School of Rock is Headed to Broadway, Thanks to Andrew Lloyd Webber

Take notes, because the School of Rock is back in session.

Paul McCartney, Adele Top Richest U.K. Musicians List

Sorry Elton John, Sir Paul reigns again as the Britain's richest musician. The former Beatle and his third wife, American heiress Nancy Shevell, took the no. 1...

Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita: One Sings, the Other Doesn't

Let us now remember the days when Andrew Lloyd Webber was more than just a Broadway punch line. The British composer, you’ll recall, was once the hot new thing...

First Look: Sotto Voce Minnie

She may play a nightmare diva in December's Phantom of the Opera movie, but busy Brit MINNIE DRIVER is grounded enough to know her budding music career hasn't...

Theater: A Wild Musical About India Heads to the U.S.

It's hard to imagine a more garishly perfect show-business union than Andrew Lloyd Webber and Bollywood. Lloyd Webber, of course, is the British showman who...

An Uneven — But Surprisingly Good — 'Thou Shalt Not'

Usually I find myself in the populist camp when it comes to musicals. Unlike most of my colleagues, I'm a fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber; I never understood...

All of London's His Stage

If content is king in the new world of global media, the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is no minor princeling. His The Phantom of the Opera has played in London's...

Theater: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Whistle A Happy Tune

Andrew Lloyd Webber was chatting over lunch a couple of weeks ago in an Italian restaurant near his home on London's tony Eaton Square. The place "used to be hot...

Music: Audra McDonald: The Next Generation

Where did the sassy, savvy show tunes of yesteryear go? Has the all-American genre been smothered in middlebrow blandness by Andrew Lloyd Webber and his...

THEATER: GRABBING HIS MOMENT

Anyone who writes music for songs with titles like This Is the Moment and Once Upon a Dream is hardly likely to be a gloomy Gus. But Frank Wildhorn just may be...