SIR ANDREW
LLOYD WEBBER
40 Years in Show Business
A composer and producer
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 and The Woman in White. He
composed the film scores of Gumshoe and The Odessa File, and a
setting of the Latin Mass Requiem.
Link to Andrew Lloyd Webber Website
A filmmaker
In 2004 he produced a film version of The Phantom of
the Opera directed by Joel Schumacher and in 2010 he
premiered Love Never Dies his sequel to The Phantom
of the Opera which was directed by the award-winning
director Jack O'Brien and choreographed by Jerry
Mitchell. It had a short
run and its US production
was postponed. Talk of
a 2015 revival continues.
Emmy Rossum as Christine and
Gerard Butler as The Phantom
A successful stage producer
As well as many of his own shows his producer credits include Daisy Pulls
It Off, Lend Me A Tenor, Shirley Valentine, La Bete, the ground-breaking
Bollywood musical Bombay Dreams, his smash productions of The Sound
of Music and The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium. In 2015, he is at
work on a new jukebox musical based upon The School of Rock and a
revival of Cats at the London Palladium.
A pop culture icon
In 2006 he oversaw a new production of Evita in London, a
unique version of The Phantom of the Opera in Las Vegas and
pioneered television casting with the hit BBC series How Do You
Solve A Problem Like Maria? that searched for a Maria in The
Sound of Music. The series won an international Emmy. He
repeated his success with Any Dream Will Do which cast the title
role of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for
the BBC. I’ll Do Anything was created to cast the role of Nancy
in the musical Oliver! A new Dorothy for the Wizard of Oz and
Jesus for a new production of Jesus Christ Superstar were cast the
same way.
Numerous awards
• 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.
Composer Credits
1965 - The Likes of Us (with Tim Rice)
1967 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Tim Rice)
1971 - Jesus Christ Superstar (Tim Rice)
1974 - Evita (Tim Rice)
1975 - By Jeeves (Alan Ayckbourn)
1979 - Variations and Tell Me On A Sunday (Don Black)
1980 - Cats (T.S. Eliot)
1982 - Never on a Sunday (Based on Variations and Tell Me On A Sunday)
1983 - Starlight Express (Richard Stilgoe and Don Black)
1986 - The Phantom of the Opera (Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe)
1989 - Aspects of Love (Don Black and Charles Hart)
1993 - Sunset Boulevard (Don Black)
1996 - Whistle Down the Wind (Jim Steinman)
2000 - The Beautiful Game (The Boys in the Photograph) (BenElton)
2004 - The Woman in White (David Zippel and Charlotte Jones)
2010 - Love Never Dies (Glen Slater and Charles Hart)
2012 - Stephen Ward
2015 - School of Rock
Really Useful Group
Lloyd Webber has embraced technology and owns the
popular, informative REALLY USEFUL GROUP
website which markets his many theatrical, film and
TV properties.
US Licensing
In the United States, rights to his works are held by the
Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization.
Winter Garden Theatre
October 7, 1982 – September 10, 2000
7485 performances
About the London production
Broadway credits
Produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really
Useful Company
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Book by T. S. Eliot
Musical Direction by Stanley Lebowsky
Sound Design by Martin Levan
Lighting Design by David Hersey
Designed by John Napier
Associate Director and Choreographer Gillian Lynne
Directed by Trevor Nunn
Terrence Mann in Rum Tum Tugger – originally aired on MTV
The Phantom of the Opera
PHANTOM in the U.S.
MAJESTIC THEATRE
January 26, 1988 to the present
10487 performances (as of 4-14-13)
NY production website
Sierra Boggess performs WISHING YOU WERE HERE AGAIN with Ramin Karimloo
ANOTHER SUITCASE IN ANOTHER HALL from Evita performed by Samantha Barks
Michael Ball performs LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING WITH Il Divo
Elaine Page and the original cast perform MEMORY from Cats
Long Runs on Broadway
By Jennifer Nason-Brown
15 Apr 2015
Several current Broadway shows are in the process of breaking records on the all
time long-run list. Here are the standings for number of performances of current
and former Broadway shows as of April 12, 2015. The list includes all Broadway
shows that have run more than 800 performances. All totals are for the original
Broadway run, except where otherwise noted. Shows marked with an asterisk (*)
are still running.
1. The Phantom of the Opera 11319*
2. Chicago (Revival) 7645*
3. Cats 7485
4. The Lion King 7255*
5. Les Misérables 6680
6. A Chorus Line 6137
7. Oh! Calcutta! (Revival) 5959
8. Mamma Mia! 5582*
9. Beauty and the Beast 5461
10. Rent 5123
11. Wicked 4771*
12. Miss Saigon 4092
13. Jersey Boys 3908*
14. 42nd Street 3486
15. Grease 3388
16. Fiddler on the Roof 3242
Top 20 Longest Running Musicals in West End History
Les Misérables – still running, over 12,105 performances
The Phantom of the Opera – still running, over 11,774 performances
Blood Brothers (closed, 10,013 performances)
Cats (closed, 8,949 performances)
Starlight Express (closed, 7,406 performances)
Mamma Mia! – still running, over 6,623 performances
Disney’s The Lion King – still running, over 6393 performances
Chicago (closed, 6,187 performances)
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story (closed, 5,140 performances)
We Will Rock You – (closed, 4,659 performances)
Miss Saigon (original 1989 production / closed - 4,264 performances)
Billy Elliot The Musical – still running, over 4,093 performances
Wicked – still running, over 3,502 performances
Jesus Christ Superstar (original 1972 production / closed - 3,357 performances)
Me and My Girl (1985 revival / closed – 3,303 performances)
Evita (original 1978 production / closed – 2,900 performances)
Jersey Boys – still running, over 2,881 performances
Oliver! (original 1960 production / closed – 2,618 performances)
Thriller Live – still running, over 2,530 performances
Grease! (1993 revival / closed - 2529 performances)
Information supplied & verified by the Society of London Theatre correct as at 24 September 2014
The School of Rock
Based on the film of the same name, School of
Rock—The Musical tells the story of wannabe
rock star Dewey Finn, who poses as a substitute
teacher at a prestigious prep school. When he
discovers his students’ musical talents, he enlists
his fifth-graders to form a rock group and
conquer the Battle of the Bands.
For another point-of-view read Ken
Davenport’s reaction to School of Rock.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron
Lloyd-Webber of Sydmonton
From Encyclopedia Britannica
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber of Sydmonton, also
called (1992–97) Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber (born March 22,
1948, London, England), English composer and theatrical producer,
whose eclectic rock-based works helped revitalize British and
American musical theatre beginning in the late 20th century.
Lloyd Webber studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, and at the Royal
College of Music. While a student, he began collaborating with
Timothy Rice who wrote the lyrics to Lloyd Webber’s music.
Lloyd Webber was knighted in 1992, and in 1997 he was created a life
peer.
His brother Julian Lloyd Webber is a world-renowned cellist.