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Andrew Lloyd Webber Tells Jimmy Fallon Why the Pigeons Got Cut From The Phantom of the Opera
Lloyd Webber spoke about the recent closing of his history-making musical as well as the arrival of his newest, Bad Cinderella .
Andrew Lloyd Webber spoke with host Jimmy Fallon on the April 17 broadcast of NBC's The Tonight Show , a day after his history-making The Phantom of the Opera ended its 35-year Broadway run.
Lloyd Webber recalled an early idea director Harold Prince had for the musical's premiere London run: "In the dress rehearsal we had, Hal Prince, the great legendary director Hal Prince, had this idea … Some of you may know that in Phantom , we go up to the roof, and he had this idea that pigeons would fly from the roof over the audience. In the dress rehearsal, they made—shall we put it this way, a mess! Yeah. The pigeons left."
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Lloyd Webber also discussed his transition from Cats to dogs, the genesis of his new musical Bad Cinderella , and played a few of his most memorable tunes for the audience. Watch the full interview above.
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Go Inside The Closing Performance of The Phantom of The Opera on Broadway
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