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Ignore the haters, Rachel Zegler is an absolute smash in Jamie Lloyd's Evita at London Palladium

5/5 The balcony scene is a bravura piece of social commentary from Jamie Lloyd, while Fabian Aloise’s muscular choreography is charged with sexual allure

Evening Standard

Cats review – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s tired show has run out of lives

There are joyful moments and beautiful dance formations, but what a shame it’s all in service to the same old musical

The Guardian - AU

Rachel Zegler serenades the crowd for free in a new London production of 'Evita'

One of the biggest moments in a new production of “Evita” isn't on the stage

The Independent UK

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Don’t cry for me, all you boozers! The trouble with shifting Evita’s big balcony number from stage to street

In the new Evita at the London Palladium, Rachel Zegler sings from the theatre’s actual balcony – meaning the big-paying audience doesn’t experience what passersby get for free. Could this gimmick catch on?

The Guardian - UK

Paying Evita audience upset as Don’t Cry delivered offstage to West End passersby for free

Paying audiences divided over staging in which they get video feed of Rachel Zegler singing on balcony to passersby

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Lloyd Webber is ‘hot again’ –with help from new kids on musicals block

Veteran composer’s work is everywhere, but generation who grew up admiring him say he has never been out of touch

The Guardian - UK

Queen Elizabeth Once Enjoyed Her Own Secret Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical—and It Starred a Member of the Royal Family

The custom show was created for her 60th birthday, according to famed lyricist Tim Rice.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber donates rare handwritten Sunset Boulevard score to raise money for LA wildfire victims

Signed score sheet is expected to fetch $2,500 at auction fundraiser

The Independent UK

Sign of the four: Sherlock Holmes returns for Christmas comedy by two duos

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice have created songs for a Theatreland mystery by Humphrey Ker and David Reed. We find out how they doubled up for the detective’s ‘gory’ new case

The Guardian - UK

Stage musicals should embrace use of surtitles, says lyricist Tim Rice

The songwriter, who has reunited with Andrew Lloyd Webber for a Christmas mystery, said growing popularity of TV subtitles may have a welcome effect in theatres

The Guardian - UK

‘King of the musicools!’ Inside the outrageous musical send-up of Andrew Lloyd Webber

It’s had hit runs in Edinburgh and Soho – and was the Guardian’s funniest show of 2024. Now it’s blazing into the West End. Comedy duo Flo & Joan (who were both in Joseph at school) reveal all about One Man Musical

The Guardian - UK

Evita to return to London’s West End with revival directed by Jamie Lloyd

Andrew Lloyd Webber is teaming up with Jamie Lloyd again, following their huge success with Sunset Boulevard

Evening Standard

What does your winter coat say about you? We see you Andrew Lloyd Webber

LET’S UNPACK THAT: After the composer shocked onlookers by wearing a Canada Goose jacket to the farmers’ protest, Ellie Muir looks at what our outer layers say about us, and how they can carry unintentional deeper meanings

The Independent UK

Jesus Christ Superstar review – Lloyd Webber’s irresistible musical takes a victory lap of Australia

Capitol theatre, Sydney; then Perth, Melbourne and BrisbaneIs it still earnest and silly? Yes. But this 50th anniversary production has some incredible moments and performances that raise the roof

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Steven Spielberg is the latest EGOT winner: Who else is in the elite awards club?

EGOT WINNERS: This weekend, Steven Spielberg became just the twenty-second person to have taken home an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony

The Guardian - UK

One Man Musical by Flo & Joan review – Andrew Lloyd Webber gets ‘a show about me!’

George Fouracres portrays the impresario as a haughty and pugnacious squire, while the comedy duo play keyboard and drums

The Independent UK

Starlight Express review: A neon fever dream you’ll watch with your mouth wide open

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s singing, roller-skating steam trains are back for a night of absolute maximalism. Yes, it’s more spectacle than sense – but your inner child (and actual children) will be delighted

The Independent UK

Steam engines, injuries and a train called Brexit: The mad story of Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express

As Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most surreal theatrical extravaganza returns to London, Katie Rosseinsky dives into its bizarre history, from early bafflement over its plot – Elvis, a bisexual engine, disembodied children! – to Arlene Phillips choreographing it all on roller skates

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The Guardian - AU

Sunset Boulevard review – Sarah Brightman disappoints in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s mawkish musical

In her first theatre role in decades, the soprano is simply not up to the task of playing Norma Desmond

Newcastle Herald

Superstars bring songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to the Civic

Silvie Paladino and Amy Vee are part of the all-star cast.

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express is roaring back and I’m ready to be transported

This daffy musical about racing trains inspired countless stage careers, including my own. A child’s imagination made real, it is a perfect introduction to theatre

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Lloyd Webber asked priest to bless London home over poltergeist

Impresario says ghost would pile up theatre scripts in obscure room but finally left after priest’s visit

Evening Standard

Andrew Lloyd Webber says he called in priest to banish poltergeist from his Belgravia home

He said the mischievous spirit had a penchant for stacking up theatre scripts in neat piles

The Independent UK

Andrew Lloyd Webber forms ‘supergroup’ to call on government for music education support

‘In a world that feels more divided than at any point in my lifetime, and with conflict raging around the world with incalculable consequences, music has a unique ability to unite’

The Guardian - UK

Stars back Andrew Lloyd Webber call for music education funding

Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa among signatories of letter to Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer calling for funds for music in disadvantaged schools

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