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Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre.[1] His company, the Really Useful Group, is one of the largest theatre operators in London.[2]
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 a large number of 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.
Musicals
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 (1985)
- 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)
References
- ↑ The Official Andrew Lloyd Webber Web Site
- ↑ Really Useful Group
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber diagnosed with cancer". http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091025/ap_on_en_mu/eu_britain_lloyd_webber_cancer;_ylt=AvxYmgVO5sG2QbF9o1HeD0kEtbAF. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
- ↑ Lloyd Webber treated for cancer
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