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Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948, and grew up in South Kensington, England. His childhood was spent in a home filled with music and he demonstrated, from an early age, an extraordinary talent for it. He is the composer of many musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera and Sunset Boulevard. The late Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom knighted him in 1992 as Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. He is the recipient of six Tony Awards, three Grammys, one Oscar, one Emmy, four Olivier Awards and a Golden Globe. In 2006, he was named one of five of that year’s Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Love Never Dies, a sequel to his Phantom of the Opera, opened in London in 2010. In 2011, he wrote the music for a new stage version of The Wizard of Oz. Originally starring Michael Crawford (the original star of Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera), the production opened in London in March 2011 and ran until September 2012 (followed thereafter by a production in Toronto and a U.S. tour). In 2015, his stage adaptation of School of Rock: The Musical, opened on Broadway (and ran for three years at the Winter Garden Theatre). In 2018, he published his memoir, Unmasked. His new musical version of Cinderella was one of the first shows to re-open London’s West End theater district following the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. After running for one year in London, the show came to Broadway in 2023 (under the new title Bad Cinderella) but only ran for three months. In 2023, Lloyd Webber was one of 12 composers asked to write a new piece for the coronation of Charles III and Camilla. His anthem, "Make a Joyful Noise," was performed during the enthronement of Queen Camilla. This fall, a new Broadway production of his Sunset Boulevard opened at the St. James Theatre in New York City. His foundation, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Music Program, was launched in 2013 and is one of England’s leading arts and education charities. Currently, nearly 3,000 children receive free musical instruments and music tuition throughout their school careers thanks to the foundation’s gifts.

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948, and grew up in South Kensington, England. His childhood was spent in a home filled with music and he demonstrated, from an early age, an extraordinary talent for it. He is the composer of many musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera and Sunset Boulevard. The late Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom knighted him in 1992 as Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. He is the recipient of six Tony Awards, three Grammys, one Oscar, one Emmy, four Olivier Awards and a Golden Globe. In 2006, he was named one of five of that year’s Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Love Never Dies, a sequel to his Phantom of the Opera, opened in London in 2010. In 2011, he wrote the music for a new stage version of The Wizard of Oz. Originally starring Michael Crawford (the original star of Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera), the production opened in London in March 2011 and ran until September 2012 (followed thereafter by a production in Toronto and a U.S. tour). In 2015, his stage adaptation of School of Rock: The Musical, opened on Broadway (and ran for three years at the Winter Garden Theatre). In 2018, he published his memoir, Unmasked. His new musical version of Cinderella was one of the first shows to re-open London’s West End theater district following the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. After running for one year in London, the show came to Broadway in 2023 (under the new title Bad Cinderella) but only ran for three months. In 2023, Lloyd Webber was one of 12 composers asked to write a new piece for the coronation of Charles III and Camilla. His anthem, "Make a Joyful Noise," was performed during the enthronement of Queen Camilla. This fall, a new Broadway production of his Sunset Boulevard opened at the St. James Theatre in New York City. His foundation, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Music Program, was launched in 2013 and is one of England’s leading arts and education charities. Currently, nearly 3,000 children receive free musical instruments and music tuition throughout their school careers thanks to the foundation’s gifts.