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Webber in Moscow, November 2008
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. His company, the Really Useful Group, is one of the largest theatre operators in London.
During his career, he has produced 15 musicals (several have run at the West End and on Broadway for ten or more years). His lyricists have included: Tim Rice, Don Black, Christopher Hampton, Richard Stilgoe, and Ben Elton. He wrote the music for two movies: Gumshoe and The Odessa File. He wrote a Latin requiem mass. He has won a large number of awards for his work, most notably seven Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Oscar, an International Emmy, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. Lloyd Webber was knighted in 1992, and entered the House of Lords in 1997.
Lloyd Webber's second marriage was to the actress and singer Sarah Brightman. They divorced in 1990. Lloyd Webber's third and current wife is Madeleine Gurdon, a former three-day event horsewoman. His younger brother is cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. On 25 October 2009, it was reported that Webber had been diagnosed with the early stages of prostate cancer. He had an operation and has recovered.
Musicals
He has many musical plays, including:
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1967)
- Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
- Evita (1976)
- Cats (1981)
- Song and Dance (1982)
- Starlight Express (1984)
- Phantom of the Opera (1985)
- Aspects of Love (1989)
- Sunset Blvd. (1993)
- By Jeeves (1996), a rewritten 1974 show
- Whistle Down the Wind (1998)
- The Beautiful Game (2000)
- The Woman in White (2004)
- Love Never Dies (2010)
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Lloyd Webber was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993 for his contribution to live theatre
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Westminster School
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U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush stand with the Kennedy Center honourees in the Blue Room of the White House during a reception Sunday, 3 December 2006. From left, they are: singer and songwriter William "Smokey" Robinson; Andrew Lloyd Webber; country singer Dolly Parton; film director Steven Spielberg; and conductor Zubin Mehta.
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Lloyd Webber and the UK's Eurovision entrant Jade Ewen
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Lloyd Webber and Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest held in Moscow