Andrew Lloyd Webber Archive

Phantom To Celebrate 10,000th Performance

It’s a feat never before accomplished by any other show on the Great White Way. On February 11th, The Phantom Of The Opera will celebrate it’s 10,000th performance! And producers have announced that ticket sales for that day’s matinee performance will be donated to the Actors Fund, an organization which helps those who work in [...]
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Jesus Christ Superstar Revival Headed To Broadway

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, is heading to Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre in the spring of 2012. The classic musical, which chronicles the last days of Jesus Christ’s life, met with much acclaim during its run at the Stratford Festival in Ontario. It will be heading to California’s La [...]
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Love Never Dies Not Coming To Broadway

After weeks of speculation, a spokesman for the production has confirmed that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies will not be coming to Broadway this Spring as previously announced. The musical, which is a sequel to Phantom of the Opera, had originally planned to make its Broadway debut in November of this year. Lloyd Webber’s [...]
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Love Never Dies Delayed Due to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Health

It’s the sequel to Phantom of the Opera. And Andrew Lloyd’s Webber’s Love Never Dies was scheduled to make it’s Broadway debut later this year in November. Now there’s word that the opening will be delayed until Spring of 2011, owing to issues with the famed composer’s health. You may recall that we reported Lloyd [...]
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Big Names Broadway Bound

Denzel Coming To Broadway It’s official. Two time Oscar winning actor Denzel Washington is headed for The Great White Way this spring. Washington will co-star with Viola Davis in the upcoming revival of August Wilson’s Fences. Set in the 1950s, Fences is the sixth in Wilson’s ten-part Pittsburgh Cycle. Like all of the Pittsburgh plays, [...]
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Good News & Bad News from Broadway

Neil Simon Revivals Closed & Canceled Call it a sign of the times – the tough economic times, that is. After opening on Broadway barely a week ago, the new revival of Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs is already history. According to the New York Times, the show, which opened on October 25th, played its [...]
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Coming to Broadway…

FELA! After a rousing off-Broadway reception in 2008, the new musical Fela! is now Broadway bound. Fela! uses stirring Afrobeat music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), to tell the story of Fela Anikupalo Kuti’s controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician. Here’s a little sneak preview of what [...]
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The ShowBus Buzz

Wishful Drinking September 22nd marks the start of previews for Carrie Fisher’s autobiographical show, Wishful Drinking. In the production, Fisher recounts the true and intoxicating tale of her life as a Hollywood legend, told with the same wry wit she poured into bestsellers like ‘Postcards from the Edge.’ The daughter of Hollywood legends Eddie Fisher [...]
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