An article in The Times about how the new musicals are fairing up against the old favourites in London's West End<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Off with the new, on with the old <BR> <BR>BY MATT WOLF <BR> <BR>In the West End familiarity breeds content for audiences and producers <BR> <BR>If you want to sire a London musical success, remember this: these days it’s the tried and true that are turning into hits. The National’s forthcoming revival of South Pacific seems more likely to win audiences than Peggy Sue Got Married, which closed on Saturday. Over at Drury Lane, My Fair Lady has doubtless been leaving people on a greater high than Closer to Heaven, the supposedly hip Pet Shop Boys musical that turned out to be fairly hellish <BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,62-2001360295,00.html" TARGET=_blank> <B> MORE </B> </A>
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