Bombay Dreams

Synopsis

A musical set in the romantic arena of the Bollywood film industry. A young Bollywood film director, the daughter of a wealthy Bombay producer, falls in love with a man from the slums. The story charts their fight against prejudice.

Our Review:

20 June 2002

Note: The cast has changed since the writing of this review. For current cast details, please see the Bombay Dreams listing entry. If you have seen the current cast and would like to share your views please go to the user reviews section.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, recognising that the form that gave him his fame and fortune needs to transcend him, has bravely (and wisely) put his money where his mouth is. Instead of merely bemoaning the lack of good new musicals out there, he’s producing one that is, artistically speaking, the most fully realised and brilliantly imagined new British-originated musical since his own The Phantom of the Opera premiered in 1986.

The show is Bombay Dreams, part-homage and part-pastiche but done with full-on panache, of the kind of romantic movie musicals that regularly come out of Bombay, home to the worl...

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USER: Whatsonstage.com (206.186.115.125) - 11 June 2004:

Score 0 It is the worst show I have ever seen. Would have walked out halfway through but for the fact that I was with someone else who also hated the show but who thought it might improve - which it did not!...

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