Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Tim rice - The Untold Story

“It was very emotional. There was a feeling that this was the end”: The mystery of Abba’s melancholy parting shot

It was their final recording for 35 years

MusicRadar

"The key to the band's sound is that all the guys in the band are really into progressive rock..." Magic Pie beat a case of writer's block to make sixth album Maestro

Norwegian proggers (with an Icelandic singer) Magic Pie dialled up the heavy rock quota on 2025's Maestro, their first new album for six years

Louder

Rachel Zegler bringing 'reimagined' Evita musical to Broadway after West End success

The 24-year old starred in Jamie Lloyd’s West End revival of the hit musical where she portrayed the former first lady of Argentina, Eva Peron

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Rachel Zegler’s award-winning Evita to hit Broadway in 2027

After an acclaimed, Olivier-winning run on the West End, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical revival will transfer to New York

The Guardian - US

Queen pays tribute to Elaine Paige as singer honoured at Olivier Awards

Dame Elaine has starred in musicals including Cats and Evita in a career spanning decades.

Evening Standard

Queen pays tribute to Elaine Paige as musical theatre legend is honoured at Olivier Awards

Elaine Paige has starred in a number of musicals including Cats and Evita

The Independent UK

Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Plini, Chimpan A, William Gilmour & John McGuigan, Playgrounded and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Ace new prog from Oh Hiroshima, Telepathy, The Prominent Citizens and more in all new Tracks Of The Week

Louder

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Frank Dunlop obituary

Founder of the Young Vic who later became the director of the Edinburgh international festival

The Guardian - UK

"I remember when we wrote it, there was a huge amount of excitement. It gives such a lift to the whole project... basically saying 'That's the DNA we're going to be build from'": Alan Menken looks back on his biggest Disney movie compositions

Meet the songwriting behind hits from The Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast, Tangled, Aladdin and many more

MusicRadar

Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas review – Lloyd Webber and Rice reunite for festive felonies

Humphrey Ker and David Reed’s witty thriller blends Victorian sleuthing, meta gags and new songs by the great musical-theatre duo

The Guardian - UK

Chess review – messy Broadway revival wastes catchy Abba songs

A 1980s concept album, from Tim Rice and Abba members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, is brought back to the stage with uneven results

The Guardian - US

Tim Rice: I would ‘consider’ using AI to help write songs

The songwriter wrote the hit musicals Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar alongside Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Evening Standard

"He was being very naughty under the piano with a woman at the same time he was singing": The epic story of the ‘stolen’ song that could be the next Stranger Things hit

Deep Purple's Child In Time has a long and complicated history – and now a whole new audience are hearing it for the first time

Metal Hammer

Jesus Christ Superstar review – innovative, emotional revival is divinely inspired

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1971 Biblical rock musical seems strikingly topical in this powerful staging, which has a large cast of actor-musicians and a Gethsemane scene in a real garden

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Evita review – Rachel Zegler is phenomenal but Jamie Lloyd’s rock show drowns out the story

Zegler excels as Eva Perón and the crowds outside are used to capture the hypnotic appeal of populism but the narrative takes a backseat in his staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

Saint or swindler? Why, more than 70 years after her death, Eva Perón remains so fascinating

IN FOCUS: As Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s juggernaut musical ‘Evita’ prepares for its West End return, Alastair Smart revisits the life and legend of Argentina’s former first lady

Marie Claire

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.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

BANG Premier

Rachel Zegler to make London West End debut in Evita

Rachel Zegler is starring in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical revival of 'Evita' in London's West End this summer.

Evening Standard

Cynthia Erivo reveals church choir fallout before landing Jesus Christ Superstar role

The actress, 38, will take to the stage as Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl and admitted she was a ‘bit of rebel’ when she younger

The Guardian - UK

Hear, hear for surtitles in all theatre productions

Letters: Readers respond to Tim Rice’s suggestion of surtitles for stage musicals

The Guardian - 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 Independent UK

Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘I have a Pulitzer and a MacArthur Genius Grant. I’m already something no one else is’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW : The ‘Hamilton’ creator and ‘Moana’ and ‘Encanto’ songwriter had the daunting task of crafting a successor to Elton John’s beloved ‘Lion King’ soundtrack. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about the lure of working with Barry Jenkins, endangered Disney ballads and why he doesn’t care…

The Guardian - UK

Mufasa: The Lion King review – storytelling takes pride of place in punchy origin tale

This heartfelt prequel to the 1994 classic recounts the dramatic backstory of King Mufasa but is scarred by a forgettable musical score

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.