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Andrew Lloyd Webber says Coney Island sucks.
The full quote Webber gave at the press conference included this declaration of war on the entire borough of Brooklyn: "Of course, Coney Island today is nothing at all.." Damn, you gonna take that Coney? Not Dennis Vourderis, co-owner of Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, who tells the Daily News, "What he said is insulting. If we're 'nothing at all' why did he set his new musical here?" And Dick Zigun, founder of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow, retorts, "We have a more authentic freak show than what he's got onstage."
A publicist for the sequel, called Love Never Dies, has tried to placate locals by insisting that Webber was "simply pointing out that it is a different place today than it was 100 years ago." Which is certainly true, but not for nothing, it's not "nothing." Until Weber personally apologizes to Coney Island, we're boycotting the Broadway transfer of Love Never Dies!
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Of course, ALW today is nothing at all.
its the final stop on most trains. its the end of brooklyn and mostly crappy. ps i live close by.
Love Never Dies, or: Phantom of the Opera 2: the Quest for More Money
gotta say... based on that picture, Andrew Lloyd Webber looks like a Fun Guy.
"What he said is insulting. If we're 'nothing at all' why did he set his new musical here?"
Get a grip. He said Coney today is nothing at all and his play is set almost 100 years ago. The truth hurts but Coney Island today is a pale shadow of its amazing self back in the days of Steeplechase, Luna Park and the original Dreamland.
Word.
You know he's right.
That overgrown cheerleader Markowitz—who still cries himself to sleep over the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn—wants to give Weber a personal tour. I hope that Weber keeps photos of what it used to be handy. That ought to give the butterball something else from the good ole days to cry about every night.
Unrelated, his music sucks.
He is right about Coney Island.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is the Coney Island of composers.
We cower in our shelters
with our hands over our ears
Lloyd Webber's awful stuff
runs for years and years and years...
Well it isn't anything like it was 100 years ago so he's not lying. Same for pretty much any funfair that's 100 years old.
who cares?