Andrew Lloyd Webber: Difference between revisions

{{quote|Not everyone in New York would pay to see Andrew Lloyd Webber...|[[Crowded House, ]]|"Chocolate Cake"}}

* ''[[Evita]]''

Webber chose to cast Summer Strallen, the aforementioned niece of Bonnie Langford (who was in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' as Mel, BTW and does [[Panto]] a bit) as the second person to play Maria, having cast his first, Connie Fisher, via a TV [[Talent Show]]. Bar one appearance in ''[[Hotel Babylon]]'', her IMDB profile was rather short. She'd done stuff on the London Stage, but wasn't too well known. So, Lord Webber called up the producers of ''[[Holly OaksHollyoaks]]'' (the British [[Soap Opera]] in question) and got her a part as Summer Shaw, an aspiring actress. Not telling the press that she would be Maria, the writers of said show had Summer Shaw, in character, head to London, find Lord Webber (played by himself) and convince him to cast ''her'' as Maria. Shaw then proceeded to leave the show and the whole thing was revealed. Cue national headlines.

Considers the internet to be a problem in promoting his shows, as he finds it to be full of people who will [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch|complain about the show without even having seen it]]... Especially his newest{{when}} ''[[Love Never Dies]]'', the sequel to ''[[Phantom of the Opera]]''. ''Love Never Dies'' got so much flak from the ''Phantom'' fanbase (it got dubbed "Paint Never Dries" and a group opposing the sequel called "Love Should Die" was formed), Lloyd Webber bit the hands that fed him by lashing out at the ''Phantom'' fanbase, instead of admitting ''Love Never Dies'' was no good, at least not as good as ''Phantom''. Continuing the above-mentioned trend of reusing melodies he had composed earlier, the melody of LND's title song had actually been used twice before, first as "Our Kind of Love" in ''The Beautiful Game'', and then later as "The Heart is Slow to Learn" (which was in all fairness intended for the Phantom sequel at first).