European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse London stage cats Breaks record for London longevity by Matt Wolf associated press cells purred inn Len Tri ural Bonks recently playing ils \. Trim la Pei omame to bet unit 1 Ondon s longest running musical. And it s till going Strong. Based in .1 ill citing of humorous poems l y . I Lull i composer Andrew i Loyd Webber s show seemed in unlikely candidate Lor longevity when it opened Al the i i new Ion Don theater eight years in. Jul tin reviews Wen Fine ind inc show is still Selling til. In a i a. I1 " changed the a i if Lii British Thistle Cade. I i previous i i Ord Hal Der tin the Wesl i nil. I Ondon s Wras the 1 Loyd Webber-1 in kit t Pondil Stiim no sirs hints a pits Lar Whit la d i. In 7 Pello mantes during till l 7t s. ".if1. Gave dam i shape tit . . The rum Tuni Lugger Mil other famous mines Irani i lint s i1 so children s Booko a Tus Simi s Hunt us i . We in idea it was going to off globally in tin Way it Pru Duci of Cameron King Oslo says. Chr show Laken on its own life. I very who a you go you i in nit nation oils Mil people will it talking about. If they l Sien it Mil .1 lot of people have seen in Over the i run they be it read Iii no in or Ghoul oils look in investment of i i0,0t la pounds when . But it ims grossed 52 million pounds 4hii million it t Titrent values Mil been seen by More a million people in i Ondon Sim e in opened on 11, huh the new York production we Iii budgeted Al just under i million won seven in t Tony awards Mil bed a a relish n Broadway i line to a Ibn Cpl list with the Klo hops of of Ortii. Only the re enl Bow of a Sci is i l t Ove one of Lour 1 Loyd Webber Inu Sii ils now on i Ondon s Slages. Looks Likely to Lesi Imie Lite How. See Story below oils glossed Soult million worldwide in 1 i i Oun Loes me hiding the soviet Union Mil is playing now in new York Paris , , i Lamburg. Adelaide Helsinki to Rollo Mil Nagoya. In millionaires and superstars of i Loyd Elaine Paige stepped into the Lead role at the As moment replacing Ludy Bench. Webber Mackintosh and Din Dor Trevor Nunn who interrupted an esteemed career in classical theater in slant the musicals i a press a ii san a to with Lola Caird and Upit is Iwilta i Mackintosh gone on to prod i c the i Ondon and smash hits / is Mist a i i s and / ocl/u1 Ojo , and tin-1 Ondon debug of Slep Lien Sondi Zeim so i s. I Loyd Webler had to his House to Linance. , and theater insiders Doul led Nunn Wilh Stant prior experience Louerl Slaise Suth a a Siale Lei Hanii ally allow. The female Lead udi dem ii Pitilli Dan Achilles Len inn in a ii before tile first preview performance and i Laine Paw stepped into dem h s role a the faded puss f Iri Abella. i played opposite the original old Deuteronomy Brian lil Essed. Paie had starred previously in the i Ondon stare version of f Viu. Also i opposed by i Loyd Webber. Choreographer Gillian i Ynne remembers Hal bet Lii period just before the mrs performance As an ,1 i was Sorl of punch drunk i Ynne says. I very Thoni was Tiik bonkers one problem Alt another. Then somehow the show seemed to Piik up an Energy of its own. Ii has a mixture of sex Anil spiritualism in Whit h i think a lol of Ihu Success dam or Steven Wayne who has been with ii e night one attributed its Appeal More to John Napier s extravagant design a giant junk Heap strewn Wilh tires scrap Metal and assorted debris. Ii was the first of its kind and tin.-1 Osl Umes and wigs again were something new says Wayne 2who ii a his future wife a i i i Larman in the show. I Loyd Webber s future wife Sarah Brightman also a bit part in the original i Asl Wayne started off As a swing dam or and now plays the role of George. I be was the sole survivor of the original tast who was on Slage for the record earlier ibis month. Thai s a Sorl of nil e Tislim lion i think he says. Anyone who has been asset Wilh this show has .1 Rigil to be proud of the things we be accomplished and it s particularly like to he Able to say that i be been on Board Sim e we launched this some t Rit is however think oils has set an unwed ome Preu Deal. 1 lambasting the Broadway musical 5mmhlrs, reviewer i inward Kissel of the new York daily slews blamed oils for launching a genre where you Don l judge a by its i on enl but rather by its its i realtors take such critic ism in stride. People Are jealous of in so if they Tan have a goal it they do Lynne says. Against Ihu enormous weight of Public opinion does t last two everybody talks about Spielberg Type effects but a is in . Is terribly simple says mat King Oslo. A s a Loloi old Iricks just represented in a new Crumb stars in sellout musical aspects of love by Matt Wolf associated press alter appearing in the ill fated Broadway run of Oliss Ann Crumb is on my h firmer ground Lor her leading role in Andrew 1 Loyd Webber s new Onega Snash in London it cos no Lou. The eagerly awaited musical opened april 1 7 Al the i Lime of Wales it Ater loan Advance Sale million and is sold of through i lfj1. Based on a Little known novel by English Wriler David Garnell As Jim /. O Ini spans 17 years and my h of i Tropp. In lasts Crumb As Rose v Ibert a volatile i rent h Altress who is enmeshed in romantic liaisons involving her husband an expatriate Painter named George Kevin Colson his Nephew Alex Michael Ball and George s mistress Giulietta Kathleen Lowe it Allen. It s the biggest exposure yet Lor the dark haired penile Ai Tress who keeps her age secret but looks Toish. A horns performer in chess and an Alumna of it s Al Siv awes Holh on Broadway Anil on the Road. Crumb finds herself Lacklin whal she Calls the Rangi esl pit it Ever written in the musical healer the singing Streli lies her voice higher than oiness and her Perl or Mam e has won Cril Kal approval with Lack tinker in the daily mail tailing her work vibrantly intelligent and Crumb Desi bes the Lempe Slous Rose As a woman who lives on the Edge All the she s the one who s reams and tries and All that. You Tan l say in t she Pat Helit or she s so Sweet thai s the t Challenge of carrying Crumb s performing savvy comes naturally. I Ler father George is the noted contemporary composer. I Ler Mother Ali Abele leaches music. Crumb intended to be a violinist Bill had to give up when an att ident put her Arm in Lor two ears. Singing seemed like the Neil Besl bet Bill she found herself daunted by her surroundings. " i he irony was i was embarrassed losing in a House where i la Only heard some of the fint so classical singers she a s i never opened my Mouth in the during College and graduate is Hool at the University of Mit Higan at Ann Arbor Crumb performed on the Side bile preparing for a career in clinical Medicine. It was Only later while working As a clinician in her Hometown of Philadelphia that Slit look a Job ill the National Lour of 1.1 Griir i re f . Then she was hooked. Crumb went Inlo medic Ine because she wanted to help people. Now she says she s finding that the is also a Way of giving something to people dumb is Tantra led to spot is of Ion for six months As part of an Exchange agreement Between new York and London branches of Ihu actors Union to ugly. She says she was Lac Trade off for Sarah Brightman Lloyd Webber s wife who appeared in the Broadway production of tin i of Ihu opera last year. She s pleased Wilh inc of London theater Whit h she said surpasses new York and Hopes to have a head Start when pet i l i to makes the inevitable move to Broadway. Still de spilt sharing an apart men in i Ondon s posh Hampstead this Gritl Wilh her Boyfriend in american Crumb admits that occasional pangs for new York City do creep in. Al first i bought it was going to be Bard to go Bai k because the i Quality of life Here for the average person is much Geller and Kinder. But in tin last few weeks i be gotten a Little i Miesuk she says. The other night Afler the show we were trying to find a Plai e to eat and there was no place to 22 in files Magazine
