Before anything can be said about Andrew Lloyd Webber, it is essential to make a comparison to better understand the high position that Webber felicitates. The best comparison would be Webber is to the theater what Michael Jordan is to basketball. He isn't everything and can't play every position but the glory is astounding. He is still alive and in good health and is making more money than any theater composer had ever dreamed of. Nobody can deny his talent because it has circulated around the world from Broadway to Tokyo and back to London. "The Phantom of the Opera, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Aspects of Love, Cats, Evita, and Jesus Christ Superstar," are minute examples of all the music he has created or recreated. His golden key would be his vast knowledge of different types of theater. Whether it be opera, operetta, music drama, or the regular Broadway musical, Webber is the most distinguished and richest force in the theater business today.
At first glance, Webber resembles something like a cartoon character. He is a short man with a round face and eyes resembling those of a cat's. it's okay though because he is that much more recognizable on the street. In all honesty, I did not imagine such a "huge" composer to be so little. For whatever it's worth, I"m sure he doesn't care for in England he is not just Andrew Lloyd Webber, he is Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. He was knighted in 1992 and created a life peer in 1997. Who can argue against a knight who has also won such awards as seven Tony's, three Grammy's, five Olivier's, a Golden Globe, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers, and the Critics Circle Award for Best Musical in 2000.
Webber is directly responsible for all the blockbuster musicals of Broadway in the 70's, 80's and 90's, all the way into the new millennium. He combines all the contemporary forms of music with others. Using rock & roll, classical, country, and even jazz, he can combine that with theater music from the 20's, 30's, and 40's to create Broadway hits such as, "Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita.
The Magic of Cats Cats is one of the most different and charming shows you will ever see. Its not just another Andrew Lloyd Webber show, its so much more than that. It's also the choreography and the characterizations that make this a great musical, which stand out above the others in the crowd. ...
The megamusical was born when Andrew Lloyd Weber's Cats opened in 1981. ... After the extraordinary success of Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber created another megamusical, The Phantom of the Opera. ... " Even though Weber's "hits" were valued for their set designs, spectacle alone is not always a recipe for success. Weber learned this when Starlight Express opened on Broadway in 1987 with the highest musical budget in history (Fraley). ...
It was a first; it had never been done before. We were going to be the first Irish school to stage an amateur performance of this magnitude. We were going to stage Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera." When we first heard this we did not think we had the talent in our Transition Year Group t...
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR In 1969 Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd-Webber wrote the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. ... These characters, along with Peter, Simon, King Herod, Pontius Pilate and all the others, are brought to a new light through the skilled art of the actors, the powerful lyrics of Tim Rice and mystifying music of Andrew Lloyd Weber. Andrew Lloyd Weber brings Tim Rice's lyrics to life with the use of 1970's rock inspired themes. ... Weber further follows the operatic style with his use of the liet motive. ... Weber's musical techniques and Rice's p...
The Phantom of the Opera From the moment I walked into the Pantages Theater in Toronto Canada, and looked up at the giant chandelier hanging in the middle of the room, I knew that this would be something different. I have never been to a play that I enjoyed, but something about the atmosphere of ...
A very popular musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, this story is a timeless piece of theatre that is reinvented frequently. ... Webber and Rice, who adapted the play, did a great job of portraying each of the characters and their personalities through the lyrics and score of the music. ...
The Internet provides three major services to its users: E-mail, Usenet News and the World Wide Web (WWW). ... The World Wide Web is the resource most people refer to as "The Internet". ... With around 31.4 million readers and 1.6 million sites in January 1997, the World Wide Web is easily the largest worldwide mass communications medium. ... ChatBlock, blocks access to Web-based chat sites and all Internet Relay Chat servers. ... Despite a statement made by Andrew Kantor's, senior editor of Internet World, that pornography represents less than one percent of the Internet (Lloyd 39), The ...
Musical theatre has enriched the lives of millions for many years. People flock to them to hear gorgeous melodies, see extravagant costumes, and watch actors give dazzling performances. No two musicals are the same. They all have their own uniqueness. Two very unique musicals are "Rent" and "Mis...
