songs from the film included. But certainly nowhere near "half the score" as was originally suggested. | |
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| Huh? The movie wasn’t a musical. | |
| Last Edit: KingSpeed 05:49 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 05:46 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Will Andrew Lloyd Webber ever be considered one of the great Bway composers? - keikekaze 04:50 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
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| Just a couple songs. Two songs from the movie are in the Broadway musical. Most of the score for School of Rock was written by ALW. | |
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| re: Will Andrew Lloyd Webber ever be considered one of the great Bway composers? | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 04:19 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Will Andrew Lloyd Webber ever be considered one of the great Bway composers? - KingSpeed 01:53 pm EST 12/24/22 | |
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| Thanks - I had forgotten School of Rock was here first. I'm not really counting JCS, as it was recorded in London as a concept album first. He didn't write it for Broadway specifically. :-) |
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