Why are we snooty about musicals?

The cost is staggering, the queues off-putting, but here it is: I was curiously moved by Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd Webber's new musical, Love Never Dies, has had some stinging reviews: "this poor sap of a show" (New York Times); "misses on all fronts" (Jewish Chronicle); "lacks psychological plausibility – worse, it lacks heart" (London Evening Standard). The poor reception hasn't been quite universal – Michael Billington in the Guardian was more generous – but for Lloyd Webb...

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