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Lady Gaga's 'dream comes true' as Andrew Lloyd Webber reviews Mayhem Ball

Andrew Lloyd Webber was left in awe of Lady Gaga after attending her Mayhem Ball tour in London.

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West End star Ben Lewis dies aged 46 after bowel cancer battle

The Australian actor, best known for playing The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical, has been remembered as ‘one of the great humans’ following his death

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Masquerade review – Phantom of the Opera is back with a new gimmick

An immersive, experiential reworking of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long-running musical turns it into something resembling a mostly fun theme park ride

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Why Hollywood’s first iconic Phantom of the Opera film is still puzzling us, 100 years on

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s extravagant 1986 musical version of The Phantom of the Opera will celebrate its 40th anniversary at the Sydney Opera House in 2026. But an even more enduring anniversary takes place in September 2025: 100 years since Hollywood’s first film version of The Phantom of the Opera.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber wants Nicole Scherzinger for Sunset Boulevard movie

Andrew Lloyd Webber wants Nicole Scherzinger to star in a movie adaptation of Sunset Boulevard, after her success in the musical in London and New York.

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Nicole Scherzinger bows out of Sunset Boulevard

Pop star Nicole Scherzinger has bowed out of Sunset Boulevard following a successful run on Broadway with the singer admitted the show has "has changed me forever".

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Ignore the haters, Rachel Zegler is an absolute smash in Jamie Lloyd's Evita at London Palladium

5/5 The balcony scene is a bravura piece of social commentary from Jamie Lloyd, while Fabian Aloise’s muscular choreography is charged with sexual allure

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Cats review – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s tired show has run out of lives

There are joyful moments and beautiful dance formations, but what a shame it’s all in service to the same old musical

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Rachel Zegler serenades the crowd for free in a new London production of 'Evita'

One of the biggest moments in a new production of “Evita” isn't on the stage

The Independent UK

Don’t cry for me, all you boozers! The trouble with shifting Evita’s big balcony number from stage to street

In the new Evita at the London Palladium, Rachel Zegler sings from the theatre’s actual balcony – meaning the big-paying audience doesn’t experience what passersby get for free. Could this gimmick catch on?

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Paying Evita audience upset as Don’t Cry delivered offstage to West End passersby for free

Paying audiences divided over staging in which they get video feed of Rachel Zegler singing on balcony to passersby

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Lloyd Webber is ‘hot again’ –with help from new kids on musicals block

Veteran composer’s work is everywhere, but generation who grew up admiring him say he has never been out of touch

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Queen Elizabeth Once Enjoyed Her Own Secret Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical—and It Starred a Member of the Royal Family

The custom show was created for her 60th birthday, according to famed lyricist Tim Rice.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber donates rare handwritten Sunset Boulevard score to raise money for LA wildfire victims

Signed score sheet is expected to fetch $2,500 at auction fundraiser

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The Guardian - UK

Sign of the four: Sherlock Holmes returns for Christmas comedy by two duos

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice have created songs for a Theatreland mystery by Humphrey Ker and David Reed. We find out how they doubled up for the detective’s ‘gory’ new case

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Stage musicals should embrace use of surtitles, says lyricist Tim Rice

The songwriter, who has reunited with Andrew Lloyd Webber for a Christmas mystery, said growing popularity of TV subtitles may have a welcome effect in theatres

The Guardian - UK

‘King of the musicools!’ Inside the outrageous musical send-up of Andrew Lloyd Webber

It’s had hit runs in Edinburgh and Soho – and was the Guardian’s funniest show of 2024. Now it’s blazing into the West End. Comedy duo Flo & Joan (who were both in Joseph at school) reveal all about One Man Musical

Evening Standard

Evita to return to London’s West End with revival directed by Jamie Lloyd

Andrew Lloyd Webber is teaming up with Jamie Lloyd again, following their huge success with Sunset Boulevard

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The Independent UK

What does your winter coat say about you? We see you Andrew Lloyd Webber

LET’S UNPACK THAT: After the composer shocked onlookers by wearing a Canada Goose jacket to the farmers’ protest, Ellie Muir looks at what our outer layers say about us, and how they can carry unintentional deeper meanings

The Guardian - AU

Jesus Christ Superstar review – Lloyd Webber’s irresistible musical takes a victory lap of Australia

Capitol theatre, Sydney; then Perth, Melbourne and BrisbaneIs it still earnest and silly? Yes. But this 50th anniversary production has some incredible moments and performances that raise the roof

The Independent UK

There are two new EGOTs: Who is in the elite awards club?

This week, ‘La La Land’ and ‘Only Murders in the Building’ songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul became the twentieth and twenty-first people to take home an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. Kevin E G Perry looks back at their fellow winners and how a ‘Miami Vice’…

The Guardian - UK

One Man Musical by Flo & Joan review – Andrew Lloyd Webber gets ‘a show about me!’

George Fouracres portrays the impresario as a haughty and pugnacious squire, while the comedy duo play keyboard and drums

The Independent UK

Starlight Express review: A neon fever dream you’ll watch with your mouth wide open

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s singing, roller-skating steam trains are back for a night of absolute maximalism. Yes, it’s more spectacle than sense – but your inner child (and actual children) will be delighted

The Independent UK

Steam engines, injuries and a train called Brexit: The mad story of Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express

As Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most surreal theatrical extravaganza returns to London, Katie Rosseinsky dives into its bizarre history, from early bafflement over its plot – Elvis, a bisexual engine, disembodied children! – to Arlene Phillips choreographing it all on roller skates

The Guardian - AU

Sunset Boulevard review – Sarah Brightman disappoints in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s mawkish musical

In her first theatre role in decades, the soprano is simply not up to the task of playing Norma Desmond

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