Carbucketty
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ALW in drag?
I can't find my full copy of this picture. Does anyone have it saved?
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Quique
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HAHAHAHAHA!!!
That's hilarious!! 
(and scary, lol.)
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Drumdraper
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Is that really him? Maybe ALW has more of a sense of humor than I thought.
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Carbucketty
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| Drumdraper wrote: | | Is that really him? Maybe ALW has more of a sense of humor than I thought. |
He's dressed up as the headmistess from "Daisy Pulls it off" which is a show that he's produced a few times.
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Drumdraper
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I always thought he would look good in curls, but green or blue is more his color.
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Nedame
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hehe that's so funny, and strange at the same time : )
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Dvarg
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Re: ALW in drag? | Carbucketty wrote: | | I can't find my full copy of this picture. Does anyone have it saved? |
I remember having the full pictures, but maybe I just printed them out and deleted the digital versions. I'll see if I can find them.
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FlamingGiraffes
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Awkweird... Yet, I can't seem to look away.
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I Love Lockstock
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I would just like to say...Daisy Pulls it Off is a crack show.
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Alonza0
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Ummm... ewww... scarred for life...
Speaking of wierd ALW, did anyone else see his iTunes playlist? Let me just say it includes Justin Timberlake, Avril Lavigne, and Eminem to name a few...
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Luc
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OMFG
My eyes are bleeding. 
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MsMungojerrie
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| Alonza0 wrote: | | Ummm... ewww... scarred for life... |
I agree.
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Roller Boy
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gurl-friend!
the old lady look is out with Mrs. Doubtfire!
I would prefer a goth-loli style Killer queen corset and long leather coat please!
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wicked_boy
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Lord save the.... well, Lord.
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Akeyla
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you know, first I thought you had a new... very odd signature. Then I read Webber and thought "hmm... sure looks like Webber the lady" then I too a second glance and OMG!
Atleast he hasnt got a vulture on his hat as David Ashley had... he was dressed up as a woman too.
Its always creepy when they do the old lady stile... guys... dont...
greets
Aky
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Arix
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| musikal_geek wrote: | OMFG
My eyes are bleeding. |
...So are mine...
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Carbucketty
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Found it!!!
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Alonza0
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Oh my frickin' jeez.
Well... ummm.... I'm glad you found what you were looking for Carbucketty. Do you happen to have any idea... uhh... why ALW... uhh... decided that that picture would be a good idea?
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*asterix*
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| Alonza0 wrote: | | Do you happen to have any idea... uhh... why ALW... uhh... decided that that picture would be a good idea? |
| Carbucketty wrote: | | He's dressed up as the headmistess from "Daisy Pulls it off" which is a show that he's produced a few times. |
... promotional send up, then? From the looks of it, to accompany an article (about Daisy Pulls it Off?) in the paper...
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Carbucketty
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Promoting "Daisy Pulls it Off" He's dressed as the headmistress from a Girl's school.
11/04/02
Lloyd Webber Pulls it Off
- Positive text message for Daisy and company
DAISY PULLS IT OFF previews tomorrow at the Lyric theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. Denise Deegan's spoof of the war-time girls' stories is being produced by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, the impresario behind stage hits like Cats and Starlight Express.
On his first venture from musicals into the realms of text-based theatre, Lloyd Webber collaborates with Clear Channel, the savvy American producers of musical and theatrical events. He has also hired David Milmore as director, the man who devised the original 1980s ensemble production. No doubt Webber will be hoping to rekindle the show's original success when it was first presented at the Gielgud Theatre twenty years ago, earning Denise Deegan an Olivier and running for three years.
The play follows the fortunes of Daisy Meredith and the madcap Trixie as the elementary schoolgirls struggle to overcome snobbish prejudices from jealous rivals. With resolutely English candour, Daisy Pulls it Off shows how two plucky girls save their beloved school from financial ruin. The show may be a resolutely British affair, but if Webber is lucky the play will still be running when his Bollywoodtastic Bombay Dreams opens in June.
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Pawzxx
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Lol, good on him! 
Mind you, he makes a smashin granny...too good actually!
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ultra_lilac
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Too cool. He's actually better looking as a lady!
I love that hat, too.
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Alonza0
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Couldn't he have settled for some bill boards and bus signs? Well, at least it gives me something to laugh at.
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Mungostoffelees
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Well that's a bit special, certainly didn't expect to see that this morning over my cereal and cup of tea!
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Roller Boy
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| Mungostoffelees wrote: | | Well that's a bit special, certainly didn't expect to see that this morning over my cereal and cup of tea! |
Oh god, Now he's hovering over peoples breakfast. That's just wrong!
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wicked_boy
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| Roller Boy wrote: | | Mungostoffelees wrote: | | Well that's a bit special, certainly didn't expect to see that this morning over my cereal and cup of tea! |
Oh god, Now he's hovering over peoples breakfast. That's just wrong! |
What is happenin to the world? 
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Mungostoffelees
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| Roller Boy wrote: | | Mungostoffelees wrote: | | Well that's a bit special, certainly didn't expect to see that this morning over my cereal and cup of tea! |
Oh god, Now he's hovering over peoples breakfast. That's just wrong! |
I know, I told him to sod off, greedy bastard! It's MY cereal, he can go back to his millions!
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ultra_lilac
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| Roller Boy wrote: | the old lady look is out with Mrs. Doubtfire!
I would prefer a goth-loli style Killer queen corset and long leather coat please! |
Oh God, because I REALLY needed to picture His Royal Webberness in a corset and thigh boots.
Once you've seen it, there is no unseeing it.
I think he's more of a Tulle evening gown and tiara type anyway.
RUG should totally market a 'dress your own Andrew doll' to commemorate this seminal fashion moment. Or at least a big scary styling head.
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Lady Jemima
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| Quote: | | RUG should totally market a 'dress your own Andrew doll' to commemorate this seminal fashion moment. |
ROTFL.
But seriously, my first thought when I saw that photo was run for your life...
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Roller Boy
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[quote="Lady Jemima"] | Quote: |
But seriously, my first thought when I saw that photo was run for your life... |
my first thought was.... "girl get some MAYBALINE!!!!!! You so old and ashy!"
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Drumdraper
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He won't need a face lift, that's for sure. He's really not that saggy in the face. Perhaps he has botox injections?
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ultra_lilac
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| Drumdraper wrote: | | He won't need a face lift, that's for sure. He's really not that saggy in the face. Perhaps he has botox injections? |
It's a little sinister now you mention it. HE FEEDS OFF THE BLOOD OF FAILED CHORUS GIRLS!!
Or moisturises diligently.
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Carbucketty
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| Drumdraper wrote: | | He won't need a face lift, that's for sure. He's really not that saggy in the face. Perhaps he has botox injections? |
Funny you should say that...
He's had plastic surgery this past year. He had a stroke scare, where he couldn't move his face. But it turned out to be Bell's Palsy.
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Herald Sun (Australia)
March 24, 2007 Saturday
FIRST Edition
SECTION: WEEKEND; Pg. W04
LENGTH: 1493 words
HEADLINE: Cool cat
BYLINE: Fiona Hudson
BODY:
Andrew Lloyd Webber is as proud of his new cat Otto as he is of his latest Phantom of the Opera. He candidly reveals all -- including the strange story about a facelift -- to Fiona Hudson in London
ANDREW Lloyd Webber stares at the silent kettle, willing it to whistle. Even kitchen gadgets get stage fright under the critical eyes and ears of musical theatre's most influential figure, it seems.
''Why isn't it boiling?'' he despairs. ''Oh, never mind, I've got a better idea.''
He disappears though a door to the kitchen of his lavishly decorated London home, returning with a theatrical flourish to set down a steaming cup.
''I've got an espresso machine hidden out the back,'' he explains, slurping on strong coffee.
Lloyd Webber, 58, has invited Weekend into his home to talk about the return of Phantom of the Opera to the Melbourne stage.
But the conversation is quickly hijacked by his new kitten, Otto. The Turkish swimming cat has webbed paws and an unusual love of water.
''I've wanted one for years,'' gushes the man behind hit musicals including Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar and Sunset Boulevard.
''As soon as we got him, we got out the paddling pool from the cupboard and he purred deafeningly and leapt in. He's been in the bath, too, and swum that. Oh, he's just the mustard.''
A keen swimmer, Lloyd Webber has a dip in his indoor pool twice a day, and hopes the rare moggie will eventually paddle alongside him.
''It'll be quite nice to have a bit of company,'' he says. ''Swimming is a very good opportunity for me to listen to music. And if I'm writing, it's a great opportunity for me to think of my own.''
Lloyd Webber is contemplating several projects, including a sequel to Phantom of the Opera.
The success of the original, which returns to Melbourne at the Princess Theatre on July 28, still staggers the composer. The Melbourne leg is part of an 18-month tour, with shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Auckland and Perth.
Last time, it played for almost eight years and sold more than four million tickets, making it the most successful show in Australian theatrical history.
''I knew from the previews we'd touched into something, but we still weren't prepared for the reaction,'' he says. ''It's still going strong more than 20 years later.''
The theatre tsar rates Australian lead Anthony Warlow as a wonderful performer in the role.
''It seems there's a great interest among Australian people to see him back on stage in the role again,'' he says.
''We're going to put on the full production, not scaled down in any way.''
Lloyd Webber says predictions by some doomsayers that the future of theatre is shaky are wrong: ''I don't think theatre is declining at all, very much the reverse.''
Another of the projects whirling through the composer's head as he swims is the Concert for Diana, to be held at Wembley Stadium on July 1, which would have been her 46th birthday. Lloyd Webber has agreed to put together a medley in honour of his late friend.
''I've put together a wish-list of people I'd like to have on. We must do a couple of songs from Phantom, because that was her favourite show.
''All I Ask of You was one of her favourites so we'll have to do that. And she loved Cats so we'll do something from that. And it might be nice to do the Jesus Christ Superstar title song.''
With so much to ponder, it's no wonder he swims twice a day.
He could have done without the recent dunk in a lake in Ireland, though. He fell into the water at the Tipperary horse stud run by his third wife, Madeleine.
''The water was very cold . . . though it's got some of the greatest views in the world,'' he laughs.
Yet another project on Lloyd Webber's mind is a new musical he is trying to write, based on Mikhail Bulgakov's meandering, satirical novel The Master and Margarita.
''I'm wrestling to get it into a format the audience will relate to,'' he says.
''It's a surreal Russian novel about the devil arriving in Moscow and what havoc is caused, set against a really great love story. In a way it has something in common with Phantom, except that was a penny-dreadful and this new one is high literature.''
THOUGH it is early days for the new musical, some have already told Lloyd Webber it can't be done.
''Some people say it is unstageable because there is a moment when a whole lot of skeletons walk through fire and become people from the past,'' Lloyd Webber says. ''I'm getting an illusionist in at the ground floor. There's not a lot of point writing scenes that can't be staged.''
Lloyd Webber's rare ability to straddle high arts and popular culture intrigues fans and irritates critics. He swings from talking about pre-Raphaelite paintings adorning his lounge room walls to the success of his recent reality-TV foray How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
Hugely popular in the UK, the show sought actors to play Maria in a West End production of The Sound of Music and put them to a public vote.
The idea arose after screen actor Scarlett Johansson backed away from a plan to switch to the stage.
Left with an empty theatre and no lead actor, Lloyd Webber came up with a typically creative solution.
The BBC series rated its socks off, and seats to see the stage show are sold out for months ahead. Television companies from as far afield as India, Australia and the United States hope to use the format.
''It's deeply flattering. The success has sort of caught me off guard. I'm not really on this planet to do reality TV,'' he says.
The award-winning composer is just back from the US where the format has been applied to Grease, for a show called You're the One That I Want.
''I'm going to do a similar thing with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in London late this year, but I've got to start saying no somewhere. Otherwise I'll never write again.''
Lloyd Webber hopes he comes across on television as he does in person.
''What you see is what you get with me,'' he says. ''I am no different talking to you now than I am talking to my friends at dinner.''
He proves it by responding easily and honestly when I ask if he's had a facelift.
''I have suffered Bell's palsy and I had an operation on my eyes just before Christmas. The prognosis is 100 per cent recovery. I was very lucky. The muscle's gone, so they yanked it up a little bit,'' he says. ''I consider myself very fortunate. I know a girl who had Bell's palsy very badly and she lost her hearing.''
A rich-list regular estimated to be worth about $800 million, Lloyd Webber recently contemplated giving up the musical-theatre game, selling his theatres and the rights to various musicals.
''I was thinking maybe I'd draw a line under things and start anew,'' he says. ''And then I came to the conclusion that was not a good idea. To have sold up would have been crazy.
''It would've been sad to see other people doing Phantom and Jesus Christ Superstar and our other shows, and not getting them right.''
The composer confides he sometimes feels as if he works in a vacuum.
''It's not like the great days of the '50s when five composers would crop up each season,'' he says.
''Today's younger composers haven't really broken through; there's just oldies like me and Elton John.''
If he had tossed it in last year, Lloyd Webber still would have had plenty to keep him occupied, apart from counting the profit. Resting on the kitchen bench is a pile of papers from the House of Lords.
(Lloyd Webber has a knighthood and a life peerage, though his assistant tells me before the interview he shuns the titles Sir or Lord.)
''I get the Lords' papers delivered every morning just to see if there's anything to go in for. But I don't go in that often,'' he says.
The keen art collector's eyes drift across his vast lounge room. A dusting of snow is visible on the trees below in Chester Square, one of London's most exclusive enclaves.
Australian backpackers doss down 10-to-a-room in much smaller spaces -- and this is just his city pad.
''My real home is in the country,'' he says, ''but I love this place too because it's so unusual to have such a big space in London.''
The walls are draped with rare tapestries and hung with paintings, part of an impressive and expansive collection he has amassed.
''I've collected a bit over the years.''
HIS idea of ''a bit'' includes a $75 million Picasso that he
recently tried to sell for charity. (The sale is mired in legal action after a German man claimed his ancestors were forced to sell the piece.)
Lloyd Webber says he is delighted another work once in his collection, the Eugene von Guerard oil painting View of Geelong, has returned to Victoria.
''I loved it and I never really wanted to sell it. I think it's probably best in Australia. I'd love to see it if I come over there,'' he says.
The phone rings. It's Lloyd Webber's assistant telling him he must wrap up.
''Now, I'm afraid I have to go. Would you like a glass of water before you leave?''
The Phantom of the Opera, Princess Theatre, from July 19. Tickets $59.90-$102. Ticketek 13 28 49 or www.ticketek.com.au |
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Drumdraper
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Hmm...Interesting. Otto the Water Cat. Does "the mustard" mean the cat is cool in British terms?
Even if he had a face lift, I really didn't think he did. He got a good plastic surgeon.
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Rumpleteazer4760
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When I first saw that picture I thought it was photoshopped or something. I didn't think it was REALLY ALW in drag!
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Alonza0
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ALW fell in a lake. That's funny.
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enkeli-kitten
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*giggles* Otto sounds soooo cute!!! My next-door-neighbor's cat is called Otto, but he doesn't swim...
Hehehe, mustard!! I've known it used only once before, when I was 7 and auditioning for 'Annie' and the one of the casting assistants went up to my mum and was like "is that kid in purple yours? she's mustard!" mum was like, whaaaaaa??? but then I got Molly, so it must have been a good thing...
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Gwen
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*grins* sorry, but
That is GREAT!!
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