Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
by David Mallet

Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
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Actor: Antonio Banderas, Keith Duffy, Michael Ball, Stephen Gately, Tina Arena
Director: David Mallet
Primary Contributor: Michael Ball
Producer: Andy Picheta
Producer: Anthony Chapman
Producer: Anu Krishnan
Producer: David Horn
Producer: David McCarthy
Writer: Lenny Barker
Writer: Michael Coveney
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Live, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 127 minutes
Release Date: 1999-10-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Universal Studios
Studio: Universal Studios

VHS Movie Reviews of Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

Movie Review: A great sampling of Webber's music
Summary: 5 Stars

Although I usually prefer classical music or pre-1950s popular music, I do enjoy the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. This is a very good sampling from his musicals. My only complaint is that some of the singing is not as good as it should be. Except for the opening number which was poorly sung, it sounded OK until I heard Sarah Brightman and Kiri Te Kanawa towards the end of the concert. Then I realized how much better this concert would have been if it had all been sung by singers of their skills.

Movie Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber- The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
Summary: 5 Stars

The Andrew Lloyd Webber- The Royal Albert Hall Celebration was just wonderful. I highly recommend this if you did not get to see some of these performers on Broadway. The music and performers are just great and you will be so entertained you will think you are there at Albert Hall.

Movie Review: Be Prepared!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

I bought this DVD in April to watch with my parents when I came to visit on break from college. We're all Andrew Lloyd Webber fans but had never seen this concert before, so I knew we'd enjoy it.

I was prepared to love the DVD; I was not prepared to spend $300 in the 2.5 months following the purchase of the DVD buying up all the Michael Ball items I could get my hands on--including joining his fan club.

He steals the show, and you absolutely fall in love with him from his first song. Words cannot describe...so I will not even try.

As for the other performances, Elaine Paige was amazing, of course. Antonio's Evita performances were very enjoyable but found him lacking in Phantom. Tina Arena gives a powerful performance, and Donny and Glenn were better than I expected.

Outside of Memory and Ball's performances, my favorite has to be "No Matter What" by Boyzone. They give boy bands a good name.

This DVD will be watched and re-watched and become a household favorite but be prepared to become hopelessly devoted to Michael Ball.

Movie Review: A brilliant celebration
Summary: 5 Stars

This is what I call A REAL EXPERIENCE! By far, it's the most brilliant celebration on the work of a musician I've ever seen. If you look for highlights, all the pieces are. There's not even one moment that you may say, "well, this was better than the previous one". Absolutely all the singing and the artists are from another world. You'll get goose bumps with Glenn Close in SUNSET BOULEVARD, and with Michael Ball - and the whole cast - singing LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING. It's an unforgetable show you'll want to see over and over again. Fascinating from the first image to the very last. Don't miss the chance to live a real experience!

Movie Review: Fabulous renditions of some old and new favorties.
Summary: 5 Stars

Though not all the songs were performed by the original performers, these were wonderful live rendtions by extremely talented and well known individuals such as Michael Ball, Sara Brightman, Antonio Banderas, and Donnie Osmond among the other greats. Boyzone became one of my favorite unknowns. I have loved this special since it previwed on PBS and see this as a wonderful addition to my DVD collection.

Summary of Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

In 1998 a concert at the Royal Albert Hall celebrated Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th birthday and featured more than two hours of hits from a body of work spanning almost three decades. In this keepsake of a memorable night, star after star steps on to a massive, Eurovision-style set to revisit golden moments in their long association with Britain's most successful composer of musicals. Elaine Paige in big frocks and an even bigger voice delivers "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" and "Memory" with her usual power; Michael Ball and Donny Osmond stretch the last vestiges of boyish charm to the very limits but still sound great; and Boyzone gets the youth vote. Then there are Kiri Te Kanawa, Bonnie Tyler, Tina Arena, and, of course, another encore for brother Julian Lloyd Webber and those Variations on the cello. But the stars are Sir Andrew's ex-wife Sarah Brightman in an outstanding selection from The Phantom of the Opera (probably his best work), Antonio Banderas (who really can sing), and Glenn Close, a stupendous, moving Norma Desmond in songs from Sunset Boulevard. All in all, a deserved celebration for someone who has given so many people a great deal of pleasure, and a treat for musicals fans of all ages. --Piers Ford

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