Andrew Lloyd Webber

The Life of Andrew Lloyd Webber As a creator of some of the most well-known musicals on Broadway today, including the still-running Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber is a household name to many. Born into a musical family, Lloyd Webber has earned many awards through his work, and runs one of the most successful and largest theater production companies in London. Lloyd Webber was always musically inclined from a young age, coming from a family with a widely spread background in the arts; His father, was the director of the London College of Music, his mother was a Piano teacher, and his younger brother a cellist. Growing up, he took to playing the violin at the young age of three, then piano, and the French horn. He first began writing…

Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe also wrote the musical's book together. The musical opened in London's West End in 1986, and on Broadway in 1988. It won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical, and Michael Crawford (in the title role) won the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical. It is the longest running show in Broadway history by a wide margin, and celebrated its 10,000th Broadway performance on 11 February 2012, the first production ever to do…

In making “Evita”, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice sought to present an unbiased portrayal of the life of Argentinian political leader Eva Peron. This unbiased portrayal however was interpreted as, an almost vicious attack to a woman that many Argentinians consider a saint. The musical “Evita” re-ignited a debate that had long since burned in Argentina, was this woman a saint or simply a social climber? The life of Eva Peron (then Eva Duarte) began in extreme poverty raised mainly in the town…

References to Popular Works in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera is a novel written by Gaston Leroux and published as a serial in Le Gaulois, a Parisian newspaper, between September of 1909 and January of 1910 (Freeman, “Le Gaulois”). Originally published in French, the novel first reached English-speaking audiences when it was translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos in 1911. Due to time constraints, de Mattos’s translation has many errors, ranging…

The Phantom of the Opera has proven to be a fantastic musical and Broadway classic for multiple reasons. To begin, many times lingering in one's head, the soundtrack to The Phantom of the Opera features dramatic and emotion filled music. From utilizing volume and dynamics, Andrew Lloyd Webber, the composer, has brilliantly utilized music to keep one captivate in the show between and during intense mood changes. Aside from just the sound, the writers have made heart touching lyrics to further…

Schwartz’s earliest musicals are Godspell and Pippin. Both of these shows musically take from that Motown and popular music format. For example, in the song “Corner of The Sky” The songs format is Verse, Pre-Chorus and Chorus. This is the most common musical form for pop music. Schwartz uses this to show that the story is relatable to a contemporary audience with the theme of finding where you belong. Another writer who was influenced by popular music was Andrew Lloyd Webber. Webber has written…

The music in both these shows is what makes them stand out. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lin Manuel Miranda are icons in the face of music, whose lyrics and music itself work together to further tell the story. Specifically, lyrics in the number “The Music of the Night” in The Phantom of the Opera have come to describe how I feel about music. Phantom, the character, uses a different context when he sings this song to Christine, but I interpret it in the way that music will always be there for you;…

Fans of the acclaimed musical Rocky Horror Picture Show should gear up for a new way to enjoy the musical that has been a cult classic since its debut in 1975. Just in time for the musical’s 40th anniversary it has been announced that Fox 21 Television Studios and The Jackal Group will be providing the musical with a new a two-hour television adaptation, produced and choreographed by Kenny Ortega. The project has received a working title of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Event, but thus far no…

what keeps people interested in the story most people don’t like the so called “opera” format of a musical this is why music is key to match with the generation it is being performed too. Dancing too is important as long as it matches with the story. Dancing provides variety, with colorful costumes and graceful patterns or steps. Dancing can also help tell the story of the musical by the movements and gestures like Jerome Robbins dances West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein. Musicals began to…

The Phantom of the Opera has been a smash hit in the world of musical theatre ever since opening on October 9th, 1986 in New York City. Since then, there have been a countless number of different productions and tours that have graced audiences across the world. Currently, there is a new production of The Phantom of the Opera on tour across North America, involving one of the largest casts of any touring company. This marvelously humongous musical has been brought to life by a number of persons…