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Andrew Lloyd Webber

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Ed Victor Ltd  

Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of the Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Variations and Tell Me on a Sunday later combined as Song & Dance, Cats, Starlight Express, the Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, the Beautiful Game (now called the Boys in the Photograph), the Woman in White and Love Never Dies. He composed the film scores of Gumshoe and the Odessa File and a setting of the Latin Requiem mass. His awards include seven Tonys, three Grammys including Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, two International Emmys, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for ExcEllence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA Fellowship and the Kennedy Center Honor. He currently owns six London Theatres, including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the London Palladium.

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         Aspects of Love         Beautiful Game, The         Bombay Dreams         By Jeeves         Cats         Evita         Jesus Christ Superstar         Joseph And the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat         Likes Of Us, The         Love Never Dies         Phantom of the Opera, The         School of Rock, The         Song And Dance         Starlight Express         Stephen Ward         Sunset Boulevard         Tell Me on a Sunday         Wizard Of Oz, The         Woman In White, The

Aspects of Love

Aspects of Love
1964 Alex aged 34 reflects on his life. 1947 at the age of 17 he met the actress Rose Vibert. He took her to his Uncle George's villa. When George hears that his nephew has broken into his villa he goes there. He comes across them rehearsing a scene from a play. When it comes time for dinner Rose puts on a dress she has found. It belonged to George's first wife Delia. When he sees her in it he collapses.

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Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Don Black And Charles Hart; Based on the novel by David Garnett; Book Adapted by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Original cast recording:Polydor (841126) 1989

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Beautiful Game, The

Synopsis:
BELFAST, 1969. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton's new musical is the story of ordinary people in an extraordinary situation. As the sixties draw to a close, life is just beginning for a group of teenagers. Amongst them are Father O'Donnel's football team including Del and John who both have enough talent to make it big. Their girlfriends, Mary and Christine are dreaming about what to do with their lives and worrying about the way their world is changing. Yearning for a time when they can live and love in peace, they all learn that to escape from bigotry and intolerance will take all the courage they can muster.

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Book and lyrics by Ben Elton. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Bombay Dreams

Synopsis:
Setting: Paradise Slum; Shanti & Akaash's home; Miss India Pag.; "Diamond in the Rough" set; Akaash's new apt.; Indian Film Awards; Akaash's mansion; "Bombay Dreams" set; Taj Royale Beach Hotel; Juhu Beach

Notes:
Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyrics by Don Black; Book by Meera Syal And Thomas Meehan; Based on An idea by Shekhar Kapur And Andrew Lloyd Webber

1st Produced:
Apollo Victoria Theatre     2002

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By Jeeves

By Jeeves
Proudly presenting an evening in the company of that celebrated raconteur, man about town, wit, bon viveur and banjo player extraordinaire, Bertram Wilberforce Wooster, Esq. . .. . .Or so the published programme would have it .But, alas, even men of genius can have their plans thwarted. How can any banjo player, however gifted, begin to pluck a note when some philistine has stolen his instrument, by George? How can he possibly hope to entertain the eager throng until a replacement banjo arrives, by Jove? Is there no one to step in and snatch the charred streaky from the bonfire, by Jeeves? By Jeeves. . .

Notes:
By Jeeves was rewritten And revised from Jeeves. the play opened the new Stephen Joseph theatre And was described by the theatre As: "An Almost entirely new musical.". Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Original cast recording: MCA (MCF-2726

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Cats

Synopsis:
the exploits of a variety of feline friends who are gathering for the Jellicle Ball. During the ball, only one cat will be bestowed with a precious extra life, and the tension begins to mount.

Notes:
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Based on "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by T.S. Eliot; Lyrics by T.S. Eliot; Additional lyrics for "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats" And "Memory" by Trevor Nunn; Additional lyrics for "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats" by Richard Stilgoe

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Evita

Evita
the tale of Eva Peron, who, though never elected official, became a powerful political figure in Argentina following her marriage President Juan Peron, until her death from cancer, aged 33, in 1952.

Notes:
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Tim Rice

1st Produced:
Prince Edward, London     27 Jun 1978

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Original cast recording: MCA (3527) 1978

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Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar
the last seven days in the life of Jesus of Nazareth

Notes:
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics by Tim Rice; book by Tom O'Horgan

1st Produced:
Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York     12 Oct 1971

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Original cast recording: Decca (440 067 734-2) 1971

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Joseph And the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

Joseph And the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
the colourful retelling of the biblical story of dreamboat Joseph and his uncanny abilities, favouritism, family rivalry, temptation and that designer coat. the show sings out to young old alike, with a score that is wall-to-wall hits, including Close Every Door and Any Dream Do.

Notes:
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Tim Rice

1st Produced:
The Roundhouse, London     08 Nov 1972

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Hal Leonard, 1998   -

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Original cast recording: RSO Records (2394-103) 1972

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Likes Of Us, The

Likes Of Us, The
the story of Dr Thomas Bernardo

Notes:
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics And book by Tim Rice

1st Produced:
Mermaid Theatre, London     12 Jul 2005

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Original cast recording: Polydor 2005

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Love Never Dies

Synopsis:
continues the story 10 years afte the Phantom has disappeared from Paris.

Notes:
music book And orchestrations by Andrew Lloyd Webber; book And lyrics by Glenn Slater; book by Ben Elton And Frederick Forsyth

1st Produced:
Adelphi, London     09 Mar 2010

Organisations:
Really Useful Theatre Company

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  1 boy; ensemble

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Phantom of the Opera, The

Phantom of the Opera, The
tells the story of Christine Daae, a young and inexperienced member of the Paris Opera company, and her capture by the mad, lonely, disfigured Phantom who haunts the Opera House. the Phantom engineers her debut as the company's prima donna, and then spirits her away to his lair beneath the theatre and beyond a mysterious lake. there, he reveals his love for her; but Christine is in love with the Opera's wealthy patron Raoul. the battle between Raoul and the Phantom for Christine's love brings the story to its inevitable climax.
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Notes:
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Charles Hart; From the novel "Le Fantome de L'Opera" by Gaston Leroux; Additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe; Book by Richard Stilgoe And Andrew Lloyd Webber

1st Produced:
Her Majesty's Theatre, London     09 Oct 1986

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School of Rock, The

Synopsis:
SCHOOL OF ROCK is a brand new musical based on the famous Paramount film written by Mike White, which starred Jack Black. The musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. Completely disinterested in academic work, Dewey decides to create his own curriculum, turning his class into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. The stage musical is produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who has composed 14 new songs to create a score, which also features all the original songs from the movie. SCHOOL OF ROCK, with its sensational live kids rock band, is a loving testimony to the transforming power of music.

Notes:
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, book by Julian Fellowes and lyrics by Glenn Slater

1st Produced:
Winter Garden, New York     09 Nov 2015

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Song And Dance

Synopsis:
The first half, "Tell Me on a Sundav" is given over to a one-woman show by Marti Webb. Don Black's lyrics about an English girl who spends most of her time in the States either grizzling for Mum, Muswell Hill and Tizer or getting herself into a mess over a "variety of boy-friends. Th. second half is a semi abstract ballet to Lloyd Webber's variations on Paganini's A minor Caprice No 24. The idea -little flirtations and quarrels between young people is as old as Nijinsky's "Les Biches" or Ashton's" Les Rendezvous" but it provides the acrobatic Wayne Sleep and an athletic team of dancers with amusing material. especially when they all break into tap.

Notes:
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Don Black

1st Produced:
Palace Theatre, London     07 Apr 1982

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Starlight Express

Synopsis:
all singing, all dancing, all roller skatin

Notes:
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe

1st Produced:
Apollo, Victoria, London     1984

Organisations:
Really Useful Theatre Company

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Stephen Ward

Synopsis:
STEPHEN WARD charts the rise and fall from grace of the society osteopath. Friend to film stars, spies, models, government ministers and aristocrats, his rise and ultimate disgrace coincided with the increasingly permissive lifestyle of London's elite in the early 1960's. the musical centres on Ward's involvement with the young and beautiful Christine Keeler and their chance meeting in a West End night club which led to one of the biggest political scandals and trials of the 20th century.

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music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with book and lyrics by Christopher Hampton and Don Black

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Really Useful Theatre Company

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Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard
Setting: Los Angeles. 1949-50. Sunset Boulevard is a small scale musical based on the classic Billy Wilder movie about Hollywood illusions and delusions

Notes:
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Book by Don Black And Christopher Hampton; Lyrics by Don Black And Christopher Hampton; Based on the film by Billy Wilder

1st Produced:
Adelphi, London     12 Jul 1993

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Original cast recording: Polydor (519767) 1993

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Tell Me on a Sunday

Synopsis:
about a young English hatmaker trying to make it on her own in New York City. Songs include "Take That Look Off Your Face," "Unexpected Song", and the title tune

Notes:
lyrics by Don Black, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jackie Clune (additional contributions)

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Wizard Of Oz, The

Wizard Of Oz, The
revival of stage musical of an iconic film

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Revival with musical Adaptation by Jeremy Sams. By L. Frank Baum, with Music And Lyrics by Harold Arlen And E.Y. Harburg. Additional music And Adaptation by Andrew Lloyd Webber with Additional lyrics by Tim Rice.

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Original cast recording: Polydor 2011

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Woman In White, The

Woman In White, The
A handsome young man is stranded at a remote railway cutting. Out of the darkness looms a woman, a mysterious figure dressed in white, who burns to tell a chilling secret. Two sisters find themselves snared in a web of betrayal and greed, the victims of a flawless crime. Unprotected in a man's world, they will need all their resourcefulness and courage to outwit a villain of overpowering charisma and ingenuity. But they can also rely on the guiding hand of love.

Notes:
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Book by Charlotte Jones; Lyrics by David Zippel; Freely Adapted from the classic novel by: Wilkie Collins

1st Produced:
Palace Theatre, London     15 Sep 2004

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Original cast recording: EMI (72435 57938 2 9) 2004

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