From: yap40294@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Gotta go to class ;P)
Subject: Re: Broadway Musical + Lam + extra(Re: LAM is a Legend!) 
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 03:59:39 GMT

william@natimuk.acci.com.au (William Lo) writes:

>In article <1992Nov4.131213.7164@news.cs.indiana.edu> <juyoung@kiwi.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:
>>In article <9230911.8994@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> william@natimuk.acci.com.au (William Lo) writes:
>>>>>>    The song is "Grow tiger last stand" from Cats (Act 2) + Wong Tze's
>>>>>>     "Far Fay Far" (Flowers are not flowers).
>>>>>
>>>>>	Sounds like we've got a Broadway Musical fan here :-)
>>>>>
>>>>         Definitely!
>>>>         
>>>	Yo! Have you seen 'Phantom of the Opera' on stage? Sadly,
>>>I haven't. Sob!
>>>
>>
>>	Yes, I've seen Phantom in Toronto, Cats in Bloomington, IN, and
>>	Les Miserables in Phoenix, AZ.  I have most of the musicals written 
>	^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>	Yaya! I love this one, too(well, but I only have it on CD :-c) 

>>	by Andrew Lloyd Webber, plus Les Mis, Chess, Miss Saigon.

>	'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' has been my favourite,
>for quite sometime(about 6 months - well, I'm just a Broadway beginner!), and
>'Grease'(not the movie), too. Downhere in the Ozland, we were having 'Jesus 
>Christ Superstar' just a month back starring a host of Aussie pop singers.
>It was quite good! I bought the CD but didn't actually see it live becuz as 
>I'd listened to the CD for awhile, I realised the music was too bloody funky! 
>I now have 'Phantom', like many guys do, 'Evita', 'Cats', 'Joseph', 'The
>Aspects of Love', 'Les Miz' of course, 'J&K', and 'Grease'. I enjoy all of
>them, esp. Weber's, 'Phantom' and 'Joseph' are my favourites. I love those
>theatre hits of yesteryear...(so-called 'Wai Gau'!(Think Old)) 

>>
>>	BTW, LAM's "Kwok Kei (Nation Flag)" [1st song in "Cheung Ching Gor 
>>	Chap (Evergreen song albumn)] is also originated from the Broadway 
>>	musical CHESS - "Anthem" [last song in Act 1].  "I know him so well"
>>	and "One night in Bankok" are also from CHESS.
>						^^^^^
>	I don't have this one, but I'll definitely go find it.
>	You're truly an expert!

>[...Stuff(about Teresa C.'s whereabouts) deleted...]

I started  being interested in musical after coming to US.  I got a collection
of Andrew Lloyd's songs from HK before I came, incl stuff from Phantom, Evita,
Jesus Christ Superstar, Aspects of love, Cats, Starlight Express, and Requiem.
I have really seen only Phantom in Toronto from the above list.  I dont know
all the other musicals well, but I think that collection is really good.  As
for the performance in Toronto, I have to say the stage effects were really     good, but personally I prefer the original broadway cast (from tape).  Maybe
it was my preconceived idea, but I just loved Sarah Brightman.  BTW, what do
you think about her divorce with Andrew Lloyd?  I have tapes for Les Mis,
My Fair Lady, and Sound of Music too.  I like Les Mis a lot.  I think Les Mis
is not Andrew Lloyd's work. I missed seeing the Cats which came to campus 
during Spring break.  I was seeing The Secret Garden in Broadway instead.:)  It
is really great.  I loved the book (written by Frances Hodgeson Burnett) as a  
kid and I think though the stage work is not as glamorous as Phantom, the music
is very attractive.  i have now both the tape and the score for selections
of the Secret Garden.  The girl in it (11yr old I think) won the Tony award for
best female musical lead in 1991.  And I'd like to know more about other musicals since I am only a beginner.

Anastasia