Sep 14, 2026 · 56 min · 9 segments
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So, I'd spoken a little bit, Mr. Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Now, we have mentioned it on the pod.
What is going on with Broadway? Like big shows closing really early, like shows not being given...
even a month's opportunity to land or make their mark.
And not like rubbish musicals, like musicals that have been good and decent and all of a sudden they're given their closing notices.
So Andrew Lloyd Webber, he published a lengthy and in-depth warning about the future of Broadway.
The move comes after his hit revival of Cats.
Mm-hmm.
the Jellicle Ball announced it was closing.
Having previously extended its season to January 2027, this came as a massive shock to me because you just looked on social media and everybody was going nuts about it.
Like, at the Tonys, it was given, you know, a few awards and accolades, you know.
It made you excited about cats as well, do you know what I mean? 100%.
So, yeah, very strange.
And also, like, to have turned a musical on its head so much for a revival.
Like it was really like groundbreaking kind of stuff.
But anyway, the closure came months after it picked up its two Tony Awards.
Lloyd Webber stated that bringing almost any new show to Broadway makes little financial sense now.
Given Cat's short spell, the declaration came months after it was confirmed that Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita, starring Rachel Zegler, will open in Broadway early next year.
He compares the situation in Broadway to Hollywood, where empty soundstages... would mimic increasingly dark theatres where bold new work once lived.
It was really damning.
In the light of the situation, Lloyd Webber stated that what is happening in front of everyone who cares about it now breaks his heart.
Hal believed it had become almost impossible for genuinely new, daring work to originate on Broadway.
And Andrew Lloyd Webber now fears that he was
So, I'd spoken a little bit, Mr. Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Now, we have mentioned it on the pod.
What is going on with Broadway? Like big shows closing really early, like shows not being given...
even a month's opportunity to land or make their mark.
And not like rubbish musicals, like musicals that have been good and decent and all of a sudden they're given their closing notices.
So Andrew Lloyd Webber, he published a lengthy and in-depth warning about the future of Broadway.
The move comes after his hit revival of Cats.
Mm-hmm.
the Jellicle Ball announced it was closing.
Having previously extended its season to January 2027, this came as a massive shock to me because you just looked on social media and everybody was going nuts about it.
Like, at the Tonys, it was given, you know, a few awards and accolades, you know.
It made you excited about cats as well, do you know what I mean? 100%.
So, yeah, very strange.
And also, like, to have turned a musical on its head so much for a revival.
Like it was really like groundbreaking kind of stuff.
But anyway, the closure came months after it picked up its two Tony Awards.
Lloyd Webber stated that bringing almost any new show to Broadway makes little financial sense now.
Given Cat's short spell, the declaration came months after it was confirmed that Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita, starring Rachel Zegler, will open in Broadway early next year.
He compares the situation in Broadway to Hollywood, where empty soundstages... would mimic increasingly dark theatres where bold new work once lived.
It was really damning.
In the light of the situation, Lloyd Webber stated that what is happening in front of everyone who cares about it now breaks his heart.
Hal believed it had become almost impossible for genuinely new, daring work to originate on Broadway.
And Andrew Lloyd Webber now fears that he was
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