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 <title>Hairspray Director Set to Helm Lloyd Webber&#039;s Phantom 2</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter--><p>Jack O'Brien, the acclaimed director of the stage production of <em>Hairspray </em>and<em> Coast of Utopia</em>, is working with Andrew Lloyd Webber on his sequel to Phantom of the Opera in London. He has met with the composer a few times last week and both are struggling to finish the storyline that was originally penned by novelist Frederick Forsyth and then Lloyd Webber's close collaborator Ben Elton. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.observer.com/2007/hairspray-director-set-helm-lloyd-webbers-phantom-2">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:57:01 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Gillian Reagan</dc:creator>
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