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Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the world’s famous modem com­ posers, and the creator of many musicals. He is British, and was bom on March 22, 1948.
Even at a young age, he loved to make his own music. Webber also had a great interest in inspecting ancient monuments around England. It and history were what many thought he would choose to do for a career. However, his Aunt Vi introduced him to the theatre, and under her advice he started writing music of his own. In 1956, he went to Westminster and began composing music for the school’s plays. In 1962, he won a Challenge Scholarship that reduced his tuition at West­ minster, and then another scholarship in 1964 to transfer to Oxford.
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber met in 1965 and, consequent­ ly, Andrew dropped out of Oxford to pursue music with Tim. The first musical, The Likes of Us, was a failure, but soon afterwardsJoseph was created. The first showing was at Colet Court in 1968. It enjoyed great success.Jesus Christ Superstar came next. Together with Tim Rice they wroteEvita in late 1975. The next musical,Cats, paired Andrew with the deceased poet T. S. Eliot and producer, Cameron Mackintosh. It was an incredible hit.Cats made Andrew Lloyd Webber rich and fa­ mous and ready to start a musical about trains.Starlight Express was created in 1984, the most expensive musical created up to that point.
His next work was Requiem. It isn’t a musical, but solemn music for a Mass. Two years later, in 1986, one of Webber’s most famous works,
Phantom of the Opera, was created.
Aspects of Love, his next venture, opened in 1989. The glittery and
tragic musical,
Sunset
Boulevard
came out in 1993, but closed after a
few years due
to
lack
of
“star
power”. In 1997, Andrew was knighted
and became Sir
Andrew
Lloyd
Webber. Also in 1997, Whistle Down
the Wind came out. The show had a lot of promise, but closed due to extensive problems. The long awaitedEvita movie also came out and was abox-officesuccess. Andrew is currently working on a sequel to
Phantom. He
has won many awards including an Academy Award,
Tony Awards,
Grammy Awards, Drama Desk awards, and Critic Cir­cle awards.