Unmasked

Andrew Lloyd Webber has had a storied career in musical theatre, winning numerous awards and creating hit shows such as Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, and The Phantom of the Opera. In his new book, Unmasked, Lloyd Webber shares his artistic influences, memories of his childhood, and details about the development of his most famous works. The book also includes cameo appearances by numerous celebrities and reveals the true face of the extraordinary man beneath the storied legend.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 544 pages
Publication date: 07 March 2019
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

“You have the luck of Croesus on stilts (as my Auntie Vi would have said) if youve had the sort of career,ups and downs,warts and all that I have in that wondrous little corner of show business called musical theatre.” 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 Opera —Broadways longest running show—and 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 which 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 Puccinis Tosca,to P. G. Wodehouse and T. S. Eliot. Lloyd Webber recalls his bohemian London youth,reminiscing about 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 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,R.

“You have the luck of Croesus on stilts (as my Auntie Vi would have said) if youve had the sort of career,ups and downs,warts and all that I have in that wondrous little corner of show business called musical theatre.”

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 Opera – Broadway's longest-running show – and 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 which 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. Lloyd Webber recalls his bohemian London youth, reminiscing about 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 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, R.

Weight: 532g
Dimension: 197 x 174 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008237615