Tag Archives: The Beautiful Game

Ranking Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New Millennium Musicals from Phorgettable to Phantastic

Hold onto your top hats and chandeliers, musical theatre enthusiasts, because we’re about to embark on a musical journey through the second act of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s illustrious career. Continue reading

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The Saturday List: 1998 in Musical Theatre

Today’s Saturday List takes a look at the highs and lows of 1998 on musical theatre stages in New York and London! Continue reading

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The Saturday List: A Fine, Fine Life for I’D DO ANYTHING’s Nancies

Where are they now? A look at where the 12 musical theatre performers who competed for the role of Nancy in I’D DO ANYTHING, the 2008 BBC talent show cum reality series that searched for performers to play Oliver and Nancy in the 2009 London revival of the show, are today. Continue reading

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A Chain of Musicals: THE BOYS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH

In January, Musical Cyberspace is going to work through a chain of musicals. This is how it works: each day I will discuss, in brief, a musical linked to the previous day’s musical by some kind of common ground. It … Continue reading

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LOVE NEVER DIES: Track by Track – Part 7

The seventh part of this track-by-track Love Never Dies commentary brings us to the end of the first act of the show and deals with tracks 17-19 on the original cast recording. 17. “Beautiful” With Gustave having gone missing at … Continue reading

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“Love Never Dies” – and neither does this song…

So here it is, the titular tune from the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies: Hang on a second you say – that sounds familiar! Well, of course it does. The song was … Continue reading

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THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: 2000 OCR Track by Track

The original cast recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s new musical The Beautiful Game was released this past weekend. The production opened recently in London to mixed reviews, with many critics saving the most negative comments for Elton’s … Continue reading

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Review Roundup: THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

Here’s a roundup of reviews for the new Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton musical, The Beautiful Game. With few outright raves or pans, the show has met with a mixed reception overall, with some reviewers being more decidedly negative … Continue reading

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