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From: sarwate@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Sanjiv Sarwate)
Subject: Re: Evita plot question
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 00:45:27 GMT

lsh1@cec1.wustl.edu (Lara S. Hughes) writes:


>In the American recording of Evita, in the middle of the song "Buenos
>Aires", Che has a short monologue which starts out something like:
>              On the 9th February 1935, in Buenos Aires - a polo match,
>            between a team of leading Argentine players and the touring
>            British side....
>This part doesn't seem to fit at all.  What does it mean?  Why is it
>in there?   I just don't get it.

I think it was to convey the idea that there were two Buenos Aires.  There is
the rich one discussed in Che's little newsclip, and the seedier one in
which Eva is moving.  The dichotomy is part of the character of the city, and
indeed, central to the whole plot.  Even when Eva has risen above the   
aristocrats, they still do not respect her, reminding her of where she came
from.  There is a big wall between the two cultures.

(Granted, this may be reading too much into it, but since the social     
stratification is a big part of the musical, I think my analysis may have some
validity).


>~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Lara Hughes  lsh1@cec2.wustl.edu ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
>You mean... you'll put down your rock, and I'll | "And sometimes even music,
>put down my sword, and we'll try to kill each   | cannot substitute for tears."
>other like civilized people? -The Princess Bride| -Paul Simon,"Cool,Cool River"
-- 
Sanjiv Sarwate		sarwate@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu	SANJIV@UIUCVMD
"The next day, the former Prime Minister accepts his first job since leaving
the Executive Mansion; cleaning out the inn's stables.  He notes that the two
occupations are not, essentially, dissimilar."  
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From: aku@leland.Stanford.EDU (Andrew Chia-Tso Ku)
Subject: Re: Moby Dick?
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 06:34:45 GMT

MOBY DICK received very mixed reviews (it opened in March, I believe)
and ticket sales were only middling.  The show closed several weeks ago.

Andrew
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From: aku@leland.Stanford.EDU (Andrew Chia-Tso Ku)
Subject: Re: broadway shows recommended?
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 07:25:16 GMT

In article <1992Aug19.000310.10221@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> pjm6z@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Dave Lister) writes:
>In article <1992Aug18.194356.19193@pony.Ingres.COM> walker@Ingres.COM (Lynn Walker) writes:
>>
>>	Also, I understand that Al Pacino is currently starring in a play, but
>>I don't know the name of it. Is anyone familiar with it?

SALOME and CHINESE COFFEE, two plays in repertory and starring Pacino, 
was a limited run and has already closed.

>>	Please post recommendations here. I like all types of theater--comedy,
>>drama, musicals, etc. I have already seen "The Phantom", so I don't think 
>>I'll go to that one!!!

You might want to keep in mind that the Mirvishes are bringing 
LOST IN YONKERS, THE SECRET GARDEN (albeit with reduced orchestra), 
MISS SAIGON (as if you didn't already know), and GUYS AND DOLLS to T.O. 
in the next year or so.  But then again, you might consider still seeing
the NY production of G&D for the performances.

>A really good musical that is currently running in the John Golden Theare
>is _Falsettos_ by William Finn.  I highly recommend this musical it is a 
>very touching story.  If you want some more information you can e-mail me
>a request.

I concur.  Of the all the plays and musicals I saw in two trips to NY 
this year, the two standouts were the two "Marvin" shows: FALSETTOS
(the main character is named Marvin), and MARVIN'S ROOM, at the
Minetta Lane off-Bway.  MR will be closing that weekend so it may
be your only chance to see Laura Esterman's galvanizing performance
in this comedy-drama about a woman dying of leukemia (it's actually
quite an uplifting piece that avoids cheap sentimentality).  

Two other shows near the top of my list:

SIGHT UNSEEN at the Orpheum (off-Bway, and also closing that weekend)
is a dark comedy about art.

JELLY'S LAST JAM, the musical biography of Jelly Roll Morton is daring
in content and exuberantly performed by an ensemble led by Gregory Hines.  

Keep in mind that Bway theatres are dark Sunday night (but
off-Bway theatres aren't), and Bway shows play Sunday matinees OR 
Monday evenings, almost never both.  Check the Sunday NY Times.

Andrew
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From: walker@Ingres.COM (Lynn Walker)
Subject: broadway shows recommended?
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Date: 18 Aug 92 19:43:56 GMT

	I will be in New York City during Labour Day weekend (Sept. 4-7th).
I have never been to New York, and don't know what is available in terms of 
shows/theatres.
	I looked in the NY Times, and "Jake's Women" with Alan Alda is currently
running at the Neil Simon Theatre. Has anyone seen it?
	Also, I understand that Al Pacino is currently starring in a play, but
I don't know the name of it. Is anyone familiar with it?
	Please post recommendations here. I like all types of theater--comedy,
drama, musicals, etc. I have already seen "The Phantom", so I don't think I'll
go to that one!!!

		Thanks a lot,

		Lynn Walker
		Toronto, Canada
		walker@ingres.com
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From: gmiyamo@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Del, The Timpani March Hare)
Subject: Re: Phantom of the Opera -- Andrew Lloyd Weber or Ken Hill ???
Organization: University of Hawaii, College of Engineering
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 07:23:19 GMT

In article <Bt52BM.8HB@news.cso.uiuc.edu> lcpg8275@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Sunshine ) writes:

>Now, is it true that Ken Hill wrote some different lyrics and hence
>a different version of Phantom than ALW's.  Did Ken make use of 
>the same ALW music?
>
>If there are two versions of the Phantom, which one is better,
>ALW or Ken Hill?

The Ken Hill version of Phantom came to Honolulu a few years ago.
The production was billed with a footnote stating something like,
"Warning - this is NOT the Andrew Lloyd Webber version."  As for
the show itself, a friend of mine went to see it, and I was told that
it was more a comedy type of show with completely different music
from the ALW version.  He really liked it, though, so I assume that
it's a pretty good show.

	- Gail
From: pranata@watserv.ucr.edu (Krisanto Pranata)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Sunset Boulevard
Keywords: Sunset Boulevard, Lloyd Webber
Date: 21 Aug 92 19:31:23 GMT

Does anyone out there knows what's going on with Lloyd Webber's "Sunset  
Boulevard?"  Any rumors on when it opens, previews etc?


kris

pranata@watserv.ucr.edu
From: Herberg_David@tandem.com (David Herberg)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Guys & Dolls CDs?
Date: 14 Aug 92 21:55:09 GMT
Organization: Tandem Computers, Inc.

In article <sp2m1r-@lynx.unm.edu> bevans@carina.unm.edu (Mathemagician) 
writes:
> My only complaint with the recent Broadway revival CD is that *they*
> *didn't*print*the*lyrics!*
> 
> I'm gonna have to start writing some letters in order to convince
> producers of recorded material to include a lyric sheet so that those
> of us who have a hard time deciphering the overlapping words in, say,
> "Fugue for Tinhorns" might be able to figure out what they're saying!

You could just buy the vocal score at a music store.  That way you can get 
the complete lyrics, follow the music (so you can tell what liberties were 
taken), and get all the music (such as dances and scene change music) that 
was too inconvenient to include in the recording.  OK, so it costs, but 
life's hard.

David Herberg, Herberg_David@tandem.com
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From: rtut@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Raymond Tuttle)
Subject: Re: I need "Chicago", help!
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 00:01:41 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.185340.1@pomona.claremont.edu> shyoun@pomona.claremont.edu writes:
>Can anyone help me?  I need to find a recording of the musical
>"Chicago."  Does anyone know of one???
>
>SARA

It's on a Bay Cities CD, number 3003.  This label is distributed by KOCH
International, which means it shouldn't be too hard to get.  Ask your
local CD store.

--
****************************************   Raymond S. Tuttle
"Dunkel ist das Leben, ist der Tod,"       University of Rochester
but it's nothing to get depressed about!   (still with his two little 
****************************************   white mice).
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From: pjm6z@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Dave Lister)
Subject: Re: broadway shows recommended?
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 00:03:10 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.194356.19193@pony.Ingres.COM> walker@Ingres.COM (Lynn Walker) writes:
>
>	I will be in New York City during Labour Day weekend (Sept. 4-7th).
>I have never been to New York, and don't know what is available in terms of 
>shows/theatres.
>	I looked in the NY Times, and "Jake's Women" with Alan Alda is currently
>running at the Neil Simon Theatre. Has anyone seen it?
>	Also, I understand that Al Pacino is currently starring in a play, but
>I don't know the name of it. Is anyone familiar with it?
>	Please post recommendations here. I like all types of theater--comedy,
>drama, musicals, etc. I have already seen "The Phantom", so I don't think I'll
>go to that one!!!
>
>		Thanks a lot,
>
>		Lynn Walker
>		Toronto, Canada
>		walker@ingres.com
A really good musical that is currently running in the John Golden Theare
is _Falsettos_ by William Finn.  I highly recommend this musical it is a 
very touching story.  If you want some more information you can e-mail me
a request.

Dave Lister
lister@virginia.edu



-- 
Dave Lister (lister@virginia.edu)

"They're all dead Dave"

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From: murray@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Thomas Murray)
Subject: Re: PHANTOM
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Evanston, IL
	<1992Aug15.203203.29231@news.cs.indiana.edu>
	<1992Aug18.140016.2225@rtsg.mot.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 14:41:17 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.140016.2225@rtsg.mot.com> oakes@rtsg.mot.com (Ronald Oakes) writes:

>> [the Yeston/Kopit] is also on the schedule for next year (1993) for
>> ACLOA (Albuquerque Civic Light Opera Assossication) in Albuquerque,
>> New Mexico. 

It's also slated for a a two-week run at the Wagon Wheel Playhouse in
Warsaw, Indiana next summer (1993).

-tom
From: todd@sdsc.edu (T. Todd Elvins,,45128)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Moby Dick?
Date: 19 Aug 1992 01:07:48 GMT
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I saw Moby Dick in April in London.  It was really fun with some
great songs and performances.  The Captain Ahab character seemed
to belong in an altogether different play though.  I am planning
to buy the recording when it comes out.



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From: conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad)
Subject: Re: I need "Chicago", help!
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:23:59 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.185340.1@pomona.claremont.edu> shyoun@pomona.claremont.edu writes:

>Can anyone help me?  I need to find a recording of the musical
>"Chicago."  Does anyone know of one???

The original cast album has been reissued on CD by Bay Cities records.
If you can't find it locally, a good source is Footlights in NY.
212-533-1572.  They do mail order over the phone, they keep most
everything in stock (even out of print or used stuff), and they're
knowledgeable and they mail promptly.

Jon Alan Conrad
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Subject: BBC address
From: terr05@v9.vitro.com
Date: 17 Aug 92 13:22:41 -0500
Reply-To: JFrank@V7.Vitro.com
Organization: Vitro Corporation
Nntp-Posting-User: terr05

Hello,
	I need the address of the BBC. I want to get several tapes from
them on accents of the British Isles. I would like to know if a catalog of tapes
exists and whether it is on the net. Any help would be greatle appreciated.
						Jim

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From: mfriley@pacman.WPI.EDU (Margaret F Riley)
Subject: Re: More ALW Phantom gossip
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 18:55:30 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.222853.24083@fcom.cc.utah.edu> twb2029@cc.utah.edu writes:
>Since the topic seems to be Phantom I thought I would add my two bits.  From 
>what I heard ALW is being sued by the Puccini family for stealing music to 
>write his highly acclaimed Phantom of the Opera.  The musical piece he 
>allegedly borrowed from is Puccini's Girl of the Golden West (La Fontula..?).  
>I would be interested to know if anyone else has heard about this?  As I do not 
>own and have not heard Puccini's music I would be interested in knowing how 
>close they are?  I hear the duet "All I Ask Of You" is the most blatent steal.  
Isn't that interesting.  I haven't gone to see ALW's Phantom yet because
of a small thing that keeps repeating in the back of my mind.   A good 
friend who saw "Phantom" when it FIRST played Boston came back and told
me that almost every theme he heard had been taken from Gilbert and
Sullivan.   More comments?

-Margaret



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From: aku@leland.Stanford.EDU (Andrew Chia-Tso Ku)
Subject: LA: Mark Taper Forum & Ahmanson at the Doolittle 92/93 season
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 06:13:46 GMT

MARK TAPER FORUM

ANGELS IN AMERICA
by Tony Kushner
directed by Oskar Eustis and Anthony Taccone
Oct 18-Nov 29/92

THE SUBSTANCE OF FIRE
by Jon Robin Baitz
directed by Daniel Sullivan
with Ron Rifkin
Jan 10-Mar 7/93

A CLASSIC [one of: THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS by Goldoni; LOVE FOR LOVE
by Congreve; TARTUFFE by Moliere; or SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL by Sheridan]
Mar 21-May 16/93

A NEW WORK BY ANNA DEAVERE SMITH
about the LA riots
May 23-Jul 18/93

LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART
by Terrence McNally
directed by John Tillinger
Jul 25-Sept 19/93

-------------

AHMANSON AT THE DOOLITTLE 
(apparently all touring productions)

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION
by John Guare
directed by Jerry Zaks
Oct 10-Dec 27/92

MONEY AND FRIENDS
by David Williamson
directed by Michael Blakemore
Jan 9-Mar 28/93

Jake's Women
by Neil Simon
directed by Gene Saks
with Alan Alda
Apr 10-Jun 27/93

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
by Clarke Peters, based on the songs of Louis Jordan
directed and choreographed by Charles Auggins
Jul 10-Sep 26/93

Andrew
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From: phantom@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (James Choi)
Subject: Re: Phantom of the Opera -- Andrew Lloyd Weber or Ken Hill ???
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:23:27 GMT

In article <Bt6oy6.3sz@news.udel.edu> conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad) writes:
>The original book is out of copyright now, so ANYBODY can write their
>own adaptation without fear of reprisals, as long as you don't steal
>someone else's music.

How long do I have to wait for a book copyrighted 1945 to expire?

>Jon Alan Conrad

James Choi
From: dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (David Morning)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre,rec.music.compose,rec.music.maker
Subject: Re: Phantom of the Opera -- Andrew Lloyd Weber or Ken Hill ???
Date: 19 Aug 92 12:53:12 GMT
Organization: Glasgow University Computing Science Dept.

phantom@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (James Choi) writes:

>How long do I have to wait for a book copyrighted 1945 to expire?

50 years according to the Berne Convention, so 1995.

Dave
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From: kmoore@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Kyle E Moore)
Subject: "Reckless" at Stadium II Theatre
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: cmh
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 15:55:05 GMT

     Shot in the Dark Productions presents "Reckless", by Craig Lucas ("Prelude
to a Kiss"), opening tonight, Thursday, 8/20/92 in the Stadium II Theatre on 
OSU's campus (Drake Union).  Show times are 7:30 tonight, 8:00 Friday and 
Saturday, 8/21-22; Next Thursday, 8/27 at 7:30, and 8:00 Friday and Saturday, 
8/28-29.  Tickets are $10 ($8 students and seniors), available at the Drake 
Union Box Office (292-2295), through Ticketmaster (431-3600) or call 848-9848.

     The play is about Rachel (Laura Arnold), a woman who, for reasons I 
cannot divulge at the moment, is forced to leave her home and family on 
Christmas eve.  She is subsequently taken in by Lloyd (Kevin Hayes) and his 
wife Pooty (Mollie Levin), (who is deaf and paraplegic.  Pooty, not Mollie), 
and begins a new life for herself under a different name.  You'll
come to find out, though, that almost every character in the play has a secret,
hidden past.  Fast moving, funny, and bittersweet, this is a fascinating,
well-written show.  I play Tom Fitsimmons, Rachel's husband, and later in the
play appear as each of her two sons.  This is a great script, and, if
I may say so myself, is well-produced by Shot in the Dark.  Help support a new
theatre company in Columbus!  Cheaper than CATCO or Players, and not quite as
strange as Reality.  Any questions or anything, respond to:

     kmoore@magnus.ohio-state.edu

     Thanks,

     Kyle Moore
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From: oakes@rtsg.mot.com (Ronald Oakes)
Subject: Re: PHANTOM
Reply-To: oakes@rtsg.mot.com
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 14:00:16 GMT

In article <1992Aug15.203203.29231@news.cs.indiana.edu>, jbuck@moose.cs.indiana.edu (John F. Buck) writes:
|> Can anyone supply info as to where Phantom is playing and the places it is
|> going to be playing.  I have yet to see it and am interested in going.

It is currently playing in an open run at the Candlight Dinner Theater in the
Chicago Suburbs.

It is also on the schedule for next year (1993) for ACLOA (Albuquerque Civic
Light Opera Assossication) in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

I am suspect that it may be playing elsewhere.

Ronald  Oakes

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From: aku@leland.Stanford.EDU (Andrew Chia-Tso Ku)
Subject: Richard III
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 18:03:11 GMT

Does anyone know if the NT's touring production of Richard III is
amplified?  

Incidently, Ian McKellan is scheduled to be on the Tonight show
this evening (Aug. 18).

Andrew
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From: hubbarde@infonode.ingr.com (Elaine Hubbard)
Subject: Re: Phantom of the Opera -- Andrew Lloyd Weber or Ken Hill ???
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 15:08:35 GMT

In article <92232.134032U24421@uicvm.uic.edu> David Child <U24421@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>James Choi asked how long he has to wait for a 1945 copyright to expire.
>Was it a first or second copyright?  What country holds the initial
>copyright?  If the copyright is for a U.S. author, you'll have to wait
>until the author has been dead for at least 50 years.  Did the author
>die the same year the book was copyrighted?  If so, you'll have only a
>few more years to wait.  Otherwise, perhaps you should contact the
>author, the author's agent, and the publisher's permissions editor . . .

The life plus 50 term of protection is not applicable to works
which obtained statutory copyright in the US prior to January 1, 1978.  If
the work James asked about obtained initial copyright protection in
1945, for an original period of 28 years, that copyright could have
been renewed by the author or the author's estate/family, for an
additional **47** years. ( The Copyright Act of 1976 extended the 
renewal term by an additional 19 years, so instead of a term of 28, 
it became 47 years.)  If the above book in question had been renewed
in 1973, the 47 years goes into effect automatically.  Therefore
the total is 75 years from the time the first term copyright
was secured.  Looks like 2020 to me!  David's right, the publisher
can tell you for sure..
-- 
Elaine L. Hubbard
ingr!b10!cis15!hubbarde
  "equity aids the vigilant and not those
   who slumber on their rights..."
From: eliz@WORLD.STD.COM (Elizabeth Lear Newman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: More ALW Phantom gossip
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:46:04 GMT


mfriley@pacman.WPI.EDU (Margaret F Riley) says:
>Isn't that interesting.  I haven't gone to see ALW's Phantom yet because
>of a small thing that keeps repeating in the back of my mind.   A good 
>friend who saw "Phantom" when it FIRST played Boston came back and told
>me that almost every theme he heard had been taken from Gilbert and
>Sullivan.   More comments?

Comments? Yes - the PHANTOM your friend saw is the Ken Hill version.
The current engagement of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in Boston is the
first for the Andrew Lloyd Webber version.  There was a tremendous
stink over the Hill version trying to pass itself as the "Original
London Production" which resulted in the "Note: this is not the Andrew
Lloyd Webber version" having to be added to all their ads.  In fact,
the Hill production company tried to sue the Boston Globe for
defamation because the Globe kept running articles and columns a few
times a week warning people away from it if they expected the Broadway
hit.  Due to the negative publicity, the show was forced to offer
refunds if anyone had bought tickets under the mistaken assumtion that
they were seeing the ALW version.  The suit was thrown out several
months after the show left town, but it's not surprising that the
Globe gave the show a damning review.


					...eliz

   Elizabeth Lear-Newman, The World Public-Access UNIX, Boston, MA
	      eliz@world.std.com  or   uunet!world!eliz
From: tgt33358@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Deus Imperator)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: More ALW Phantom gossip
Date: 20 Aug 92 02:30:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.Bt9GAJ.J67
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

In article <1992Aug18.222853.24083@fcom.cc.utah.edu> twb2029@cc.utah.edu writes:
>Since the topic seems to be Phantom I thought I would add my two bits.  From 
>what I heard ALW is being sued by the Puccini family for stealing music to 
>write his highly acclaimed Phantom of the Opera.  The musical piece he 
>allegedly borrowed from is Puccini's Girl of the Golden West (La Fontula..?).  
>I would be interested to know if anyone else has heard about this?  As I do not 
>own and have not heard Puccini's music I would be interested in knowing how 
>close they are?  I hear the duet "All I Ask Of You" is the most blatent steal.  
>Comments, anyone?
>
>>>>--> Trevor
>
This is a bit funny, since a friend of my sister called Puccini "the Andrew
Lloyd Webber of Italian Opera," since he too tended to substitute style
for substance.  Rowan Atkinson, in one of his HBO shows, called the works 
of ALW "the reworkings of Puccini's Greatest Hits."

-- 
Thanatos, DeathUrge, Master of Everything But Love tgt33358@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
"Oh God, does this mean we have to fight?"
			-Selina Kyle, _Batman_ 
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