Andrew Lloyd Webber Hated The ‘Cats’ Movie So Much That He Bought A Dog

“Cinderella,” unsurprisingly, are its cast and Lloyd Webber’s heart-racing ballads sung on a bare stage.Cinderella, Georgina Onuorah (she is the alternate, the role is normally played by Carrie Hope Fletcher), makes a striking West End debut with modern pop flair in a song called “I Know I Have a Heart.” She sits, shattered after the ball, on the center of the stage in a big white gown and powerfully wails her pain right to us.As her Prince Sebastian, a nontraditionally geeky heir, talented

After Adele made headlines this week for unveiling her unique prized possession, James Corden is now speaking out.

Gordon Cox Theater EditorAndrew Lloyd Webber would welcome a transgender performer in the cast of one of his shows, the composer and producer said in an interview recorded live at the Variety Legit: Return to Broadway event presented by City National Bank.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below:“I’ve got nothing against a trans performer,” Lloyd Webber said in the talk, now available as part of the new episode of Variety’s theater podcast, “Stagecraft.” “The question is, are they the

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Jeymes Samuel was finally on location in Santa Fe, N.M., gearing up to shoot his feature directorial debut, the high-octane Western “The Harder They Fall.” His dream project was about to become a reality.To help him realize his vision, he’d assembled an all-star cast headlined by Idris Elba, Jonathan Majors and Regina King, fresh off her supporting actress Oscar win for “If Beale Street Could Talk.” Netflix had put up $90 million to fund Samuel’s radical reimagining of what he calls the New

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAndrew Lloyd Webber has made no secret of his distain for Hollywood’s movie adaptation of his long-running musical “Cats.”Though the cinematic version offered up the rarity of A-list talent like Taylor Swift, Judi Dench, Jennifer Hudson, Jason Derulo and James Corden pretending to be full-sized felines, “Cats” was widely panned and flopped at the box office in spectacular fashion.

Variety brought together several Broadway heavyweights, including Andrew Lloyd Webber (you know what he’s done!) and director Jerry Zaks (“Hello, Dolly!”), as well as stage stars like Beanie Feldstein (the upcoming “Funny Girl” revival), Ron Cephas Jones (“Clyde’s”) and Sharon D. Clarke (“Caroline, or Change”) for Legit! The Return to Broadway, a breakfast held at Second in partnership with City National Bank.

Daniel Craig swings his leather jacket around and around while doing a bit with James Corden on The Late Late Show on Thursday night (October 7).

"Cats"-lover Andrew Lloyd Webber has become a dog person. The film adaptation of his original production of "Cats" flopped in theaters in 2019, receiving a litter of scathing reviews.

adaptation of his original production of “Cats” flopped in theaters in 2019, receiving a litter of scathing reviews.The film was so bad that it made composer Lloyd Webber get a therapy dog.In an interview with Variety, the Broadway director said the movie was “off-the-scale all wrong.”“I saw it and I just thought, ‘Oh, God, no,’” he said. “It was the first time in my 70-odd years on this planet that I went out and bought a dog.

Cats, stating it was responsible for him buying a dog.Directed by Tom Hooper, Cats was panned by critics upon release for its bizarre CGI feline makeovers and oddball casting, which included James Corden, Jason Derulo, Dame Judi Dench, Taylor Swift and Jennifer Hudson.After previously branding the film adaptation “ridiculous” shortly following its release, Lloyd Webber, who created the original Cats musical, has taken aim at the film once again.Speaking to Variety, Lloyd Webber said: “Cats was

Andrew Lloyd Webber really, really hated the Cats movie.

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Coldplay have announced a week-long music residency on The Late Late Show with James Corden.The residency will begin a few days after the release of the band’s ninth studio album ‘Music Of The Spheres’, which is set to arrive on October 15, and follows a similar week-long stint on the show from Lorde in August.Coldplay will celebrate ‘Music Of The Spheres’ by kicking off their Late Late Show residency on October 18, which will run until October 21.The residency will see the band performing