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Andrew Lloyd Webber Working on Modern Cinderella Musical
Lloyd Webber is collaborating with Tom MacRae and Emerald Fennell.
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Tony, Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar winner Andrew Lloyd Webber is at work on a new musical: a contemporary retelling of the classic Cinderella story, according to Deadline .
Lloyd Webber, currently represented on Broadway with the long-running The Phantom of the Opera and School of Rock , is working with writers Tom MacRae (Everybody's Talking About Jamie) and Emerald Fennell (Call the Midwife ).
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The
Evita, Cats, and
Sunset Boulevard composer plans to have his score completed by the end of 2018.
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It's a busy time for Lloyd Webber, who is also readying his international hit Cats for the silver screen . The composer also picked up an Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Variety Special for the recent NBC broadcast of Jesus Christ Superstar: Live in Concert.
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From Jesus Christ Superstar to School of Rock: Look Through the Shows of Andrew Lloyd Webber
From Jesus Christ Superstar to School of Rock: Look Through the Shows of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, who currently has 2 shows on Broadway, was born March 22.
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Jesus Christ Superstar Playbill - Oct 1971
Jeff Fenholt and cast
Friedman-Abeles/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Evita Playbill - Opening Night, Sept 1979
Patti LuPone
Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Laurie Beechman and Bill Hutton
Cats Playbill - Opening Night, Oct 1982
Cast
Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Song and Dance Playbill - Oct 1985
Bernadette Peters and Christopher D'Amboise
Robert Torti and company in the original Broadway production of Starlight Express.
Martha Swope / The New York Public Library
Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman in The Phantom of the Opera.
Aspects of Love Playbill - June 1990
Ann Crumb and Michael Ball in Aspects of Love .
Sunset Boulevard Playbill - Opening Night, Nov 1994
Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard
Craig Schwartz
By Jeeves Playbill - Opening Night, Oct 2001
Martin Jarvis (left) is Jeeves and John Scherer is Bertie Wooster in By Jeeves.
Maria Friedman in the The Woman in White .
Alex Brightman and the kid band from School of Rock—the Musical (2015).
Matthew Murphy