NYTimes.com: The theater gods have at long last taken revenge on Andrew Lloyd Webber for the ubiquity of “Cats,” “Phantom of the Opera” and “Evita.” His latest musical, “Stephen Ward,” which opened to mixed reviews in London in December, and has had mediocre ticket sales ever since, will close on March 29, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
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After reading this, I'm curious as to what the other 6 plays he has written are. I have seen/listened to the music for a lot of his musicals, not just the popular ones. Those tend to not get fame for the whole show, but are great for audition song purposes. Can you name the show that "U-N-C-O-U-P-L-E-D" is from? I can. I'm actually surprised that he doesn't have more fan loyalty than who showed up. I guess that is the product of everyone going for the more new, more modern shows like Wicked. Andrew Lloyd Weber tends to have an old-fashioned style that he writes in that works out really great for him, except when people become bored with it. I will probably try to see this show as well, even though it says that it wasn't all that good. After all, it could have done poorly in London because it was making fun of a part of British history. That was a poor choice on his part; you can't make fun of the history for a country that you intend to preform in. I mean, how bad can a Weber show be?
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