How Andrew Lloyd Webber Looked East to Save the West End

Even Andrew Lloyd Webber isn’t a fan of “Cats”.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, the composer of the original musical, he shared the same sentiment of critics when it came to the big-screen adaptation. In other words, he thought the movie had some problems — to say the least.“The problem with the film was that Tom Hooper decided that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show,” Webber told The Sunday Times in a recent interview.

Cats.The 2019 film, which featured an all-star cast made up of Idris Elba, Dame Judi Dench, Taylor Swift, James Corden and Rebel Wilson, was panned by fans and critics alike upon its release.In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Lloyd Webber said: “The problem with the film was that [director] Tom Hooper decided that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show.”He added that “the whole thing was ridiculous.”It’s not the first time Lloyd Webber has spoken out

Andrew Lloyd Webber is telling everyone how he really feels about the movie adaption of Cats.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe movie version of Cats may have been released last year, but it is still very much present in our lives. In a recent interview with Andrew Lloyd Webber, the composer of the original musical, he shared the same sentiment of critics when it came to the big-screen adaptation.

The Old Vic, where the play was due to take place, confirmed that the operation is not a serious one and the shows will be rescheduled.The theatre shared the news on Twitter: ‘We are sorry to let you know that Andrew Scott is now in hospital to undergo minor surgery and we therefore need to reschedule this week’s performances of #OVInCamera #OVThreeKings’.We are sorry to let you know that Andrew Scott is now in hospital to undergo minor surgery and we therefore need to reschedule this week's

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorActors and directors took to social media to pay tribute to British director Alan Parker, who died  Friday. The filmmaker behind “Evita, “The Commitments” and “Bugsy Malone” was 76.Parker’s first feature film was 1976’s “Bugsy Malone.” He directed over 25 films, and his last film was “The Life of David Gale” starring Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticAlan Parker, who died today at 76, was remembered today by colleagues and friends, with Andrew Lloyd Webber calling his Evita collaborator “one of the few directors to truly understand musicals on screen” and Matthew Modine, who starred in Parker’s 1984 drama Birdy, praising the director as a “great artist” who “transformed” the actor’s life.And Rocketman director Dexter Fletcher explained the pivotal role Parker played in his life by casting the

Irish actor Andrew Scott has been taken to hospital to undergo “minor surgery”, halting the live-streamed theatre production he is starring in.

Naman Ramachandran The earliest that U.K.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Phantom of the Opera might not have left the London theater scene for good after all, assures composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.Responding to a newspaper column written by Phantom producer Cameron Mackintosh stating that both the London and UK touring productions are “permanently shut down” due to the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Webber tweeted early this morning, “As far as I’m concerned Phantom will reopen as soon as is

Naman Ramachandran “The Phantom of the Opera” is the latest victim of the coronavirus pandemic. After a 34-year run at Her Majesty’s Theater in London’s West End theater district, Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical won’t be raising its curtains again.In a column in the U.K.’s Evening Standard newspaper, leading theater producer Cameron Mackintosh wrote: “Andrew and I have had to sadly permanently shut down our London and U.K.

Broadway shows are on hiatus until at least Jan. 3.

Glasgow 's West End. Emergency services were called to the scene at Bingham’s Pond in Hyndland, at around 10.20am on Thursday.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s team is demanding U.S. President Donald Trump stop using his song Memory at political rallies.