Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
#1Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 8:44am
In an article discussing the casting of MATILDA composer/lyricist Time Minchin in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
'And I can't write lyrics,' Lloyd Webber proffers. So have they talked about collaborating? 'Not really,' he says.
Minchin adds: 'If the right thing was there, of course I would. But the lyrics and music are so interconnected that, apart from Lloyd Webber and maybe a couple of others, I would say no.'
'I completely understand that,' Lloyd Webber says. 'I would love to have some lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, you know, but he thinks of everything, it is too connected for him.'
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/the-second-coming-20120920-267lk.html
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 9/22/12 at 08:44 AM
#2Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 8:51amOh god. They're both my favourites, jointly, but this could not happen xD
#2Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 8:56amNow he's just completely senile.
#3Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 8:59amWell, if anything could ever make me love a Lloyd Webber score, this would be it.
#4Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 9:48am
Memorable, dare I say popular, melodies paired with clever, insightful lyrics... nah, it could never happen. It would make too much sense.
(Cue the brickbats from the "Sondheim is God" crowd.)
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#5Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 10:37amThis was a joke, right?
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#6Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 11:58am
Sondheim lyrics with Lloyd-Webber music.
Sorry, just sounds like some social experiment gone horribly wrong.
#7Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 12:07pmEasy to joke about sure, but I'd be interested to see what they would come up with.
#8Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 12:13pm
Isn't there a YouTube of the two of them doing something together for a Cameron Mackintosh tribute?
Surely that should suffice.
#9Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 12:19pmWebber has written some great stuff (and well, some not so great stuff) but then again some of Sondheim's material is a lot stronger than others, too. They're two pros and I would be legitimately interested to see what would happen if they worked together. If it sucks, it sucks but it's better than nothing new from either one of them.
#10Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 12:39pm
There's a saying in the rock world: "Other than the Beatles, geniuses go solo. There are no good supergroups."
I don't know how well that would apply with a theatrical supergroup- it's never really been tried.
#11Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 1:01pmToo bad the time for a real collaboration has passed.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#12Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 1:47pmIf Sondheim could write the music also, then we'd have something. Imagine if he had gone ahead with Sunset Boulevard?
#13Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 2:07pmI'm sure any collaboration of theirs would be a fascinating power struggle behind the scenes. I'd theoretically love to see what they came up with, but I don't think I would have high hopes for it.
#14Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 2:12pmBoth men like to have a lot of control of their projects--I'd say Lloyd-Webber more so, much to his detriment.
#15Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 2:19pm
The last time Sondheim wrote "just the lyrics" with anyone for a Broadway show was "Do I Hear a Waltz?" in 1965, so I'm guessing no.
I don't blame Webber for thinking it would be nice, but even he realizes it ain't gonna happen.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#16Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 2:28pmThey could write the sequel to LOVE NEVER DIES.
#17Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 3:20pm
Phantom of the Forum
Aspects of Overtures
Sunday in the Park With Cats
West Side Boulevard
Jesus Christ, Gypsy
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#18Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 3:25pm
I'd like to see them work on something. I agree that it isn't the optimal time and that time has passed.
But they can still squeeze something incredible out. At least incredible compared to the slew of decorated crap and producer hyped, cheapened dreck that's all the rage.
Recreation of original John Cameron orchestration to "On My Own" by yours truly. Click player below to hear.
#19Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 3:27pmWhile I don't think Lloyd Webber keeps a bottle of gin in his piano bench, Sondheim's issues with Rogers would prob be worse with L-W.
#20Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 6:09pmMaybe when Hal Prince kicks, they'll do a tribute song.
"Through The Sacrifice You Made, We Can't Believe The Price You Paid..For Love!"
#21Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 6:30pm
Maybe when Hal Prince kicks, they'll do a tribute song.
"Send In the Cats."
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#22Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 6:35pm
^ LMAO.
But hasn't Sondheim always said that he'll never write only lyrics again?
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#23Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 10:37pmWhy would Sondheim want to lower himself to Webber's standards?
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#24Andrew Lloyd Webber would love to have Sondheim write his lyrics.
Posted: 9/22/12 at 11:25pm
Stop it Besty!- I almost choked on fricking ice cream!
U R 2 CUTE!
