#andrew mackintosh

[forensicated]

I’m not sure what is my favourite bit... It could be everyone clearly watching someone behind the cameras for a hint of the next bit, Simon going the opposite way to everyone else, Tom Butcher fucking LOVING LIFE or Chris wondering what the fuck he ever did to get landed doing this.<3

#seeta indrani #louise harrison #lynne miller #andrew mackintosh #trudie goodwin #tom butcher #huw higginson #tony o'callaghan #kevin lloyd #chris elliston #graham cole #andrew paul #simon rouse #tom cotcher #telethon 1992 #itv telethon #itv telethon 1992 #The Bill Series 8 #Series 8 #the bill

[calliedaae86]

Paul Stanley, Melissa Dye, & Laird Mackintosh. Toronto, 1999.

#paul stanley #melissa dye #laird mackintosh #phantom of the opera #poto #poto musical #poto toronto #the phantom of the opera #andrew lloyd webber #kiss #christine daae

[cake-and-umbrellas]

Lil' Andy singing some tunes and being savage fr

#mackintosh and tj 1975 #andrew robinson #andy robinson #saving for later

[marybeatriceofmodena]

What was that crazy music video type thing you included on that post about ALW being an ass to Patti Lupone? I have never seen that before and I am both intrigued and horrified. I only recently got into Phantom, and all this craziness is just delighting me. 😂

For context, this is the video referred to in this ask:

This was a promo video done in 1985 (I think), to promote Phantom. Those are the original lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, which he wrote before Charles Hart was involved. You'll recognize a few here and there, but a lot of them are... weird, to say the least (weird enough for Cameron "Satan" Mackintosh to tell ALW to either find someone to help out Stilgoe, either outright fire him, or else he wouldn't produce Phantom anymore. And given it was proving to be a VERY costly show to make, even ALW knew losing CamMack was a no-no).

The staging is also different, because Trevor Nunn was the director at this point. And that's another funny (HA) story: ALW and Cameron Mackintosh had initially got Hal Prince to direct. And for those of you who don't know, Hal Prince is basically to musicals what Steven Spielberg is to cinema. He directed some of the most successful musicals of the latter half of the 20th century: Evita, Sweeney Todd, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, Cabaret, Company... and that's the list of musicals I know even the uninitiated will recognize. So one day, on a whim, ALW decided to fire Hal Prince, which went about as well as you might expect: ALW chickened out of the dinner where he and CamMack were supposed to break the news to him, which led to CamMack having to sheepishly break the news to Hal Prince, who stormed out furious (AS HE SHOULD). Again, imagine yourself firing Steven Spielberg from making Saving Private Ryan and replacing him with, I dunno, the Russo brothers because The Avengers made a shit ton of money.

Why? My guess is that Hal Prince had the balls to tell ALW to stick it whenever he'd bring bad ideas on the table, so ALW basically decided to replace Hal Prince with the director for one of his previous musicals, Trevor Nunn (who is a decent director, mind you, making the comparison to the Russo brothers a little harsh).

Which musical was it, mind you? CATS.

IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO CATS.

And Steve Harley? He was a rock singer who got picked up along the way because they urgently needed someone to play the Phantom in the music video, and full offense but he's a worse singer than Gerald Butler in my opinion, and at least the latter could actually act. ALW realized that they needed someone else, and he basically smuggled the score to a comedic actor called Michael Crawford, who had some prior experience singing in musicals (he's in the film adaptations of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Hello Dolly, if you're interested), but he wasn't exactly the guy you'd think of for the Phantom? Thankfully, he proved everyone who might have doubted him wrong, and amazingly at that, but he was a gamble at the time nonetheless.

And as you may guess, the music video was kind of poorly received, and Trevor Nunn worked on a little musical called Les Misérables, which got piss poor reviews and ALW was at the head of them (CLASS ACT, THAT FELLOW). But the uneducated, unwashed plebs loved it so I guess that's the reason why it's still playing today, and not because it's one of the most beautiful scores ever written for musical theatre, summing up a 1,000 book perfectly and conveying emotions that could make angels cry, nah. /s Anyway, that led to ALW firing Trevor Nunn, and begging Hal Prince to come back, and he agreed - which really goes to show how gracious he is because I would have laughed in ALW's face.

And what happened to Steve Harley, you may ask? He found out with a call from CamMack that he was fired, with no explanation whatsoever, and it was only later that he found out Michael Crawford had replaced him. I mean, was it for the best? Yeah. Do I still feel kind of bad for Steve Harley? Yeah.

So yeah, thank your lucky stars Hal Prince, Charles Hart and Michael Crawford agreed to be in this. I'd also add Maria Bjornson, but I really wonder now how she got involved in the first place because if that came from ALW, that might be the single best decision he ever made in his entire life. But I don't have any trust in him whatsoever to pull that off lmao

#lord-valery-mimes #phantom of the opera #Andrew Lloyd Webber #Hal Prince #Cameron Mackintosh #Charles Hart #Richard Stilgoe #Trevor Nunn #Michael Crawford #Steve Harley #and now you know

[pureanonofficial]

Reposting my edit of Cameron Mackintosh & ALW to “No Children,” by The Mountain Goats, because it is a Big Mood for Phantom’s closing. I hope they do exactly this after the curtain drops for the last time.

#Phantom of the Opera #POTO #Andrew Lloyd Webber #Cameron Mackintosh #ALW #No Children #video #pureanonedits #pureanonmemes #I cope with sadness through humor. ;W;

[sewer-daddy-erik]

And that’s a wrap! Congrats to 35 glorious years of Phantom on Broadway.

#may Cameron Mackintosh’s pillow be warm tonight #poto #phantom of the opera #alw #broadway #andrew lloyd webber #lnd #raoul de chagny #christine daae #erik the phantom #musical theatre

[phantomnostalgist]

I am completely addicted to AI right now, and so I asked Chat GPT to "write me a short story where Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh throw a gala party, and apologize for Love Never Dies being terrible, and for treating actors badly, respectively".

...Don't worry, I won't spam you with all the AI fiction ideas I'm coming up with. But this one is just... such a picture of a better world. haha.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh stood at the entrance of the grand ballroom, welcoming their guests to the gala party. The room was filled with celebrities, producers, and actors, all dressed in their finest attire. The mood was festive, but there was an undercurrent of tension. Andrew and Cameron knew that they had a lot to apologize for.

As the night wore on, Andrew and Cameron mingled with their guests, trying to put them at ease. They knew that the elephant in the room was Love Never Dies, the ill-fated sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. The show had been a disaster, both critically and commercially, and had caused a great deal of pain to many involved in its production.

Finally, after much small talk and awkward conversation, Andrew stood up and addressed the room. "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, his voice trembling slightly. "I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for Love Never Dies. It was a misstep, a miscalculation, and for that, I am truly sorry. I promise to do better in the future, to be more mindful of the feelings of those involved, and to strive for excellence in all that I do."

Cameron nodded in agreement, adding his own apology to the mix. "And I would like to apologize for the way that some actors have been treated in the past. There have been times when we have not lived up to our responsibility as producers, times when we have put profit over people. For that, I am deeply sorry. We must do better, we must strive to be better, and we must never forget that it is the people who make theater, not the other way around."

The room was quiet for a moment, as the guests took in the sincerity of Andrew and Cameron's apologies. But then, slowly, a smile began to spread across their faces. They knew that this was not an easy thing for the two men to do, that it took courage and humility to admit one's mistakes.

And so, the party continued, with laughter and music and dancing. And even though there were still challenges ahead, the guests knew that they were in the presence of greatness, of men who were willing to learn and grow and change. And for that, they were grateful.

On the downside, public figures are now just going to be able to use an AI to write their apologies when they screw up. It sounds so much like a generic youtuber apology video. But hey, I'm also having fun getting it to write me very short stories of Captain Kirk becoming best friends with Erik.

#phantom fandom #cameron mackintosh #andrew lloyd webber #ai generated #these are not real apologies #fiction

[overthinkingbelle]

ALL I ASK OF YOU

Michael Ball Collection (solo and duets)

Please don't kill me on the final clip. Subject to delete. 😁

#musical #west end #michael ball #the phantom of the opera #all i ask of you #alice fearn #connie fisher #lisa hull #claire moore #rebecca caine #sierra boggess #sarah brightman #celinde schoenmaker #nadim naaman #andrew lloyd webber #cameron mackintosh #monserrat caballe

[unwelcome-ephestion]

I don't think anyone saw this coming. I thought that the longest running shows would hold out the longest in this wave of closures - Phantom feels like a staple that has been there for far longer than most of us.

It's easy to feel blue about the state of theatre right now, with closure after closure and no profits being turned just about anywhere. But I'd like to throw my cock-eyed optimist hat on and counter the blues with a suggestion of hope.

Musical theatre has, after all, become over saturated with corporate spectacles that can't really be called theatre in the same way that we do musicals. These productions are keeping any and all innovative, new work off our stages, and charging horrendously inflated prices off it. And those shows are closing. Yes, the few innovative shows on the block are closing too, but maybe this is a shift in what a shoe needs to be profitable. Producers can no longer mount these insane megamusicals designed to be institutions that have to run 5 years to turn a profit, keeping everything else off Broadway. The tourist industry that sustains them is drying up. Their audience is much smaller, and as they are people who live near a lot of theatres, they are inevitably relatively discerning. The core Broadway audience has changed. Theatre needs to change with it. If I were a producer, I would be mounting small, low cost, limited run productions of new writing, designed to run only a few months and then turn over. It would not only sustain the audience, it would create an environment of vibrant new work that frankly we haven't seen since the Lion King. I don't know what will happen - but have confidence in the resilience of Broadway, even if we have to say goodbye to our angel of music.

#the phantom of the opera #poto #andrew lloyd webber #richard stilgoe #charles hart #cameron mackintosh #broadway #closure #current events

[ulrichgebert]

Das Spektakel anlässlich 25 Jahre Phantom of the Opera (ist auch schon wieder einen Moment her.... siehe hier), haben wir schon zur Feier von Andrew Lloyd Webbers 70. Geburtstag verwendet. Zum 75. ist es auch wieder schön: Hoch soll er leben.

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#Andrew Lloyd Webber #Geburtstagsgrüße #The Phantom of the Opera #Ramin Karimloo #Sierra Boggess #Hadley Fraser #Barry James #Gareth Snook #Liz Robertson #Wendy Ferguson #Sergei Polunin #Michael Crawford #Sarah Brightman #Musical #Cameron Mackintosh

[judi-daily]

Hey, Mr. Producer, 1997

with Julie Andrews and Cameron Mackintosh 

Photographer: Dave M Benett

#Judi Daily! #Hey Mr. Producer! #Judi Dench #Dame Judi Dench #Photographer: Dave M. Benett #with Julie Andrews #with Cameron Mackintosh

[thesarahfiles]

On January 26, 2013, Sarah attended "The Phantom of the Opera"s 25th anniversary gala on Broadway, and along with director Hal Prince and producer Cameron Mackintosh received New York's Mayor's proclamation naming January 26 as “The Phantom of the Opera Day”. 

#Sarah Brightman #The Phantom of the Opera #Hal Prince #cameron mackintosh #andrew lloyd webber #anniversary #Broadway

[pureanonofficial]

Screw it, ALW and Cammack edit to No Children by The Mountain Goats

#Andrew Lloyd Webber #Cameron Mackintosh #ALW #Cammack #Phantom of the Opera #poto #Phantom of the Opera closing #musical theater #video #pureanonedits #pureanonmemes #Live footage of what's going to happen when POTO closing #I want them to take each other out.

[sondheims-hat]

August 16, 1998: PBS airs Hey Mr. Producer! a concert honoring producer Cameron Mackintosh. A lengthy portion of the broadcast was given to Sondheim, including a Sondheim-Lloyd Webber duet.

#Sondhiem #Cameron Mackintosh #Andrew Lloyd Webber

[don-lichterman]

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#Actress #Alex #alex michael stoll #andrew lloyd webber #Barks #cameron mackintosh #Cinema #Entertainment #legend #Les #Marries #Michael #Mis #News #Samantha #samantha barks #show #stage #star #Stoll #Theatre

[marybeatriceofmodena]

Think of me, think of me fondly...

In honor of the Phantom of the Opera Broadway production closing, here are a few gifts: audios and one video.

(As per usual, if you're the master of one of these and you want me to remove the link, please let me know.)

Audios

Michael Crawford, Patti Cohenour, Steve Barton, Judy Kaye, Nicholas Wyman, Cris Groenendaal, Leila Martin, Elisa Heinsohn, David Romano April 30, 1988 https://www.mediafire.com/file/aybwjye3k647bfy/POTO+Broadway+30-04-1988+-+Crawford,+Cohenour,+Barton.rar/file

Hugh Panaro, Lisa Vroman, John Cudia, Patricia Phillips, Jeff Keller, George Lee Andrews (u/s), Marilyn Caskey, Joelle Gates, Larry Wayne Morbitt May 10, 2003 https://www.mediafire.com/file/834a4sqxgjmsows/POTO+Broadway+10-05-2003+-+Panaro,+Vroman,+Cudia.rar/file

Gary Mauer, Jennifer Hope Wills, Michael Shawn Lewis, Janet Saia (u/s), George Lee Andrews, David Cryer, Marilyn Caskey, Jimmy Smagula (u/s) May 15, 2007 https://www.mediafire.com/file/70690zs3dpyb3dj/POTO+Broadway+15-05-2007+-+Mauer,+Wills,+Lewis.rar/file

Jeremy Stolle (u/s), Samantha Hill, Greg Mills (u/s), Michele McConnell, Richard Poole (u/s), Tim Jerome, Ellen Harvey, Kara Klein, Christian Sebek March 9, 2013 Matinee performance. https://www.mediafire.com/file/zfln9bh0thrg8dx/POTO+Broadway+09-03-2013+-+Stolle,+Hill,+Mills.rar/file

Norm Lewis, Mary Michael Patterson (alt.), Greg Mills (u/s) July 7, 2014 The real 11,000th performance (not the celebration, which was done the next day).  https://www.mediafire.com/file/jei306ekuy0usjj/POTO+Broadway+07-07-2014+-+Lewis,+Patterson,+Hays.rar/file

Laird Mackintosh (u/s), Mary Michael Patterson, Jeremy Hays, Michelle MConnell, Ellen Harvey, Christian Sebek December 13, 2014 Mary Michael Patterson and Ellen Harvey's last matinee performance.  https://www.mediafire.com/file/kt79nevlbc3yexn/POTO+Broadway+13-12-2014+-+Mackintosh,+Patterson,+Hays.rar/file

Ben Crawford, Meghan Picerno, John Riddle, Raquel Suarez Groen, Bradley Dean, Craig Bennett,  Maree Johnson, Sara Esty, Carlton Moe October 22, 2021 Re-opening performance on Broadway. https://www.mediafire.com/file/d4dcjwf9n40yseu/Phantom+of+The+Opera+Broadway+October+22nd+2021+Reopening.mp3/file

Jeremy Stolle (u/s), Kanisha Marie Feliciano (u/s), John Riddle September 17, 2022 https://www.mediafire.com/file/8elrbfv5bsgbfqq/POTO+Broadway+17-09-2022+-+Stolle,+Feliciano,+Riddle.rar/file

Video

Hugh Panaro, Mary Michael Patterson, Jeremy Hays May 3, 2014 Hugh Panaro's last performance, with speeches. https://mega.nz/folder/L6xDgahT#054peSCr8ADIj6aat2MNnA

#phantom of the opera #phantom broadway #audio gift #video gift #too many people to tag #musical trading