Unmasked / Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948-.

Lloyd Webber, Andrew.

Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948- Cats.

Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948- Jesus Christ superstar.

Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948- Phantom of the Opera.

Cats (Lloyd Webber, Andrew).

Jesus Christ superstar (Lloyd Webber, Andrew).

Phantom of the Opera (Lloyd Webber, Andrew).

Musical theater--Biography.

Musical theater.

Musical theater--Anecdotes.

Musical theater--History and criticism--20th century.

Musicals--Writing and publishing--Anecdotes.

Musicals.

Composers--England--Biography.

Composers.

Musicals--Writing and publishing.

England.

Musicals--History and criticism.

Composers--Great Britain--Biography.

Great Britain.

Local Subjects:

Musicals--History and criticism.

Genre:

Biographies.

Anecdotes.

Autobiographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 517 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]

Summary:

Andrew Lloyd Webber dominated musical theater in the 1970s and 80s. His hit shows included Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and most recently, School of Rock. Now the composer takes stock of his achievements, the twists of fate and circumstance that brought him both success and disappointment, and the passions that inspire and sustain him. The son of a music professor and a piano teacher, Lloyd Webber reveals his artistic influences, from his idols Rodgers and Hammerstein and the perfection of South Pacific's "Some Enchanted Evening," to the pop and rock music of the 1960s and Puccini's Tosca, to P.G. Wodehouse and T.S. Eliot. Taking us behind the scenes of his productions, he reveals fascinating details about each show, including the rich cast of characters involved with making them, and the creative and logistical challenges and artistic political battles that ensued. Lloyd Webber shares his recollections of the works that have become cultural touchstones: writings songs for a school production that would become his first hit, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; finding the coterie of performers for his classic rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar; developing his first megahit, Evita, which would win seven Tonys Awards, including Best Musical; staking his reputation and fortune on the groundbreaking Cats; and making history with the dazzling The Phantom of the Opera.

Contents:

Overture and beginners

Perseus & Co.

Some enchanted ruin

Auntie Vi

A whiter shade of something that didn't taste very nice in the first place

"Mr Lloyd Webber, do you like cats?"

Enter Timothy Miles Bindon Rice

Teenage operas, pop cantatas

Elvis with mellotron and tambourines

Any dream won't do

"Did Judas Iscariot have God on his side?"

Love changes everything, but ...

JCS meets RSO

Jesus goes to Broadway

A bad case of the Edward Woodwards

Suddenly there's a valet

Syd

Driverless juggernauts hurtling down a hill

Eva and Juan

The long hot summer and the sound of a Paraguayan harp

The song that cleared the dance floors

Imogen and Niccolò

Variations

Really useful

Tell me on a Sunday

"This artfully produced monument to human indecency"

Shaddap and take that look off your face

Mr Mackintosh

"All the characters must be cats"

Growltiger's last stand

Body stockings, leg warmers and meat cleavers

Song and dance, and sleep

"The most obnoxious form of 'music' ever invented"

Miss Sarah Brightman

"Brrrohahaha!!!"

Requiem

Epiphany

"Big change from book"

Year of the Phantom

In another part of the West End forest ...

Mr. Crawford

"Let your soul take you where you want to be!"

Playout music.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780062424204

0062424203

OCLC:

989983627