Webber, Andrew Lloyd
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.
As well as many of his own shows, his producer credits include Daisy Pulls It Off, Lend Me a Tenor, Shirley Valentine, La Bête, the ground-breaking Bollywood musical, A R Rahman’s Bombay Dreams, his  smash hit productions of The Sound of Music and  The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium and the films of The Phantom of the Opera and the acclaimed Australian production of Love Never Dies.
He pioneered television casting for musical theatre with the Emmy Award-winning BBC series How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? and this year has searched for a performer for the title role in an arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.
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 and the Kennedy Center Honor.
He currently owns seven London theatres, including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the London Palladium.
He was knighted in 1992 and created an honorary life peer in 1997.
Shows Associated this writer
- Aspects Of Love
- By Jeeves
- Cats
- Evita
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (megamix)
- The Phantom Of The Opera
- Song & Dance
- Sunset Boulevard
- Starlight Express
- Whistle Down The Wind (andrew Lloyd Webber)
- The Boys In The Photograph
Songs Associated this writer
- Trio, The Excerpt From Act One Finale
- Finale Woman In White
- Growltigers Last Stand; The Ballad Of Billy Mcaw
- Recuerdos Spanish Lyric Of Memory
- Remember Why We Fell In Love
- Ad-dressing Of Cats, The
- All I Ask Of You
- All I Ask Of You Reprise
- Angel Of Music
- Any Dream Will Do
- Anything But Lonely
- Argentine Melody
- Aspects Of Aspects
- Awefull Battle Of The Pekes And The Pollicles, The
- Ballad Of Billy Mcaw, The
- Belle, The Sleeping Car
- Benjamin Calypso
- Blues, The
- Brothers Come To Egypt, The
- Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town
- C.b.
- Call Me Rusty
- Capped Teeth And Caesar Salad
- Capped Teeth And Caesar Salad Reprise
- Chanson Denfance
- Close Every Door To Me
- Close My Eyes
- Come Back With The Same Look In Your Eyes
- Dance
- Dies Irae...rex Tremendae
- Don Juan Triumphant
- English Girls
- English Girls U.s. Version
- Entracte Phantom
- Everybody Loves A Hero
- Exit From Tell Me On A Sunday, Song & Dance
- Falling
- Finale From Tell Me On A Sunday
- First Letter Home
- First Man You Remember, The
- First Orchestral Interlude
- Freight
- Girls Rolling Stock
- Go, Go, Go Joseph
- Grizabella: The Glamour Cat
- Grizabella
- Grovel Song
- Growltigers Last Stand
- Gus: The Theatre Cat
- Hand Me The Wine And The Dice
- He Whistled At Me Reprise
- Hosanna
- I Am The Starlight
- I Dont Talk To Strangers
- I Love New York - So Much To Do In New York
- I Wont Change Places
- Half A Moment
- Im Very You, Youre Very Me
- Ive Been In Love Too Long
- Introduction
- Invitation To The Jellicle Ball
- Its Not The End Of The World If Hes Married
- Its Not The End Of The World If Hes Younger
- Its Not The End Of The World If I Lose Him
- Jacob And Sons
- Jacob In Egypt
- Jellicle Ball, The
- Joseph All The Time
- Joseph Before The King
- Josephs Coat
- Josephs Dreams
- Josephs Megamix
- Journey Of A Lifetime
- Journey To The Heaviside Layer, The
- King Herods Song
- Last Man In My Life, The
- Leading Lady
- Lento Misterioso
- Let Me Finish
- Let Me Finish Reprise
- Lets Talk About You
- Letter Home
- Light At The End Of The Tunnel
- Lost Variation, The
- Lotta Locomotion, A
- Love Changes Everything
- Lux Aeterna Et Libera Me
- Macavity: The Mystery Cat
- Magical Lasso
- Make Up My Heart
- Married Man
- Masquerade
- Meanwhile, Back In Canaan
- Memory
- Memory Of A Happy Moment, A
- Mermaid Song
- Mirror, The Angel Of Music
- Moments Of Happiness, The
- Mr. Mistoffelees
- Mungojerrie And Rumpelteazer
- Music Of The Night, The
- Naming Of Cats, The
- Next Time You Fall In Love
- No Comeback
- Nothing Like Youve Ever Known
- Offertorium
- Old Deuteronomy
- Old Gumbie Cat, The
- One More Angel In Heaven
- One Rock N Roll Too Many
- Only He
- Only You
- Opening Ceremony Barcelona 1992 Games
- Opening Ceremony Olympic Games 1992
- Orchestral Introduction To Act Two
- Other Pleasures
- Overture Act I Phantom
- Overture Cats
- Overture From Tell Me On A Sunday & Song & Dance
- Overture Starlight
- Parlez-vous Francais?
- Pearl Twirl - Hymn To Victory
- Phantom Of The Opera, The
- Phantom Of The Opera, The Show
- Pharaoh Story
- Pharaohs Dreams Explained
- Pharaohs Number Two Egypt Looks To You
- Piano Italian Lyric Of Memory
- Pie Jesu
- Point Of No Return, The
- Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh
- Poor, Poor Joseph
- Poor, Poor Pharaoh
- Potiphar
- Prima Donna
- Prologue Phantom
- Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats
- Pumping Iron
- Race, The
- Race: The Final
- Rap, The
- Recordare
- Requiem Et Kyrie
- Right Place, Right Time
- Rock N Roll Variation
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock Reprise
- Rum Tum Tugger, The
- Second Letter Home
- Second Orchestral Interlude
- Shed Be Far Better Off With You
- Sheldon Bloom
- Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat
- So Much To Do In New York
- Solo Dance
- Song Of The Jellicles, The
- Song Of The King Seven Fat Cows
- Starlight Express
- Stone The Crows
- Stop, Wait, Please
- Strung
- Strung 2
- Take My Life
- Take That Look Off Your Face
- Take That Look Off Your Face Reprise
- Tell Me On A Sunday
- Tetris
- Theme Webber
- There Is More To Love
- Theres Me
- Think Of Me
- Third Letter Home
- Third Orchestral Interlude
- Those Canaan Days
- Try It And See
- U.n.c.o.u.p.l.e.d.
- Unexpected Song
- What Have I Done?
- When You Want To Fall In Love
- Whickers World Theme
- Whos The Thief?
- Wide Smile
- Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
- You Made Me Think You Were In Love
- Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Show
- Cats Show
- Cats Suite
- Marching Song Of The Pollicle Dogs, The
- Cat With The Glowing Eyes
- Pollicle Dogs And Jellicle Cats
- Prologue From The Woman In White
- Perspective From The Woman In White
- Trying Not To Notice
- I Believe My Heart
- I Hope Youll Like It Here
- Lammastide
- Gift For Living Well, A
- Holly And The Ivy, The
- All For Laura
- If I Could Only Dream This World Away
- Nightmare, The From The Woman In White
- Evermore Without You
- Lost Souls
- If Not For Me For Her
- You Can Get Away With Anything
- Seduction, The From The Woman In White
- Epilogue From The Woman In White
- Woman In White, The
- You See I Am No Ghost
- Document, The
- Act One Finale From The Woman In White
- Asylum, The
- Back To Limmeridge
- London
Concerts Associated this writer
- Evita: End Credits (Film Version)
- Macavity: The Mystery Cat (Theatre Version)
- The Keys To The Vaults Of Heaven
- No Matter What
- Surrender (Brightman Recording Version)
- A Tribute To The Music Of Rodgers & Hammerstein And Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Whistle Down The Wind
- Jesus Christ Superstar Symphonic Suite
- Starlight Express (Instrumental Version)
- Whistle Down The Wind Suite (Full Orchestration)
- And The Money Kept Rolling In (And Out)
- Buenos Aires (Theatre Version)
- Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (Theatre Version)
- Everything’s Alright (Theatre Version)
- Gethsemane (Theatre Version)
- I Don't Know How To Love Him (Concert Version)
- Superstar (Theatre Version)
- Those Canaan Days (Theatre Version)
- High Flying, Adored (Theatre Version)
- Think Of Me (C Major To Eb Major)
- Music Of The Night (C Major)
- Memory (Everly)
- As If We Never Said Goodbye (Eb Major)
- Hosanna (from Requiem)
- Jesus Christ Superstar Overture (Theatre Version)
- Heaven On Their Minds (Theatre Version)
- Requiem For Evita/Oh, What A Circus
- The Ad-dressing Of Cats (Theatre Version)
- Go, Go, Go Joseph (Theatre Version)
- On This Night Of A Thousand Stars (Theatre Version)
- Rainbow High (Theatre Version)
- Another Suitcase In Another Hall (Theatre Version)
- Santa Evita (Theatre Version)
- Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats (Theatre Version)
- I Don't Know How To Love Him (Theatre Version)
- What's The Buzz?/Strange Thing, Mystifying (Theatre Version)
- Superstar
- Close Every Door (Theatre Version)
- Jesus Christ Superstar Overture
- Hosanna (Theatre Version)
- Close Every Door (Concert Version)
- Whistle Down The Wind Suite (Small Orchestration)
- Music Of The Night (C# Major Concert Version)
- Pie Jesu (Concert Version)
- The Phantom Of The Opera (Concert Version)
- Love Changes Everything (F Major To Ab Major)
- Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Db Concert Version)
- Don't Cry For Me Argentina (C Concert Version)
- Love Changes Everything (Gb To G Concert Version)
- Memory (Elaine Paige Recording Version Bb To Db)
- Memory (Elaine Paige Recording Version A-C)
- Unexpected Song (C To F)
- Evita Interlude/Tag/Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Db Major)
- Evita Interlude
- Starlight Express
- With One Look (G Major To C Major)
- Gus, The Theatre Cat
- Jellicle Ball
- All I Ask Of You
- Think Of Me (Theatre Version)
- Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (Concert Version)
- Masquerade (Concert Version)
- Capped Teeth And Caesar Salad
- Take That Look Off Your Face
- The Last Man In My Life
- Unexpected Song
- Anything But Lonely
- Aspects Of Aspects
- Seeing Is Believing
- The First Man You Remember
- Starlight Sequence
- The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
- U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.
- As If We Never Said Goodbye (F Major)
- Sunset Boulevard (Concert Version)
- Sunset Boulevard Entr'Acte (Theatre Version)
- The Greatest Star Of All (Concert Version)
- The Perfect Year (F Major To Gb Major Version)
- Too Much In Love To Care
- Any Dream Will Do
- Pharaoh Story (Concert Version)
- Jacob And Sons
- Potiphar
- Variations For Solo Cello And Orchestra
- Variations For Solo Cello And Rock Combo
- Easy To Love Concert Package
- Amigos Para Siempre
- Nothing Like You've Ever Known (A Minor)
- Nothing Like You've Ever Known (G Minor)
- With One Look (A Major To D Major, London Production)
- Love Changes Everything (A Major To Bb Major)
- Love Changes Everything (G Major To Bb Major)
- Love Changes Everything (E Major To F Major)
- Love Changes Everything (G Major To Ab Major)
- Tell Me On A Sunday (C Major)
- Tell Me On A Sunday (E Major)
- Memory (Vocal)
- Pilate & Christ/King Herod's Song (Theatre Version)
- Memory (Instrumental Version)
- The Phantom Of The Opera Entr'Acte
- The Phantom Of The Opera Overture
- Mr. Mistoffellees
- A Rodgers & Hammerstein And Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert
- Rainbow Tour (Theatre Version)
- Prologue / Any Dream Will Do (Theatre Version)
- Angel Of Music (Theatre Version)
- Masquerade (Theatre Version)
- Old Gumbie Cat (Theatre Version)
- Phantasia For Violin, Cello And Orchestra
- Cats Overture (Theatre Version)
- Waltz For Eva And Che (Theatre Version)
- The Perfect Year (Eb Major To E Major Version)
- Heaven On Their Minds (Concert Version)
- Love Never Dies (Concert Version)
- 'Til I Hear You Sing
- Beneath A Moonless Sky
- Once Upon Another Time
- All The Love I Have
- I Believe My Heart
- Nothing Like You've Ever Known (B Minor)
- The Phantom Of The Opera (Theatre Version)
- Sunset Boulevard Entr'Acte (Concert Version)
- Poor Pharaoh / Song Of The King (Theatre Version)
- Simon Zealotes/Poor Jerusalem (Theatre Version)
- The Last Supper (Theatre Version)
- A New Argentina (Theatre Version)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem
- You Must Love Me (Film Version)
- This Can't Be Love (Theatre Version In A-flat)
- The Woman In White Suite
- Song Of The King (Concert Version)
- Gethsemane (Concert Version)
- As If We Never Said Goodbye (E Major)
News about this writer
Andrew Lloyd Webber on Piers Morgan
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber joined Piers Morgan on CNN. Check out these great videos on THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.
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R&H highlights 5 shows recently made available to customers: A CATERED AFFAIR, IT'S ONLY LIFE, PAL JOEY, SUNSET BOULEVARD, THE TIN PAN ALLEY RAG, and [title of show].
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Trivia about this writer
Did you know? SUNSET BOULEVARD opened with what was then the highest advance in the history of Broadway ticket sales.
SUNSET BOULEVARD received 11 Academy Award nominations and won three Academy Awards for Best Music, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White) and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay. It is one of about a dozen films in Academy history to have actor nominations in all four categories.
December 30, 2001
In 2001, Andrew Lloyd Webber's comic musical BY JEEVES closed on Broadway.
November 17, 1994
In 1994, Andrew Lloyd Webber's SUNSET BOULEVARD opened on Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre, where it ran for 977 performances.
November 15, 2006
In 2006, Connie Fisher starred in the London revival of THE SOUND OF MUSIC to rave reviews. She had been cast as Maria by the BBC?TV reality show HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA, masterminded by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Millions of Britons voted, making Fisher, formerly a telemarketer, an overnight star. The success of the reality show won it an international Emmy Award and prompted the largest advance of a musical in West End history.
November 08, 1986
In 1986, Andrew Lloyd Webber's SONG & DANCE closed on Broadway after 474 performances and eight Tony Award nominations.
October 28, 2001
In 2001, BY JEEVES opened on Broadway after a successful UK run. The show was Andrew Lloyd Webber's second musical version of the comic "Jeeves"" stories of P. G. Wodehouse. "
October 12, 1971
In 1971, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR opened on Broadway where it ran for 711 performances at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
October 08, 1982
In 1982, CATS opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden where it ran for 7,485 performances and closed eighteen years later, one of the most beloved musicals of all time. It won the 1983 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Book, Direction, and Original Score - with a total of seven Tony wins.
September 25, 1979
In 1979, EVITA opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre starring Patti LuPone in the title role. It ran for 1,567 performances, and won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Book, Score, and Direction.
September 10, 2000
In 2000, eighteen years since its Broadway opening at The Winter Garden, CATS closed after 7,485 performances. At this time it was the longest-running musical in Broadway history; a record only surpassed in 2006, when THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - also by Andrew Lloyd Webber - overtook its run.
September 04, 1985
In 1985, Andrew Lloyd Webber's SONG & DANCE opened on Broadway at the Royale Theatre, where it played for 474 performances and received eight Tony nominations, winning Bernadette Peters the Tony Award for Best Actress.
September 04, 1983
In 1983, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT closed on Broadway after a run of 747 performances, and seven Tony Award nominations.
July 01, 1998
In 1998 WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND had its London premiere at the Aldwych Theatre. The musical is a collaboration between Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman, known for his work with musician Meatloaf, and took its inspiration from the 1961 film. The show ran for 1,044 performances.
June 30, 1973
In 1973 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR closed after 711 performances on Broadway.
June 26, 1983
In 1983 EVITA closed on Broadway after a run of 1,567 performances and seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
June 21, 1978
In 1978, EVITA premiered at the West End's Prince Edward Theatre where it ran for 2,900 performances.
June 19, 1997
In 1997 CATS broke the record for longest-running musical in Broadway history when it hit its 6,138th performance. This was only surpassed in 2006 by THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - also by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
May 18, 1961
In 1961 THE SOUND OF MUSIC opened at the Palace Theatre, London. Did you know? Thirteen-year-old Andrew Lloyd Webber got to attend the opening because of a fan letter he had written to Richard Rodgers.
May 11, 2002
In 1981 CATS had its world premiere at the West End's New London Theatre. It went on to run there for 8,949 performances. Then, on the production's 21st birthday in 2002, CATS closed its West End run! Fans without tickets were able to watch a live broadcast of the final performance from Covent Gardens.
April 17, 1989
In 1989 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ASPECTS OF LOVE premiered in London under the direction of Trevor Nunn. The show ran for 1,325 performances, and opened on Broadway the next year.
April 08, 1990
In 1990 Andrew Lloyd Webber's ASPECTS OF LOVE opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre where it ran for 377 performances.
April 05, 1997
In 1997 SUNSET BOULEVARD closed on Broadway after running for 977 performances.
March 22, 1948
In 1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber was born, composer of hit musicals CATS, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, EVITA, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, BY JEEVES, ASPECTS OF LOVE, WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND, and SUNSET BOULEVARD.
March 02, 1991
In 1991, ASPECTS OF LOVE closed its Broadway run after 377 performances
February 08, 1986
In 1986, the original production of EVITA closed in London after a West End run of 2,900 performances.
January 27, 1982
In 1982, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT opened on Broadway at the Royale Theatre, where it ran for 747 performances. The show was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Book, Direction, Choreography, and Original Score.
January 26, 1988
In 1988 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA opened on Broadway. To date it is the longest-running Broadway show and the second longest-running West End musical.
January 26, 1946
The birthday of Christopher Hampton, who won Tonys for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Musical Score for his work on SUNSET BOULEVARD's book and lyrics with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black.