Andrew Lloyd Webber Tells Jimmy Fallon Why the Pigeons Got Cut From The Phantom of the Opera | Playbill

Video 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." 

READ: Masks, Tears, and Chandeliers: Reflections on the Final Phantom of the Opera Performance

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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