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Andrew Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948. "Cats" premiered in the West End in 1981, which means he was 33 years old at that time. The musical was based on T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats," and it became one of his most successful works.
The musical created by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on poems by T.S. Eliot is "Cats." Premiering in 1981, it is inspired by Eliot's poetry collection "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats." The musical features a variety of feline characters and explores themes of identity and belonging through their stories. "Cats" became one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history.
No. The first show they wrote together was called The Likes of Us, written in the early 1960s. The show was never performed until 2005.After that, they wrote a cantata which eventually became the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technical Dreamcoat. That, too, only became popular after the success of their third attempt at a musical, Jesus Christ Superstar. Both Joseph and Superstar were recorded first as rock albums. Only after they were proven to be popular, did they make it to the stage.Lloyd Webber and Rice worked together again in the mid-70s, creating the musical Evita, based on the life of Eva Peron.
The 1990 musical production of "The Phantom of the Opera" featured a cast that included Michael Crawford as the Phantom and Sarah Brightman as Christine Daaé. This production was directed by Hal Prince and is notable for its elaborate set design and memorable musical score by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The show premiered in London's West End and quickly became a global phenomenon.
"The Phantom of the Opera" opened in Toronto on November 24, 1989. This production marked the first North American staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, which had originally debuted in London in 1986. The Toronto run was significant for its elaborate set design and became a major cultural event in the city.
Douglas Wilder became the mayor of Richmond, Virginia in 2009.
Douglas Wilder became the first black governor of Virginia in 1989.
Andrew Lloyd Webber grew up among an accomplished musical family. His late father William was director of the London College of Music, his mother Jean is a piano instructor, and his brother Julian, for whom Andrew composed Variations, is a noted concert cellist. As a young boy, Lloyd Webber played the piano, violin, and French horn, and his first composition, six short pieces titled The Toy Theatre Suite, was published when he was nine years old.His musical idol was composer Richard Rodgers, composer of such stage classics as Oklahoma, The King and I, and South Pacific, the latter Lloyd Webber's personal favorite.Lloyd Webber's formal education ended after only one term at Oxford.Lloyd Webber studied music at the Royal College of Music located in the South Kensington district in Central London.
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Cats was a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It became the longest running musical on Broadway. Basic plot: A bunch of alley cats, singing by the light of the full moon, about the stories of other cats. They are trying to decide who will go to the "Heaviside Lair". There is a particular cat, Grizabella, who is rejected because of how she looks. In the end, she teaches the other cats the meaning of what happiness is, and "Old Deuteronomy chooses her to go to the Heaviside lair.