He later worked as an executive producer on a film adaptation of Cats (2019). Because of that, he became one of only 15 individuals to earn an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). Besides, in 2018 was aired a live telecast of Jesus Christ Superstar, and as a co-producer Lloyd Webber received a Creative Arts Emmy Award when the show was named best live variety special.
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His other musicals included The Likes of Us (1965) Jeeves (1975) Tell Me on a Sunday (1979) Song and Dance (1982) Starlight Express (1984), inspired by The Railway series books by The Wilbert Awdry Cricket (1986) Aspects of Love (1989), based on the David Garnett's novel Sunset Boulevard (1993), which won Tony Awards for best music and best score and is an adaptation of the film Whistle Down the Wind (1998) The Beautiful Game (2000) The Woman in White (2004), based on the Wilkie Collins’s novel Love Never Dies (2010) The Wizard of Oz (2011), an adaptation of the film Stephen Ward (2013) and School of Rock (2015), inspired by the 2003 movie of the same name. The Phantom of the Opera won best musical at Tony Awards and is still on stage. The play was translated into several languages and produced in more than twenty countries. It is the longest-running Broadway musical in history, a record previously held by Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar, and the second most financially successful Broadway show of all time with revenue of $6 billion as of December 2017. In 1986 Lloyd Webber released his most successful musical, The Phantom of the Opera, based on the homonym book by Gaston Leroux. Cats was played 8,949 times in London and 7,485 in New York. It was on stage for 21 seasons until 2002 and won two Tony Award for best musical and best score and a Grammy Award for best original Broadway cast recording. In 1981 he presented Cats, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and other poems by Thomas Stearns Eliot. This production received two Tony Awards for best musical and best score, and a Grammy for best cast show album. His next successful work was the musical biopic Evita, based on the life of Eva Peron, wife of Argentine former President Juan Domingo Perón. Lloyd Webber became famous in 1971 with his rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, a work that blended classical with rock music to represent the story of Jesus’ life. In 1968, he had his first success with the musical comedy Joseph and the Amazing Techicolor Dreamcoat, a pop composition for children that gained worldwide recognition in a later full-length version. In 1964 Lloyd Webber went to Magdalen College to study history, but a year later dropped out to enroll at the Royal College of Music and compose musicals and songs. He continued his music studies at elementary school, and at nine years old was able to play the organ and assisted his father during performances. Lloyd Webber learned to play various instruments at home and began composing at an early age.
He has a brother, Julian Lloyd Webber, a former concert cellist and currently Principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948, in the South Kensington district in London, England, to Jean Johnstone, a piano teacher, and violinist, and William Lloyd Webber, an organist and composer who eventually became director of the London College of Music. The company's assets include seven London theaters that he restored.
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The company is owned exclusively by him and is involved in professional theater, amateur and school productions, film and television, and records and publishing. In 1977 Lloyd Webber founded the Really Useful Company (later Really Useful Group), which manages his productions since then and also works with other producers and authors.
His memoir, Unmasked, was published in 2018. Since 1997, he has been Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and can sit in the House of Lords in Parliament in London, England. From the 1960s to the 2000s he has been updating his style, ranging from classical to rock, pop, and jazz, with the inclusion of choral-like performances in his musicals. His shows have been performed in 148 countries around the world. He is best known for his stage musicals and the film adaptations Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Cats (1994), Evita (1996), and The Phantom of the Opera (2004).
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