Andrew Lloyd Webber

Unmasked (eBook, ePUB)

A Memoir

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

New York Times Bestseller: From the Broadway legend, a "charmingly idiosyncratic, surprisingly endearing and ruthlessly entertaining autobiography" (The Wall Street Journal). Andrew Lloyd Webber has reigned over the musical theatre world for half a century. Here, in his own inimitable, quirky voice, the revered composer takes stock of his achievements, the twists of fate that brought both success and disappointment, and what inspires and sustains him. He reveals his artistic influences and reminisces about his bohemian London youth and the happiest place of his childhood: his homemade Harrington Pavilion-a make-believe world of musical theatre in which he created his earliest entertainments. A record of several exciting and turbulent decades of British and American musical theatre,Unmaskedis ultimately a chronicle of artistic creation. Lloyd Webber looks back at the development of some of his most famous works and his collaborations with such luminaries as Tim Rice, Robert Stigwood, Harold Prince, Cameron Mackintosh, and Trevor Nunn. He reveals fascinating details about each of his productions: the cast of characters involved with making them, the creative and logistical challenges, and the artistic political battles. He recalls writing songs for a school production that would become his first hit,Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; finding the performers for his rock operaJesus Christ Superstar; developing his first megahit,Evita, which would win seven Tony Awards; staking his reputation and fortune on the groundbreakingCats;and making history with the dazzlingThe Phantom of the Opera. Reflecting a life of many passions (from architecture to Turkish Swimming Cats), full of witty and revealing anecdotes, and featuring cameos by many celebrities-Elaine Paige, Sarah Brightman, David Frost, Julie Covington, Judi Dench, Richard Branson, A.R. Rahman, Mandy Patinkin, Patti LuPone, Richard Rodgers, Norman Jewison, Milos Forman, Plácido Domingo, Barbra Streisand, Michael Crawford, Gillian Lynne, Betty Buckley, and more-Unmaskedat last reveals the true face of the extraordinary man behind the legend.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 522
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062424228
• Artikelnr.: 51393250

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