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 filmmakerIn 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 shortrun and its US productionwas postponed. Talk ofa 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 iconIn 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 Credits1965 - 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 Ward2015 - 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 TheatreOctober 7, 1982 – September 10, 20007485 performances

About the London production

Broadway creditsProduced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful CompanyMusic by Andrew Lloyd WebberBook by T. S. EliotMusical Direction by Stanley LebowskySound Design by Martin LevanLighting Design by David HerseyDesigned by John NapierAssociate Director and Choreographer Gillian LynneDirected by Trevor Nunn

Terrence Mann in Rum Tum Tugger – originally aired on MTV

The Phantom of the Opera

PHANTOM in the U.S.

MAJESTIC THEATREJanuary 26, 1988 to the present10487 performances (as of 4-14-13)NY production websiteSierra 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 BroadwayBy Jennifer Nason-Brown15 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.

9. Beauty and the Beast 546110. Rent 512311. Wicked 4771*12. Miss Saigon 409213. Jersey Boys 3908*14. 42nd Street 348615. Grease 338816. Fiddler on the Roof 3242

1. The Phantom of the Opera 11319* 2. Chicago (Revival) 7645*3. Cats 74854. The Lion King 7255*5. Les Misérables 66806. A Chorus Line 61377. Oh! Calcutta! (Revival) 59598. Mamma Mia! 5582*

Les Misérables – still running, over 12,105 performancesThe Phantom of the Opera – still running, over 11,774 performancesBlood Brothers (closed, 10,013 performances)Cats (closed, 8,949 performances)Starlight Express (closed, 7,406 performances)Mamma Mia! – still running, over 6,623 performancesDisney’s The Lion King – still running, over 6393 performancesChicago (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 performancesWicked – still running, over 3,502 performancesJesus 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 performancesOliver! (original 1960 production / closed – 2,618 performances)Thriller Live – still running, over 2,530 performancesGrease! (1993 revival / closed - 2529 performances)

Information supplied & verified by the Society of London Theatre correct as at 24 September 2014

Top 20 Longest Running Musicals in West End History

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.