Lisa,
Actually the two men from ABBA also wrote the music to "Chess" which is another great musical. Tim Rice, who wrote the lyrics for many of the early Lloyd Webber shows, wrote the lyrics for Chess also. He also did The Lion King and Aida for Disney with Elton John's music.
I've also seen Rent in NY and on the road and really liked it a lot.
Thanks to whomever mentioned Into The Woods above. I'd forgotten about that. All three of my kids have been in that show either professionally or in high school. Sondheim is amazing.
Also, The Secret Garden has beautiful music.
BTW, I agree with the comment about Lloyd Webber vis a vis taking a catchy tune and using it over and over. I don't find a lot of true genious in his later stuff (certainly not like Sondheim), but I do find a lot of his stuff entertaining.
[This message has been edited by DeltAlum (edited July 17, 2001).]
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