The idea proved anything but irresistible. No one wanted to finance the project: the show's producer, Cameron Mackintosh, had to solicit small-fry investors through newspaper ads; Lloyd Webber took out a second mortgage to make up the ultimate shortfall. He had composed an epic, genre-spanning score, using a Moog synthesizer to imitate meowing, but, when […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PM on December 16, 2019