Word: webber
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...popular wavelength encourage his sweeping fantasies of success but do not dilute his often self-mocking sense of humor. One recent inspiration was to reverse the usual order of dressing and put underwear on over the trousers. The look may not catch on at Paine Webber, but Bikkembergs is hardly the first young upstart to show off his talent by flouting convention...
...surefire moneymaker on the current musical scene is Andrew Lloyd Webber, the British composer whose shows have been about felines, religious figures and monsters -- anything but old-fashioned romance, conventional boy meets girl. In hopes of matching Webber's profits, today's producers imitate his preference for way-out concepts, the loopier the better. Part of the reason such masters as Lerner and Loewe made it look so easy is that they did not feel compelled to contort themselves and their stories. Maybe they knew something worth rediscovering...
Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice...
STAND back, Harvard theater-goers. You want to know what you're going to get in Evita? Just a little touch of star quality. The Loeb Mainstage production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's last collaborative effort is without a doubt one of the best musical productions Harvard has seen in years...
COMPOSER Andrew Lloyd Webber has a knack for turning the most unlikely subjects into inexplicably successful rock/pop operas. Jesus Christ, T.S. Eliot's cats, roller-skating trains, the Phantom of the Opera. And Argentine actress/first lady Eva Peron. Adam Fratto, who directed last year's Lowell House opera, bucks convention by having a rock ensemble, instead of the traditional string orchestra, play the rock-inspired score. Why has no one thought of this before...