Andrew Lloyd Webber
b. 1948
American
Biography
Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of The Likes of Us, Jospeh 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, The Woman in White, and Love Never Dies. He composed the film scors of 'Gumshoe' and 'The Odessa File', and a setting of the Latin Requiem mass. He has composed the music for Stephen Ward which opens in London on December 19 this year.
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 A R Rahman's Bombay Dreams, the London productions of The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz 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?'
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.
He was knighted in 1992 and created an honorary life peer in 1997.
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 A R Rahman's Bombay Dreams, the London productions of The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz 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?'
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.
He was knighted in 1992 and created an honorary life peer in 1997.
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