Andrew Lloyd Webber
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4 out of 5 stars.
Evita review: Tina Arena is resplendent and tough as designer dictatorIn Opera Australia’s production, Eva Perón wins over a nation with a Christian Dior dress and steely determination, and a killer ballad steals the show -
John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice become EGOT winnersWith Emmys for Jesus Christ Superstar, the trio join elite winners of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. Legend is the first black male EGOT winner and joint youngest
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Jesus may rise again in the provinces – archive, 198023 August 1980: Jesus Christ Superstar, the West End’s longest running musical closes after 3,357 performances -
How to stop Taylor Swift from turning Cats: The Movie into a dog’s dinnerWith a big-screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s feline musical under way, here’s how #MeToo, Zac Efron and DJ Khaled could make purrfect movie memories
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Taylor Swift to star in Tom Hooper's Cats movieSinger-songwriter to take first major acting role, alongside Ian McKellen, James Corden and Jennifer Hudson, in Hooper’s adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
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Cats and Phantom choreographer Gillian Lynne – a career in picturesThe dancer and choreographer, who has died aged 92, had a celebrated career in theatre, television and film. Revisit some of her hits, from Yentl to Chitty Chitty Bang BangGallery -
Gillian Lynne: the trailblazer who made British musicals move
Gillian Lynne: the trailblazer who made British musicals move
Michael BillingtonThe choreographer brought her classical training, dramatic eye and vitality to bear on hits such as Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Dame Gillian Lynne obituaryChoreographer and dancer who breathed new life into musical theatre with the hit shows Cats and The Phantom of the Opera -
Cats choreographer Gillian Lynne dies aged 92Tributes paid to the former dancer and choreographer whose West End hits included The Phantom of the Opera
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Choreographer Gillian Lynne has West End theatre named after herAndrew Lloyd Webber’s New London theatre is renamed after Cats choreographer
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Andrew Lloyd Webber at 70: how a ruthless perfectionist became Mr MusicalHe took the shonky British musical and made it a global phenomenon. As the composer celebrates his birthday with a new memoir, our theatre critic looks back at the hits – and flops -
Unmasked by Andrew Lloyd Webber – digested readThe memoirs of British musical theatre’s foremost composer are rendered prestissimo by John Crace
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Unmasked: A Memoir by Andrew Lloyd Webber review – breakups, makeups and megahitsFrom Jesus Christ Superstar to The Phantom of the Opera, a king of the humblebrag recalls how he conquered musical theatre -
From friendly locals to Harry Potter’s house: a brief guide to LavenhamThe Suffolk town’s beauty apparently saved Andrew Lloyd Webber from thoughts of suicide. What makes it so special?
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3 out of 5 stars.
The Wizard of Oz – straightforward, faithful and fun (and with a little dog, too)The Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation holds no surprises – but it won’t disappoint the die-hards
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Hamilton is creative and radical – in the proud tradition of musical theatreMusicals have a reputation for being safe or stodgy. In fact, from Porgy and Bess to Cabaret, they are often daring in both subject and form, says writer and broadcaster Mark Lawson
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3 out of 5 stars.
The Woman in White review – can this cast solve Lloyd Webber's musical mystery?A masterly set of actors leave their mark on a gothic revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 2004 misfire which flattens the spikier elements of the Victorian novel
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Andrew Lloyd Webber quits as Conservative peerTheatre impresario, who was given peerage in 1997, says his busy schedule is incompatible with demands of House of Lords



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