On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:38:02 GMT, WingedMessenger <Boy@Flying.high>
wrote:
>Mephistopheles <no-fixed@address.net> wrote in
>news:o4vfh29f9b7smef1fleobqj6t3ci09ak09@4ax.com:
>
>> A Double-Page Spread in my Newspaper today.
>>
>> "It may be hard to imagine now, but the auguries were far from good
>> when Les Miserables premiered at the Barbican Centre in London on 8
>> October 1985.
>>
>> "The show was considered as pretentious, confusing & way too long by
>> many critics, with the negative voices far outnumbering those in
>> favour.......
>>
>> "Cameron Mackintosh, the young theatre impresario, suffered a nervous
>> few weeks deciding whether to go ahead with a planned West End
>> transfer.........
>>
>> "But 21 years later the show, affectionately known in theatrical
>> circles as "The Glums", he & the RSC can chuckle at the memory.
>>
>> "For Les Miserables is about to become the longest running musical in
>> the world, beating the record previously held by another Cameron
>> Mackinstosh venture, Cats.
>>
>> the show is now thought easily to have passed the 1bn Pounds mark.
>> There have been productions in 221 cities throughout the world in 38
>> different countries, Bill Clinton even used one of the songs, One Day
>> More, for his 1992 presidential campaign." LOL
>>
>> Mephi
>>
>
>Yes I have contact with the queens theatre and have recently obtained the
>new 21st year poster. As for CATS it was that show which made Elaine
>Paige my favourite female singer. However, much as I am a lover of LM it
>can in no way surpass BE and I never thought I would say that.
>
>Mercury.
How did I know B.E. would enter this discussion. LMAO
darkshadows
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