Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer/songwriter of musical theatre. During his career he has produced 15 musicals,(several have run at the West End and on Broadway for ten or more years). He wrote the scores to two films (Gumshoe and The Odessa File) and a Latin requiem mass. He has accumulated a number of honors of which the following are most notable: seven Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Oscar, an International Emmy, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.[1] He was knighted in 1992 and entered the House of Lords in 1997.[1]
His musical plays include:
- 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)
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.[1] He had an operation and has recovered.
Lloyd Webber's lyricists have included: Tim Rice, Don Black, Christopher Hampton, Richard Stilgoe and Ben Elton.
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