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Article: The cloning of Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 11, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Not since the 1930s, when John Christie decided to have an
annual Mozart festival inside his country house on the Sussex downs
at Glyndebourne, has there been such a curious artistic venture.
At a rustic beauty spot in the middle of nowhere, at the
confluence of the Rhine and Main rivers, surrounded by forests and
20 minutes' drive on the autobahn from the nearest city, Frankfurt,
a pounds 25m theatre is being built.
It will have a massive glass frontage to give scenic views. It
will have an adjoining hotel for those who want to stay the night.
And it will show Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard and nothing
but Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, possibly in perpetuity.
The show ...