> > It's funny how perceptions change over time, and art moves in cycles. Fifty years ago, you'd have said the opposite. The operettas of the late 1800s, by folks such as Gilbert and Sullivan, were the old style, and book musicals were new. In between, it was about straight stories broken up by unrelated song performances. So I wonder if that's what we're headed to once we realize that Andrew Lloyd Webber isn't all that hot after all.
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> He's NOT???
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> *aghast*
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> Mi "Always thought Stephen Schwartz was the man, myself--very quirky" ke

You weren't the only one to gasp at that comment!
What next? Irvin Berlin was unAmerican and couldn't write music? OK, Webber may not be everybody's cup of tea, but I'm a Cat person.
Howard