EXCLUSIVE: Three decades ago Michael Ball (Les Miserables) had teeny-bopper groupies waiting for him at the stage door — in London and on Broadway — thanks to a heartthrob role in Andre…
Producer Burns will arrange for Kent, Ball, Lloyd Webber and the show’s songwriters Don Black and Charles Hart to gather for a workshop in London before the end of the year. Under Kent’s direction, it will explore how to reassess, including how to structure the piece so that Ball, as George, can perform “Love Changes Everything.”
Lloyd Webber wrote the musical’s original book, adapted from David Garnett’s 1955 novella. Ball and Kent are keen to strip it of its more saccharin moments that were fine 30 years ago but would sink it now.Colson was a last-minute replacement for Roger Moore, who had been picked by Lloyd Webber and original director Trevor Nunn to play George. However, during rehearsals it became clear that Moore couldn’t carry a tune and couldn’t possibly carry on with the show.
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