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Lloyd Web·ber

(wĕb′ər), Sir Andrew Born 1948.

British composer. His many popularly successful musicals include Jesus Christ Superstar (1971), Evita (1976), and The Phantom of the Opera (1986).

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Lloyd Webber

(ˈwɛbə)

1. (Biography) Andrew, Baron Lloyd-Webber. born 1948, English composer. His musicals include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (1968), Jesus Christ Superstar (1970), and Evita (1978), all with lyrics by Tim Rice, and Cats (1981), Phantom of the Opera (1986), Sunset Boulevard (1993), and The Beautiful Game (2000)

2. (Biography) his brother, Julian. born 1951, British cellist

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Lloyd Webber - English composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948)

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LOS ANGELES -- Andrew Lloyd Webber has written some of the most successful stage musicals of all time.

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TALENTED young performers in Merseyside are being encouraged to audition for a place on a prestigious threeyear musical theatre training course, which will be funded by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation.

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The iconic composer Andrew Lloyd Webber celebrates his 70th birthday with the publication of his memoir, Unmasked (Harper, $28.99, 528 pages, ISBN 9780062424204).

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COMPOSER and theatre supremo Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed a battle with depression which led him to consider suicide.

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RENOWNED musician Julian Lloyd Webber swapped his cello for a shovel to put the first spade in the ground on the development of the city's new Birmingham Conservatoire.

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AN evening of story-telling and live music will take place at the Grand Pavilion in Porthcawl next month as Julian Lloyd Webber takes audiences through a musical journey of his life and career.

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An Evening With Julian Lloyd Webber Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl AN evening of story-telling and live music will take place at the Grand Pavilion in Porthcawl next month as Julian Lloyd Webber takes audiences through a musical journey of his life and career.

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AN evening of stories and music is on the bill at Darlington's Civic Theatre courtesy of Julian Lloyd Webber. The world renowned cellist, pictured, comes to town on Tuesday February 24 with a historical and musical journey of his life and career.

cellist's ellist's storiestories; JULIAN LLOYD OYDO WEBBER, .DAR D LINGTO LING N CIVIC THEATRE

Lord Lloyd-Webber and Sir Trevor Nunn in crowd and at Llandudno Junction train station Pics: JOHN EVANS and BENJI ROBEAR & TIMOTHY ANDERSON THEATRE goers purred with delight after seeing Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and producer Sir Trevor Nunn among the audience at a performance of Cats.

CATS'' EYES SPOT LORD LLYOD-WEBBER

He had encouraged pupils Lloyd Webber and Rice to write a piece that would for the basis of their hit Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.