Unmasked

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The work Unmasked represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wilmington Memorial Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Unmasked

Statement of responsibility

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Creator

• Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948-

Author

• Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948-

Subject

• Autobiographies
• Autobiographies
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Music
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
• Biography
• Cats (Lloyd Webber, Andrew)
• Composers
• Composers -- England -- Biography
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• England
• Jesus Christ superstar (Lloyd Webber, Andrew)
• Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948-
• 1900-1999
• MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician
• Musical theater
• Musical theater -- Anecdotes
• Musical theater -- Biography
• Musical theater -- History and criticism -- 20th century
• Musicals -- Writing and publishing
• Musicals -- Writing and publishing -- Anecdotes
• Phantom of the Opera (Lloyd Webber, Andrew)
• Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948-
• Anecdotes

Genre

• Biography
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Autobiographies
• Anecdotes

Language

eng

Summary

Andrew Lloyd Webber dominated musical theater in the 1970s and 80s. His hit shows included Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and most recently, School of Rock. Now the 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. The son of a music professor and a piano teacher, Lloyd Webber reveals his artistic influences, from his idols Rodgers and Hammerstein and the perfection of South Pacific's "Some Enchanted Evening," to the pop and rock music of the 1960s and Puccini's Tosca, to P.G. Wodehouse and T.S. Eliot. Taking us behind the scenes of his productions, he 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: writings 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 his first megahit, Evita, which would win seven Tonys Awards, including Best Musical; staking his reputation and fortune on the groundbreaking Cats; and making history with the dazzling The Phantom of the Opera

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

• 782.1/4092
• B

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

ML410.L78

LC item number

A3 2018

Literary form

non fiction