I'm not a big fan of him, but generally I dislike the musical theatre genre, it just seems to be a platform to present listeners with horrible earworms that won't go out of your head once you've heard them. Phantom of the Opera would have to be the worst of the lot, endless repetition does not a leitmotif make, and I also can't stand The Fiddler on the Roof. I suppose Cabaret is one of the few I can stand, it seems to be less earworm-ridden than the others I have heard. But I wouldn't go so far as owning a recording of it or anything. Maybe the DVD, if only for Liza Minelli's, Joel Grey's and Michael York's great performances.
Probably a better question is 'Do you like musicals,' rather than focusing on Webber...
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