‘Cats’ composer Andrew Lloyd Webber bought a dog because film was so awful

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaConcord Theatricals has extended its long-term partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Really Useful Group for exclusive representation of the legendary composer’s professional and amateur stage licensing rights in North America.The deal with the licensing giant covers such Lloyd Webber composed classics as “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Evita” and “Cats,” as well as lesser-known and less-frequently produced shows such as “Tell Me On a Sunday” and

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“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

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X Factor star Cher Lloyd has been left heartbroken after her French Bulldog, Buddy, sadly passed away this week. Cher, 28, paid a touching tribute to her “best boy” on Instagram on Tuesday, confessing, “our hearts are broken.” Sharing a series of cute snaps of her beloved pooch, the singer wrote: “Yesterday we said goodbye to Buddy.

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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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.

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"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.

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