Andrew Lloyd Webber

Unmasked (eBook, ePUB)

A Memoir

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

One of the most successful and distinguished artists of our time, Andrew Lloyd Webber has reigned over the musical theatre world for nearly five decades. The winner of numerous awards, including multiple Tonys and an Oscar, Lloyd Webber has enchanted millions worldwide with his music and numerous hit shows, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, The Phantom of the OperaBroadway's longest-running showand most recently, School of Rock. In Unmasked, written in his own inimitable, quirky voice, the revered, award-winning composer takes stock of his achievements, the twists of fate and circumstance that brought him both success and disappointment, and the passions that inspire and sustain him.

A record of several exciting and turbulent decades of British and American musical theatre and the transformation of popular music itself, Unmasked is ultimately a chronicle of artistic creation. Lloyd Webber looks back at the development of some of his most famous works and illuminates his collaborations with luminaries such as Tim Rice, Robert Stigwood, Harold Prince, Cameron Mackintosh and Trevor Nunn. Taking us behind the scenes of his productions, Lloyd Webber reveals fascinating details about each show, including the rich cast of characters involved with making them, and the creative and logistical challenges and artistic political battles that ensued.

Lloyd Webber shares his recollections of the works that have become cultural touchstones for generations of fans: writing songs for a school production that would become his first hit, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; finding the coterie of performers for his classic rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar; developing Evita, which would win seven Tonys including Best Musical; staking his reputation and fortune on the groundbreaking Cats; and making history with the
dazzling Phantom of the Opera.

Reflecting a life that has included many passions (from architecture to Turkish Van swimming cats), full of witty and revealing anecdotes, and featuring cameo appearances by numerous celebritiesElaine Paige, Sarah Brightman, David Frost, Julie Covington, Judi Dench, Richard Branson, A.R. Rahman, Mandy Patinkin, Patti LuPone, Richard Rodgers, Norman Jewison, Milos Forman, Placido Domingo, Barbra Streisand, Michael Crawford, Gillian Lynne, Betty Buckley and moreUnmasked at last reveals the true face of the extraordinary man beneath the storied legend.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062943354
• Artikelnr.: 55436024

Autorenporträt

Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of The Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard, School of Rock, and many other productions. His awards include seven Tonys, three Grammys, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, two international Emmys, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA Fellowship, and the Kennedy Center Honor. He was knighted in 1992 and was appointed an honorary life peer in 1997. He lives in London, where he own seven theatres, including the London Palladium.

Rezensionen

'It seems there is nothing Andrew Lloyd Webber can't do. Besides his feats as a composer and creator of musicals, this memoir proves that he can write stylish and witty prose too.' - Sunday Times

'There is much of this autobiography that is, quite simply, hilarious...His is an authentic voice, the real deal, and you emerge feeling as if you have been allowed inside the tornado that is ALW.' - The Times

'I laughed, I cried, it was better than Cats!' - Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair

'An autobiography that has... wit, suspense, contemporaneity, audacity, and an appealingly shrewd sense of the occasion.' - Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker

'Charmingly idiosyncratic, surprisingly endearing and ruthlessly entertaining.' - Dominic Green, Wall Street Journal