Andrew Lloyd Webber

Webber in Moscow, November 2008

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a British composer and impresario of musical theatre.^[1] His company, the Really Useful Group, is one of the largest theatre operators in London.^[2]

Career

In 2018, Webber became one of fifteen people to win an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and Emmy Award.

During his career, he has produced 15 musicals (several have run at the West End and on Broadway for ten or more years). His lyricists have included: Tim Rice, Don Black, Christopher Hampton, Richard Stilgoe, and Ben Elton. He wrote the music for two movies: Gumshoe and The Odessa File. He wrote a Latin requiem mass. He has won many awards for his work, most notably seven Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Oscar, an International Emmy, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.^[3] Lloyd Webber was knighted in 1992, and entered the House of Lords in 1997.^[3]

Lloyd Webber's second marriage was to the actress and singer Sarah Brightman. They divorced in 1990. Lloyd Webber's third and current wife is Madeleine Gurdon, a former three-day event horsewoman. His younger brother is cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. On 25 October 2009, it was reported that Webber had been diagnosed with the early stages of prostate cancer.^[3]^[4] He had an operation and has recovered.

He has many musical plays, including:

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1967)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Evita (1976)
Cats (1981)
Song and Dance (1982)
Starlight Express (1984)
Phantom of the Opera (1984): as an idea, (1985): Started development and 1st debut, (1986): as 2 pop singles early that year and in October 9th 1st public debut
Aspects of Love (1989)
Sunset Blvd. (1993)
By Jeeves (1996), a rewritten 1974 show
Whistle Down the Wind (1998)
The Beautiful Game (2000)
The Woman in White (2004)
Love Never Dies (2010)

Lloyd Webber studied at the Royal College of Music in London as did his father William. In 2014, he received an honorary doctorate from the college for his "contribution to musical life".
Evita at the West End's Adelphi Theatre. Lloyd Webber purchased the theatre in 1993.
Cats at the London Palladium
Starlight Express has been running in Bochum, Germany since 1988.
The Phantom of the Opera at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto
Lloyd Webber was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993 for his contribution to live theatre.
After the 2016 English National Opera's revival of Lloyd Webber's 1990s musical Sunset Boulevard at the London Coliseum was well-received, in 2017 the production transferred to the Palace Theatre on Broadway (pictured).
Cinderella at the West End's Gillian Lynne Theatre in July 2021