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Andrew Lloyd Webber

Background information
Born 22 March 1948 (1948-03-22) (age 60)
Kensington, London, England. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kensington is a district of West London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, located west of Charing Cross. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
Occupation(s) Composer
Years active 1965–present

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful British composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Julian Lloyd Webber (born April 14 1951) is one of the world's most renowned solo cellists Webber started composing at the age of six and published his first piece when he was 9.

Lloyd Webber has received great popular success, with several musicals that have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. Song cycles in classical music The first generally accepted example of a song cycle is Ludwig van Beethoven 's An die ferne Geliebte (1816 Variation form Variation form include Ground bass, Passacaglia, Chaconne, and theme and variations A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film The Requiem (from Latin requiem, accusative case of requies, rest or Requiem Mass (informally a funeral Mass also known formally (in Latin as the He has also gained a number of honors, including a knighthood in 1992 followed by a peerage, seven Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Oscar, an International Emmy, seven Olivier Awards, a Golden Globe, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2006. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Laurence Olivier Award is regarded as the most prestigious award in British theatre and is presented in recognition of artistic achievement in London theatre The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to artists in the performing arts Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Several of his songs, notably "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar, "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" from Evita, "Memory" from Cats, and "The Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera have been widely recorded and were hits outside of their parent musicals. "I Don't Know How to Love Him" is a song originally from the 1970 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice hit Rock opera Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Superstar is a Rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. " Memory " is a Show tune from the 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats sung by the character Grizabella Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T " The Music of the Night " is a song from the musical The Phantom of the Opera. The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the book written by the French novelist Gaston Leroux His company, the Really Useful Group, is one of the largest theatre operators in London. The Really Useful Group (RUG is an international company set up in 1977 by Andrew Lloyd Webber. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

Producers in several parts of the UK have staged productions, including national tours, of Lloyd Webber's musicals under licence from the Really Useful Group.

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Personal history

Lord Lloyd Webber is the son of Jean Hermione (Johnstone), a violinist and pianist, and William Lloyd Webber, a composer. William Southcombe Lloyd Webber (11 March 1914 London&ndash29 October 1982 London was an English organist and Composer. [1] His younger brother, Julian Lloyd Webber is a cellist. Julian Lloyd Webber (born April 14 1951) is one of the world's most renowned solo cellists The violoncello (abbreviated to cello, or 'cello, plural cellos or celli —the c is tʃ As a child, he could not bear noises made by others. At the age of three, when brought to his first day of pre-school at a school where his mother worked, he covered his ears when other children produced sounds with musical instruments. Lloyd Webber began writing his own music at a young age. He wrote his first published suite of six pieces at the age of nine. He also put on "productions" with Julian and his Aunt Viola in his toy theatre (which he built at the suggestion of Viola). Later, he would be the owner of a number of West End theatres, including the Palace. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" His Aunt Viola, an actress, took Lloyd Webber to see many of her shows and through the stage-door into the world of the theatre.

Lloyd Webber was a Queen's Scholar at Westminster School and studied history for a time at Magdalen College, Oxford, although he abandoned the course to pursue his interest in musical theatre. The Royal College of St Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain 's leading boys' Independent schools with Magdalen College redirects here see also Magdalene College Cambridge Magdalen College (ˈmɔːdlɨn "maudlin" is one of the constituent

His first wife was Sarah Hugill. They married on 24 July 1972 and had two children, Imogen (born 31 March 1977) and Nicholas (born 2 July 1979). Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Hon Imogen Lloyd Webber (born 31 March 1977) is an author and the daughter of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber by his first wife Sarah Hugill Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Lloyd Webber and Hugill were divorced in 1983, and he married singer/dancer Sarah Brightman on 22 March 1984. Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960 is an English classical crossover Soprano, actress songwriter and dancer Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) He cast Brightman as Christine, the lead role in his musical, The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical). The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the book written by the French novelist Gaston Leroux They divorced in 1990 but remained friends.

He married his third wife, Madeleine Gurdon, on 9 February 1991, and they had three children: Alastair (born 3 May 1992), William (born 24 August 1993), and Isabella (born 30 April 1996). Madeleine Astrid Gurdon Baroness Lloyd-Webber, is a former equestrian sportswoman and the third wife of musical theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Alastair and William attend the prestigious boarding school Eton College. Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI.

Knighted in 1992, he was created an honorary life peer in 1997 as Baron Lloyd-Webber, of Sydmonton in the County of Hampshire (his title is hyphenated but his surname is not). In the United Kingdom, life peers are created members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as Hereditary In 2006, Sunday Times Rich List ranked him the 87th richest Briton with an estimated £700 million. The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1000 wealthiest people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement His wealth increased to £750 million in 2007, but in the Sunday Times Rich List 2007 he slipped to the 95th richest British person. The Sunday Times Rich List 2007 was published on 29 April 2007. [2] He also owns much of Watership Down, the down made famous by Richard Adams' novel of the same name. Watership Down is a hill or down, at Ecchinswell in the Civil parish of Ecchinswell Sydmonton and Bishops Green in the English county Richard George Adams (born May 9, 1920) is an English Novelist who is best known as the writer of three novels featuring animal characters Politically, he has supported the UK's Conservative Party, allowing his song Take That Look Off Your Face to be used on a party promotional film seen by an estimated 1 million people in 80 cinemas before the 2005 UK General Election to accompany pictures of the country's Prime Minister Tony Blair allegedly "smirking", the party said. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to [1]

Lord Lloyd-Webber is an art collector with a passion for Victorian art. An exhibition of works from his collection was presented at the Royal Academy in 2003 under the title Pre-Raphaelite and Other Masters – The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection. He is also a devoted supporter of Leyton Orient Football Club. Leyton Orient FC are an English Professional football team from east London currently playing in League One of the Football League

Family

Lloyd Webber has two children from his first wife, Sarah Hugill:

Having divorced in 1979, he married Sarah Brightman in 1984. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The couple divorced in 1990. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)

He married Madeleine Gurdon in 1991 with whom he has three children:

His current wife, Madeleine, became Lady Lloyd Webber in 1992 when her husband was knighted, and Lady Lloyd-Webber (officially Baroness Lloyd-Webber) when her husband was created a life peer in 1997. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar

Professional career

Early years

Andrew Lloyd Webber's second major collaboration with lyricist Tim Rice was The Likes of Us, a musical based on the true story of Thomas John Barnardo. Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944 is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award The Likes of Us is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Thomas John Barnardo ( 4 July 1845 — 19 September 1905) Irish Philanthropist, and founder and director of homes for destitute It was not performed, however, until as recently as 2005 when a production was staged at Lloyd Webber's Sydmonton Festival. Stylistically, The Likes of Us is fashioned after the Broadway musical of the '40s and '50s; it opens with a traditional overture comprising a medley of tunes from the show, and the score reflects some of Lloyd Webber's early influences, particularly Richard Rodgers, Frederick Loewe, and Lionel Bart. Richard Charles Rodgers ( June 28, 1902, Arverne Queens, New York City &ndash December 30, 1979, New York Lionel Bart ( August 1, 1930 &ndash April 3, 1999) was an English composer of songs and musicals, best known for In this respect, it is markedly different from the composer's later work which tends to be either predominantly or wholly through-composed and closer in form to opera than to the Broadway musical. Music is described as through-composed when it is relatively continuous non- sectional and/or non- Repetitive.

Around this time, Lloyd Webber and Rice also wrote a number of individual pop songs that were recorded as singles for record labels. Wes Sands, Ross Hannaman, Paul Raven, and Gary Bond are among the many artists to have recorded early Lloyd Webber/Rice tunes. Clive Sarstedt (born Clive Robin Sarstedt, 21 January 1944, Ajmer, Rajastan, Northern India) is a British Ross Hannaman was a British singer in the 1960’s She was born Rosalind Hannaman and raised in London. Paul Francis Gadd (born 8 May 1944 is an English Glam rock Singer and Songwriter, and is better known by his Stage name Gary A selection of these early recordings were re-released on the 5-CD compilation, Andrew Lloyd Webber: Now and Forever (2003).

In 1967, Lloyd Webber and Rice wrote a song for the Eurovision Song Contest called "Try It and see", which was unsuccessful. The tune of this song eventually became the tune for "King Herod's Song" in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. Jesus Christ Superstar is a Rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

In 1968, Lloyd Webber and Rice were commissioned to write a piece for Colet Court which resulted in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, a retelling of the biblical story of Joseph in which Lloyd Webber and Rice humorously pastiche a number of musical styles such as Calypso and country music. Colet Court is a preparatory school for boys aged 7 to 13 in Barnes London Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second British Musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. The musical follows the light-hearted, irreverent tone of The Likes of Us but is more modern in style, with a closer affinity to contemporary pop music than its predecessor and reflecting a wider range of musical styles. Andrew Lloyd Webber, who is a devoted admirer of Elvis Presley, based the character of Pharaoh on the singer, who in turn recorded It's Easy for You, one of Lloyd Webber's compositions during his last session on October 29, 1976, and featured as the last track on the Moody Blue album. " It's Easy For You " is an Elvis Presley song from 1977. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Moody Blue Is the title of Elvis Presley 's last album to be released in his lifetime [3] Joseph began life as a short cantata that gained some recognition on its second staging with a favourable review in The Times. A cantata (derived from the Italian word 'cantare' meaning 'to sing' is a vocal composition with an instrumental Accompaniment and often The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. For its subsequent performances, the show underwent a number of revisions by Lloyd Webber and Rice with the inclusion of additional songs that expanded the musical to a more substantial length. This culminated in a two hour long production being staged in the West End on the back of the success of their third musical, Jesus Christ Superstar (1970). West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" Jesus Christ Superstar is a Rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

"Jesus Christ Superstar" had been released as a concept album starring Ian Gillan prior to being staged in the West End at the Lyceum Theatre. Ian Gillan (born 19 August, 1945 in Hounslow, London) is an English Rock music Vocalist and Songwriter The musical is based on the last days in the life of Jesus Christ. While Joseph was intended as a light-hearted family show, the music in Jesus Christ Superstar is at times dark and unsettling, particularly in the scenes that deal with the crucifixion, the plotting priests and the conflict between Jesus and Judas. The rock idiom is used as a thematic device in Jesus Christ Superstar and the musical was billed as a Rock Opera in much the same way as Tommy by The Who had been before it. The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend However, some of the music is inherently classical in style, particularly the instrumental passages such as John Nineteen: Forty-One and the more avant-garde music that accompanies the crucifixion scene.

The planned follow up to Jesus Christ Superstar was a musical comedy based on the Jeeves and Wooster novels by P. G. Wodehouse. Jeeves and Wooster is a British Comedy Television series adapted by Clive Exton from P Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975 (ˈwʊdhaʊs was an English Comic novelist who enjoyed enormous popular success Tim Rice was uncertain about this venture, partly because of his concern that he might not be able to do justice to the novels that he and Lloyd Webber so admired (Rice, 1999). After doing some initial work on the lyrics, he pulled out of the project and Lloyd Webber subsequently wrote the musical with Alan Ayckbourn who provided the book and lyrics. Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE (born 12 April 1939 is a popular and prolific English playwright The musical, Jeeves, failed to make any impact at the box office and closed after a short run of only three weeks. Many years later Lloyd Webber and Ayckbourn revisited this project, producing a thoroughly reworked and more successful version of the musical entitled By Jeeves (1996). By Jeeves, originally Jeeves, is a 1975/1996 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn, based on the novels of P Only two of the songs from the original production remained ("Half a Moment" and "Banjo Boy").

Mid-1970s onwards

Lloyd Webber collaborated with Rice once again to write Evita (1976 in London/1979 in U. Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. S. ), a musical based on the life of Eva Peron. María Eva Duarte de Perón' ( May 7 1919 &ndash July 26 1952) was the second wife of President Juan Domingo Perón As with Jesus Christ Superstar, the musical was released first as a concept album and featured Julie Covington singing the part of Eva Peron.

The song "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" became a hit single and the musical was staged at the Prince Edward Theatre in a production directed by Harold Prince and starring Elaine Paige in the title role. The Prince Edward Theatre is a West End theatre situated on Old Compton Street just north of Leicester Square, in the City of Westminster. Harold Smith Prince (born January 30 1928) is an American Theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway Elaine Paige OBE (née Bickerstaff born 5 March 1948 is an English Singer and actress, best known for her work in Musical theatre The first Eva Peron on Broadway in NYC was played by Patti Lupone. She won a Tony for the role, and after experienced growth of nodes on her vocal cords. Much of the music in Evita is classical in style, the opening featuring a choral piece ("Requiem for Evita") as well as a choral interlude in "Oh What a Circus". There are a number of instrumental passages throughout the musical such as the orchestral version of the "Lament" and the introduction to "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," all of which form an integral part of the framework of the composition. There is, however, quite an eclectic use of styles in Evita, with some gentle ballads such as "High Flying, Adored" and "Another Suitcase in Another Hall", and the rhythmic, Latinate styles prominent in pieces such as "Buenos Aires", "And the Money Kept Rolling in (And Out)" as well as the slower "On This Night of a Thousand Stars". There is some rock music that can be heard briefly in "Oh What a Circus", "Peron's Latest Flame" and "The Lady's Got Potential" (a rock song that was cut from the original production but reinstated for the 1996 film with revised lyrics by Tim Rice). Evita was a highly successful show that ran for ten years in the West End. It transferred to Broadway in 1979. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Rice and Lloyd Webber parted ways soon after Evita.

Lloyd Webber then embarked on a solo project, the Variations (album), with his cellist brother Julian Lloyd Webber based on the 24th Caprice by Paganini. Variations is a Classical / Rock fusion album by Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber and Julian Lloyd Webber were always very close Julian Lloyd Webber (born April 14 1951) is one of the world's most renowned solo cellists Niccolò Paganini ( October 27, 1782 &ndash It was a massive hit in the United Kingdom reaching number two in the pop album chart (1978). The main theme is still used as the theme tune for London Weekend Television's long-running South Bank Show. The South Bank Show is an award-winning Television arts magazine show made by London Weekend Television, presented by Melvyn Bragg, broadcast

1980s

Andrew Lloyd Webber embarked on his next project without a lyricist, turning instead to the poetry of T. S. Eliot. Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Cats (1981) is a dance musical based on Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939), which the composer recalled as having been a childhood favourite. Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a set of whimsical Poems by T The songs of the musical comprise Eliot's verse set to music by the composer, the principal exception being the most famous song from the musical, "Memory", for which the lyrics were written by Trevor Nunn after an Eliot poem entitled "Rhapsody on a Windy Night". " Memory " is a Show tune from the 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats sung by the character Grizabella Trevor Robert Nunn CBE (born 14 January 1940) is an English theatre- and Film director. Also, a brief song entitled "The Moments of Happiness" was taken from a passage in Eliot's Four Quartets. Four Quartets is the name given to four related poems by T S Eliot, collected and republished in book form in 1943 An unusual musical in terms of its construction, the overture incorporates a fugue and there are occasions when the music accompanies spoken verse. The set, consisting of an oversized junk yard, remains the same throughout the show without any scene changes. Lloyd Webber's eclecticism is very strong here; musical genres range from classical to pop, music hall, jazz and electroacoustic music as well as hymn-like songs such as "The Addressing of Cats", which Old Deuteronomy sings. Eclecticism is a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single Paradigm or set of assumptions but instead draws upon multiple theories styles or ideas to A hymn is a type of Song, usually religious specifically written for the purpose of praise adoration or Prayer, and typically addressed to a deity/deities Cats was originally intended to be a song cycle but when Valerie Eliot provided some fragments of unpublished poetry by her late husband that included a character named Grizabella who is shunned by the tribe as well as the concept of a rebirth for a chosen Cat at the Jellicle Ball, it was apparent that there might be a story that could provide a possible framework for a musical. It was to become the longest running musical in London, where it ran for 21 years until it closed, and on Broadway, spanning a reign of eighteen years which later would be broken by another Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.

Starlight Express, a musical also directed by Trevor Nunn, is similar in its theatrical concept to Cats in that it also features dancers in costume representing non-human characters. Starlight Express is a Rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music and Richard Stilgoe (lyrics with later revisions by Don Black However, unlike Cats, the music is mostly in the realm of disco and pop with one or two pastiche songs such as the Country and Western styled "U. N. C. O. U. P. L. E. D". In some ways this musical could be seen as more of a return to the style of Joseph, although the latter was more varied in its use of musical styles and influences. Starlight Express was a commercial hit but received negative reviews from the critics. It enjoyed a record run in the West End, but ran for less than three years on Broadway.

Lloyd Webber wrote a Requiem Mass which premiered in New York on 25 February 1985, at St. The Requiem (from Latin requiem, accusative case of requies, rest or Requiem Mass (informally a funeral Mass also known formally (in Latin as the Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Thomas Church. This composition had been inspired by an article he had read about the plight of Cambodian orphans. It was dedicated to his father, William Lloyd Webber, who had died in 1982. William Southcombe Lloyd Webber (11 March 1914 London&ndash29 October 1982 London was an English organist and Composer. Although this might seem like a surprising shift in direction from the modern musical, church music had been a part of the composer's upbringing and Lloyd Webber had on a number of occasions written sacred music for the annual Sydmonton Festival (Snelson, 2004). Lloyd Webber received a Grammy Award in 1986 for Requiem in the category of best classical composition. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Perhaps surprisingly given the classical nature of the work, the Pie Jesu from Requiem achieved a high placing on the UK pop charts. Pie Jesu is a Motet derived from the final couplet of the Dies irae and often included in musical settings of the Requiem Mass.

In 1986, Lloyd Webber premiered his next musical, The Phantom of the Opera, inspired by the 1911 Gaston Leroux novel. The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the book written by the French novelist Gaston Leroux The Phantom of the Opera (in French, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a French Novel by Gaston Leroux. He wrote the part of Christine for his then wife, Sarah Brightman, who played the role in the original London and Broadway productions alongside Michael Crawford as the Phantom. Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960 is an English classical crossover Soprano, actress songwriter and dancer Michael Crawford, OBE (born 19 January 1942) is an English Actor and Singer. The production was directed by Harold Prince, who had also earlier directed Evita. Charles Hart wrote the lyrics for the musical with some additional material provided by Richard Stilgoe, and Lloyd Webber co-wrote the musical's book with Stilgoe. Charles Hart (born June 31961 in London) is a British Lyricist, Songwriter and Musician. Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe OBE (b 28 March 1943) is a British Songwriter, Lyricist and Musician. Lloyd Webber's score is sometimes operatic in style but he maintains the form and structure of a musical throughout. The fully-fledged operatic writing is reserved principally for the subsidiary characters such as the theatre managers, Andre and Firmin; their Prima Donna, Carlotta; and principal tenor, Piangi. Fittingly, it is also used to provide the content of the fictional "operas" that are taking place within the show itself. Here, Lloyd Webber affectionately pastiches various styles from the grand operas of Meyerbeer through to Mozart and even Gilbert and Sullivan (Coveney, 1999). These pieces are often presented as musical fragments, interrupted by dialogue or action sequences in order to clearly define the musical's "show within a show" format. The musical extracts we hear from the phantom's opera, "Don Juan Triumphant", during the latter stages of the show, are much more dissonant and modern - suggesting, perhaps, that the phantom is ahead of his time artistically (Snelson, 2004). This is also displayed when The Phantom makes his entrance on the show's title song. Andrew had said himself that the title song was "Rock n' roll merely masquerading as opera. " For the characters of Christine, the Phantom, and Raoul, the direct and "natural" style of modern song is used rather than the more decorative aspects of aria; their material provides the musical centre of the piece.

The musical became a phenomenal hit and is still running in both the West End and on Broadway; in January 2006 it overtook Cats as the longest running musical on Broadway.

Aspects of Love followed in 1989, a musical based on the story by David Garnett. Aspects of Love is a Chamber opera with a book and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart. David Garnett (9 March 1892 – 17 February 1981 was a British writer and publisher The lyrics were by Don Black and Charles Hart and the original production was directed by Trevor Nunn. There was a noticeable shift of emphasis towards a quieter and more intimate theatrical experience; the staging and production values were less elaborate than Phantom of the Opera and Lloyd Webber chose to write for a smaller musical ensemble making the through composed score more akin to a chamber work. The musical had a successful run of four years in London but did not fare nearly as well on Broadway, where it closed after less than a year.

1990s

Lloyd Webber was asked to write a song for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and composed "Amigos Para Siempre — Friends for Life" with Don Black providing the lyrics. The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Barcelona, "Amigos Para Siempre", or "Friends for Life" (lit This song was performed by Sarah Brightman and Jose Carreras. Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960 is an English classical crossover Soprano, actress songwriter and dancer WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Josep Carreras i Coll (born December 5, 1946, Barcelona

Lloyd Webber had toyed with the idea of writing a musical based on Billy Wilder's critically acclaimed movie, Sunset Boulevard, since the early 1970s when he saw the film, but the project didn't come to fruition until after the completion of Aspects of Love when the composer finally managed to secure the rights from Paramount Pictures[4] The composer worked with two collaborators, as he had done on Aspects of Love; this time Christopher Hampton and Don Black shared equal credit for the book and lyrics. Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American Film noir classic Directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, it was named Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Don Black may refer to Don Black (white nationalist, white nationalist campaigner Don Black (musician, lyricist Don Black The show opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London on 12 July 1993, and ran for 1,529 performances. The Adelphi Theatre is a 1500-seat West End theatre, located on the Strand in the City of Westminster. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Patti LuPone, who had played the role of Eva Peron in the original Broadway production of Evita, was cast as Norma Desmond, a former silent film star who is shunned by Hollywood in the era of talking pictures. Patti LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American Singer and Actress, perhaps best known for her Tony Award -winning Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image as opposed to a Silent film. Lloyd Webber wrote for a larger musical ensemble than he had done on Aspects of Love; the sweeping romanticism of the overture and of Norma Desmond's themes echo the grandiose style associated with the golden era of Hollywood, whilst the jazz elements in the score and the restless quality of Joe Gillis's music are used, in contrast, to represent a more modern age. Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American Film noir classic Directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, it was named Although Sunset Boulevard is a book musical, the score is predominantly through-composed with much of the dialogue underscored and recitatives used at certain key moments between songs. The book musical is a form of musical theater that became the dominant production form during the mid-20th century period that is now considered the "golden age" of the Broadway Music is described as through-composed when it is relatively continuous non- sectional and/or non- Repetitive. Recitative /rɛsɪtə'tiv/ (also known by its Italian name "recitativo" (/retʃita'tivo/ is a style of delivery (much used in Operas Oratorios In spite of the show's popularity and extensive run in London's West End, it lost money due to the sheer expense of the production. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland"

Lloyd Webber's many other musical theatre works include Whistle Down the Wind, Song and Dance, The Woman in White and The Beautiful Game (musical) which has just been re-worked into a new musical The Boys in the Photograph which had its world premier at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in April 2008 . Whistle Down the Wind is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the 1961 Film Whistle Down the Wind. Song and Dance is a musical entertainment comprised of two acts one told entirely in "Song" and one entirely in "Dance" tied together by a The Woman in White is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel with a book by Charlotte Jones based on the novel The Woman in White "The Beautiful Game" is also a term used to describe the sport of football. The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts ( LIPA) is a School in the English city of Liverpool that offers training in Acting, While some of his works have had enormous commercial success, his career has not been without failures, especially in the United States. Song and Dance, Starlight Express, and Aspects of Love, all successes in London, did not meet the same reception in New York, and all lost money in short, critically panned runs. In 1995, Sunset Boulevard became a very successful Broadway show, opening with the largest advance in Broadway history, and winning seven Tony Awards that year. However, owing to high weekly costs, it became the biggest economic musical failure in history, losing 25 million dollars. His subsequent shows (Whistle Down the Wind and The Beautiful Game) did not make it to Broadway, and his most recent musical The Woman in White closed after a very short run in New York. This closing is largely credited to many absences in the cast for many of the shows; only 39 of the 108 performances had the full cast. Maria Friedman and Michael Ball both missed shows frequently; the former was battling breast cancer and the latter suffered a throat infection. Maria Friedman (born Switzerland 19 March 1960) is a Musical theatre Actress who has worked on both the Broadway and West End Michael Ball may refer to Michael Ball (singer, singer and actor Michael Ball (footballer, English football player Breast cancer is a Cancer that starts in the cells of the Breast in women and men

Somewhat unusually, Lloyd Webber (along with Nigel Wright) was responsible for a 1992 Eurodance single featuring music from the computer game Tetris. Nigel Wright (born 13 June 1955, in Bristol) is a Record producer from England. Eurodance is a subgenre of Electronic dance music originating in the early 1990s. [5][6] Released under the name Doctor Spin, Tetris reached #6 on the UK charts,[7] although Lloyd Webber's involvement was not publicised. Doctor Spin was a Pseudonym used by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Record producer Nigel Wright for their 1992 hit single The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry He was also involved with Bombalurina's 1990 cover of "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" (UK #1). Bombalurina can refer to Bombalurina (cat, a character in the musical Cats A former band fronted by Timmy Mallett " Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini " is a Novelty song telling the story of a shy high-school student in a very revealing Bathing suit who [8][9] The band, whose lead singer was children's TV presenter Timmy Mallett was named after a character in the musical Cats. Timmy Mallett (born on 18 October, 1955, Marple, Cheshire, England) is a TV presenter and broadcaster who achieved [10]

2000s to present day

Lloyd Webber is currently producing a staging of The Sound of Music, which debuted November 2006. The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He made the controversial decision to choose an unknown to play leading lady Maria, who was found through the reality television show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, in which he was a judge. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? was a multi-award-winning British talent show shown on Saturday evenings on BBC One, first broadcast on 29 July The winner of the show was Connie Fisher. Connie Fisher (born June 17, 1983) is a British actress and singer who won the BBC One talent contest How Do You Solve A Problem

There have been a number of film adaptations of Lloyd Webber's musicals: Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) was directed by Norman Jewison, Evita (1996) was directed by Alan Parker, and most recently The Phantom of the Opera was directed by Joel Schumacher (and co-produced by Lloyd Webber). Jesus Christ Superstar is a Rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Norman Frederick Jewison CC, BA, LLD (born July 21, 1926) is an Academy Award -winning Canadian Film Evita is the 1996 Film adaptation of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber 's musical based on the life of Eva Sir Alan William Parker, CBE (born 14th February, 1944) is a British Film director, producer, Writer, and The Phantom of the Opera is a 2004 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart 's 1986 stage musical, which is based Joel Schumacher (born August 29, 1939 in New York City) is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer Lloyd Webber produced Bombay Dreams with Indian composer A. R. Rahman in 2002. Bombay Dreams is a Bollywood -themed musical The music for Bombay Dreams was created by A India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Allah Rakkhha Rahman (ஏஆர்ரஹ்மான் born on January 6 1966 as A

It was announced on 25 August 2006, on his personal website that his next project would be The Master and Margarita (however, Lloyd Webber has stated that the project will most likely be an opera rather than a musical). Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, woven about the premise of a visit by the Devil to the

In September 2006, Lloyd Webber was named to be a recipient of the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors along with Zubin Mehta, Dolly Parton, Steven Spielberg, and Smokey Robinson. The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to artists in the performing arts WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Zubin Mehta (born April 29 1936 is an Indian conductor Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American Country music Singer / Songwriter, Author, actress Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. William "Smokey" Robinson Jr (born February 19 1940 is an American R&B and soul Singer-songwriter, Record producer, He was recognized for his outstanding contribution to American performing arts. [11] He attended the ceremony on December 3, 2006; it aired on December 26, 2006. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

On February 11, 2007, Lloyd Webber was featured as a guest judge on the reality television show Grease: You're the One that I Want![2]. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary Grease You're the One that I Want! was an NBC Reality television series designed to cast the lead roles of Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny Zuko The contestants all sang "The Phantom of the Opera". On his website, Lloyd Webber announced that he was planning to write a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, based on the novel, The Phantom of Manhattan, by Frederick Forsyth, who will collaborate. The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the book written by the French novelist Gaston Leroux The Phantom of Manhattan is a 1999 Novel by Frederick Forsyth, intended as a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera (the Lloyd Webber Frederick Forsyth, CBE (born August 25, 1938) is an English author and occasional political commentator [12][13] The sequel is to be set in New York, although no further details have been given. In June 2007, parts of the new musical were inadvertently destroyed when Lloyd Webber's cat, Otto, climbed up on his Clavinova digital piano, jumped onto the computer that held the score, and caused the score to be erased. The Clavinova is a long-running line of Digital pianos created by the Yamaha Corporation. [14]

Between April and June 2007, appeared in BBC One's Any Dream Will Do!, which followed the same format as How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?. Any Dream Will Do, often known as 'Joseph' was a 2007 Talent show -themed Television series produced by the BBC in the United How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? was a multi-award-winning British talent show shown on Saturday evenings on BBC One, first broadcast on 29 July Its aim was to find a new Joseph for his revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second British Musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Lee Mead won the contest after quitting his part in the ensemble - and as understudy in The Phantom of the Opera to compete for the role. Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July, 1981, Southend-on-Sea) is a British Musical theatre Actor, best known for playing the male The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the book written by the French novelist Gaston Leroux Viewers' telephone voting during the series raised more than £500,000 for the BBC's annual Children in Need charity appeal, according to host Graham Norton on air during the final. BBC Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC.

Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group on 27 June 2007[3] announced that it would donate all receipts from two special benefit performances of the revived West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (starring Lee Mead) to Children in Need. The Really Useful Group (RUG is an international company set up in 1977 by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July, 1981, Southend-on-Sea) is a British Musical theatre Actor, best known for playing the male BBC Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. The charity would benefit from ticket sales income from the July 16 booked-out preview and the sold-out performance on 16 November, the night of the annual Children in Need telethon. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published BBC Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Cast members, the group said, would not get the usual first night gifts on 17 July – the money would, instead go to the Children in Need. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians BBC Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Before the viewers' votes were known, Lloyd Webber told Lee Mead: "You're a fantastic performer. Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July, 1981, Southend-on-Sea) is a British Musical theatre Actor, best known for playing the male . . You're phenomenal. You're a great showman. You've got everything there. "[4]

On 1 July 2007, Lloyd Webber presented excerpts from his musicals as part of the Concert for Diana organized to celebrate the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Concert for Diana was a concert held at the new Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom in honour of Diana Princess of The finale was Any Dream Will Do sung by the movie Joseph, Donny Osmond, 1991's stage Joseph, Jason Donovan, and 2007 Joseph, talent search winner Mead. "Any Dream Will Do" is a popular song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the 1968 musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born on December 9 1957 in Ogden Utah, USA) is an American Singer, Musician, Actor Jason Sean Donovan (born 1 June 1968, Malvern, Melbourne) is an Australian Actor and Singer. Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July, 1981, Southend-on-Sea) is a British Musical theatre Actor, best known for playing the male The concert was seen in full or in highlights shows in 140 countries by between 500 million and 1 billion, according to BBC One anchors Jamie Theakston and Claudia Winkleman on air. Jamie Theakston (born 21 December 1970 in Ditchling, East Sussex) is a popular English Television and Radio Claudia Anne Mary I Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is a British Television presenter and Journalist.

On the November 16, he appeared on BBC's Children in Need, donating a cheque for £166,000. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published

The BBC's Radio 2 broadcasted a concert of music from Lloyd Webber's shows on August 24, 2007. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [15] Denise Van Outen introduced songs from Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game, Tell Me on a Sunday, The Woman in White, Evita and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – as well as Rogers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, which Lloyd Webber revived in 2006 at the London Palladium and 2002's Lloyd Webber-produced Bollywood-style musical Bombay Dreams by A. R. Rahman and Don Black. Denise van Outen (born May 27 1974, Basildon, Essex) is an English Television presenter and actress. Whistle Down the Wind is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the 1961 Film Whistle Down the Wind. "The Beautiful Game" is also a term used to describe the sport of football. Tell Me on a Sunday is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black. The Woman in White is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel with a book by Charlotte Jones based on the novel The Woman in White Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second British Musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay The London Palladium is a 2286 seat West End theatre located off Oxford Street in the City of Westminster. Bombay Dreams is a Bollywood -themed musical The music for Bombay Dreams was created by A Allah Rakkhha Rahman (ஏஆர்ரஹ்மான் born on January 6 1966 as A Don Black OBE (born Donald Blackstone 21 June 1938, London) is an English Lyricist.

Among the artists that appeared were Lee Mead, voted by viewers to take the lead in Joseph in BBC One's 2007 television search for a star Any Dream Will Do; Connie Fisher, who won the lead in The Sound of Music in BBC One's first search for a new West End star, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?; former Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who played Joseph in the 2003 tour of that show; Preeya Kalidas, cast opposite Mead in the 2007 revival of Joseph and the female lead in Bombay Dreams ; Elena Roger, the lead in the 2006 revival of Evita; Dean Collinson, appearing as Pharaoh in 2007's revived Joseph; Aoife Mulholland, the alternate for Connie Fisher as Maria in The Sound of Music; Duncan James, who had just come out of a West End revival of Chicago and The Capital Voices. Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July, 1981, Southend-on-Sea) is a British Musical theatre Actor, best known for playing the male Any Dream Will Do, often known as 'Joseph' was a 2007 Talent show -themed Television series produced by the BBC in the United Connie Fisher (born June 17, 1983) is a British actress and singer who won the BBC One talent contest How Do You Solve A Problem West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? was a multi-award-winning British talent show shown on Saturday evenings on BBC One, first broadcast on 29 July Boyzone are an Irish boy band who had popular mainstream success during the 1990s Preeya Kalidas (born 1982 is a British singer/actress Born in Twickenham, Middlesex, she started ballet classes at the age of three and tap at five Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July, 1981, Southend-on-Sea) is a British Musical theatre Actor, best known for playing the male Bombay Dreams is a Bollywood -themed musical The music for Bombay Dreams was created by A Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Note that this article is about the British artist not the Australian artist of the same name who is famous for the single "Speed of Life" West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" Chicago is a Kander and Ebb musical set in prohibition era Chicago. Mike Dixon conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra. [16] On 28 February 2008, Andrew made a guest star appearance in Hollyoaks, publicising a cross-over storyline involving the character Summer Shaw. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Hollyoaks is a British television Soap opera which was first broadcast on 23 October 1995 on Channel 4. Summer Shaw was a Fictional character in the British soap Hollyoaks. He appeared on American Idol on April 22, 2008, giving help to the contestants as they sang his music. American Idol, with the full title American Idol The Search for a Superstar for the first season only is an American reality-competition

In April 2008, Lloyd Webber reprised his role as judge, this time in the BBC musical talent show, I'd Do Anything. The show follows a similar format to its 'Maria' and 'Joseph' predecessors, this time involving a search for an actress to play the role of Nancy in an upcoming West End production of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver! The show also features a search for a young actor to play the title character, however the show's main focus is on the search for Nancy. Lionel Bart ( August 1, 1930 &ndash April 3, 1999) was an English composer of songs and musicals, best known for Oliver! is a British musical, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. Also in April 2008 he was featured on the U. S. talent show American Idol, when the 6 finalists had to select one of Lloyd Webber's songs to perform for the judges that week. American Idol, with the full title American Idol The Search for a Superstar for the first season only is an American reality-competition

Titles

Tours

The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber 1988

Jesus Christ Superstar

  1. "Jesus Christ Superstar Overture" - The Orchestra
  2. "Superstar" - Michael Ball
  3. "I Don't Know How to Love Him" - Sarah Brightman
  4. "Hosanna" - Michael Ball

Evita

  1. "High Flying Adored" - Michael Ball
  2. "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" - Sarah Brightman

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

  1. "Close Every Door" - Michael Ball
  2. "Any Dream Will Do / Give Me My Coloured Coat" - Michael Ball & Cast

Tell Me on a Sunday

  1. "Unexpected Song" - Sarah Brightman
  2. "Capped Teeth and Caesar Salad" - Sarah Brightman

Cats

  1. "The Jellicle Ball" - The Orchestra
  2. "Mr. Jesus Christ Superstar is a Rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. "Superstar" is the title song from the 1971 Rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and "I Don't Know How to Love Him" is a song originally from the 1970 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice hit Rock opera Jesus Christ Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. " Another Suitcase in Another Hall " is a song from the musical Evita with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second British Musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice "Close Every Door" is a song from the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber "Any Dream Will Do" is a popular song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the 1968 musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Tell Me on a Sunday is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black. Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T Mistoffelees" - Michael Ball
  3. "Memory" - Sarah Brightman

Requiem (Webber)

  1. "Pie Jesu" - Sarah Brightman & James Rainbird

The Phantom of the Opera

  1. "Think of Me" - Sarah Brightman
  2. "All I Ask of You" - Sarah Brightman & Michael Ball
  3. "Little Lottie" - Sarah Brightman
  4. "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" - Sarah Brightman
  5. "The Music of the Night" - Sarah Brightman

Encore: Evita

  1. "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" - Sarah Brightman

Awards

Awards
Preceded by
Stephen Sondheim
for Sweeney Todd		 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
1979-1980
for Evita		 Succeeded by
none
Preceded by
Stephen Sondheim
for Sweeney Todd		 Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album
1980
for Evita
shared with Tim Rice		 Succeeded by
Quincy Jones
for Lena Horne - The Lady and Her Music
Preceded by
Stephen Sondheim
for Sweeney Todd		 Tony Award for Best Original Score
1980
for Evita
shared with Tim Rice		 Succeeded by
John Kander, Fred Ebb
for Woman of the Year
Preceded by
Henry Krieger - Composer, Tom Eyen - Lyricist, David Foster - Producer
for Dreamgirls		 Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album
1983
for Cats		 Succeeded by
Stephen Sondheim - Composer and Lyricist, Thomas Z. Shepard
for Sunday in the Park with George
Preceded by
Maury Yeston
for Nine		 Tony Award for Best Original Score
1983
for Cats
shared with T. S. Eliot		 Succeeded by
Jerry Herman
for La Cage aux Folles
Preceded by
None		 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition
1985
for Requiem		 Succeeded by
Witold Lutoslawski
for Lutoslawski: Symphony No. Andrew Lloyd Webber 's Requiem is a Requiem mass written in memory of the composer's father William Lloyd Webber, who The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the book written by the French novelist Gaston Leroux " The Music of the Night " is a song from the musical The Phantom of the Opera. Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Evita is the 1996 Film adaptation of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber 's musical based on the life of Eva The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner " You Must Love Me " is a song by American Singer Madonna from the 1996 soundtrack to the film Evita. Evita is the 1996 Film adaptation of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber 's musical based on the life of Eva The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The Laurence Olivier Award is regarded as the most prestigious award in British theatre and is presented in recognition of artistic achievement in London theatre The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to artists in the performing arts Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven Sweeney Todd is a semi-fictional character who first appeared as one of the Protagonists of a Penny dreadful serial entitled The String of Pearls The Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album has been awarded since 1959. Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944 is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award Quincy Delight Jones Jr (born March 14, 1933) also known as Q, is an American Music Impresario, conductor Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven Sweeney Todd is a semi-fictional character who first appeared as one of the Protagonists of a Penny dreadful serial entitled The String of Pearls The Tony Award for Best Original Score is the Tony Award given to the Composers and Lyricists of the best original score written for a musical Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944 is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award John Harold Kander (born March 18, 1927 in Kansas City Missouri) is the American Composer Fred Ebb ( April 8 1933 &mdash September 11 2004) was a Musical theatre lyricist Henry Krieger (born February 9 1945 in New York City) is an Academy Award -nominated American Composer. Tom Eyen ( August 14 1940 - May 26 1991) was a Tony Award and Grammy Award winning American Playwright David Walter Foster, OC, OBC, LLD (born November 1, 1949 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Dreamgirls is a Broadway musical, which opened on December 20, 1981 at the Imperial Theatre. The Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album has been awarded since 1959. Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven Thomas Z Shepard is a recording producer who is best known for his recordings of Broadway musicals especially the works of Stephen Sondheim. Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. Maury Yeston (born October 23, 1945) is an American composer lyricist educator and musicologist Nine is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit and music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Jerry Herman (born July 10, 1931) is an American Composer / Lyricist of the Broadway Musical theater. Andrew Lloyd Webber 's Requiem is a Requiem mass written in memory of the composer's father William Lloyd Webber, who Witold Lutosławski ( January 25 1913 &ndash February 7 1994 was one of the major European Composers 3
Preceded by
Stephen Sondheim
for Passion		 Tony Award for Best Original Score
1995
for Sunset Boulevard
shared with Don Black, Christopher Hampton		 Succeeded by
Jonathan Larson
for Rent
Preceded by
Alan Menken
for Colors of the Wind		 Academy Award for Best Original Song
1996
for You Must Love Me		 Succeeded by
James Horner
for My Heart Will Go On
Preceded by
Alan Menken
for Colors of the Wind		 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
1997
for You Must Love Me		 Succeeded by
James Horner
for My Heart Will Go On
Preceded by
2007
John Tomlinson		 Society of London Theatre Special Award
(Laurence Olivier Award)
2008
for Outstanding Contribution to London Theatre		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

Shows

Note: Music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber unless otherwise noted. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven Passion is a musical adapted from Ettore Scola 's film Passione d'Amore (which was in its turn based on Iginio Ugo Tarchetti Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Don Black may refer to Don Black (white nationalist, white nationalist campaigner Don Black (musician, lyricist Don Black Christopher James Hampton CBE (born January 26, 1946) is an Academy Award winning British playwright screen writer and film director Jonathan Larson ( February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American Tony Award -winning Composer and Rent is a Rock musical, with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini 's Opera La Bohème Alan Menken (born July 22 1949 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American Broadway and an eight-time Academy Award "Colors of the Wind" by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz was the 1995 Oscar -winner for Best Original Song from The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture " You Must Love Me " is a song by American Singer Madonna from the 1996 soundtrack to the film Evita. James Roy Horner (born August 14 1953) is an American Composer of orchestral and film music " My Heart Will Go On " is the Theme song of the 1997 blockbuster Film Titanic. Alan Menken (born July 22 1949 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American Broadway and an eight-time Academy Award "Colors of the Wind" by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz was the 1995 Oscar -winner for Best Original Song from Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song was awarded by first time in 1962 and has been awarded annually since 1965 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association " You Must Love Me " is a song by American Singer Madonna from the 1996 soundtrack to the film Evita. James Roy Horner (born August 14 1953) is an American Composer of orchestral and film music " My Heart Will Go On " is the Theme song of the 1997 blockbuster Film Titanic. John Tomlinson may refer to John Tomlinson (educationalist (1932&ndash2005 British educationalist John Tomlinson (singer (born 1946 See Olivier Awards for more information about the awards and a full list of categories and winners The Laurence Olivier Award is regarded as the most prestigious award in British theatre and is presented in recognition of artistic achievement in London theatre
  • Lyrics by Tim Rice
  • Not shown until 2005
  • Lyrics by Tim Rice
  • Lyrics by Tim Rice
  • Lyrics by Tim Rice
  • Lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart
  • Based on the David Garnett novel
  • Music by A.R. Rahman
  • Lyrics by Don Black
  • Produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Other works

Discography

Main article: Andrew Lloyd Webber discography

See also

References

  1. ^ Family detective - Telegraph
  2. ^ Sunday Times Rich List 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  3. ^ http://www.show-and-stay.co.uk/biography/creative/andrew-lloyd-webber.html
  4. ^ Lloyd Webber, Andrew: Inspired By Sunset Boulevard Really Useful Group (official website) URL: http://reallyuseful.com/rug/shows/sunset/show.htm
  5. ^ "Doctor Spin - Tetris" record details, Discogs. com. Article retrieved 2006-11-07. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat
  6. ^ "Andrew Lloyd Webber", Discogs. com. Article retrieved 2006-11-07. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat
  7. ^ *Roberts, David (Managing Editor) (2005), British Hit Singles & Albums (Edition 18), Guinness World Records Limited, ISBN 1-904994-00-8
  8. ^ Songfacts: Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, songfacts. com. Article retrieved 2006-11-07. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat
  9. ^ Timmy Mallett recordings, Brilliant TV corporate website. Article retrieved 2006-11-07. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat
  10. ^ "Bombalurina in Cats", PeoplePlayUK. Article retrieved 2006-11-07. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat
  11. ^ The Kennedy Center Honors
  12. ^ Playbill News: Lloyd Webber Will Pen Phantom Sequel
  13. ^ The Phantom in Manhattan: Lloyd Webber Back at Work on Sequel to Broadway Smash, Broadway.com Buzz
  14. ^ Playbill News: Cat Destroys Lloyd Webber's Phantom Sequel Score
  15. ^ Friday Night Is Music Night – Andrew Lloyd Webber Gala – BBC Press Office. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  16. ^ Radio 2 gala cast. Retrieved on 2007-08-08).
  17. ^ Internet Broadway Database listing

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NAME Webber, Andrew Lloyd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Webber, Andrew Lloyd, Baron Lloyd-Webber
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DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1948
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