Andrew Lloyd Webber

In 1948, Andrew Lloyd Webber was born into a musical family in London. His father was the dean of the London Academy of Music, and his mother was a musician. Piano teacher, growing up in such an environment, coupled with the genes inherited from his parents and his unique extraordinary talent, it is difficult to say that Weber has any other choice besides the path of music. Therefore, Weber began composing music from an early age, and wrote his first musical at the age of nine. Weber's performance made his parents overjoyed, so they worked hard to cultivate him and entered the Royal Academy of Music and the London Guildhall Music Festival. He studied at the School of Drama and Oxford University, and became a close friend and partner in his career, the playwright Tim Rice (1944), and gradually developed a strong interest in pop music. In 1968, the two duo The young people in their early teens jointly created the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat." Although the first performance was not very successful, it was the beginning of Weber's brilliant success. Subsequently, one after another exquisite music and dance dramas were continuously born under Weber's pen: the rock music drama "Jesus Christ Superstar" launched in 1971 "Jesus Christ", "The Odessa Files" in 1973, "Jeves" in 1974, "Ivita" in 1976 based on the story of Mrs. Peron, the first lady of Argentina, and 1978 for his brother, Cello Performer, "Variations" for cello and jazz ensemble composed by Julian Lloyd Webber (1951), "Song and Dance" 1982, "Cats" 1981, "Starlight Express" 1984 ", "Requiem" in 1985, "Ghost of the Opera" in 1986, "Love's Perspective" in 1989 and "Sunset Boulevard" launched in 1993, etc.

This talented and intellectual world-class art master has written more than ten successful musicals and dance dramas under the age of fifty. Since the 1970s, he has been performing on Broadway and It's happening in London and the craze continues unabated. In 1982, three of his works were performed simultaneously on Broadway in New York, USA. In January 1988, three works were performed simultaneously in London. In 1991, Wilber once again created a miracle in theater history and became the first person to have six works performed at the same time. Composer of plays performed in London.

In 1992, at the closing ceremony of the Barcelona Olympic Games, Weber dedicated a song "Eternal Friend", performed by the world-famous tenor Carreras and the female singer Sara Bu Lyman's singing once again allowed a billion viewers around the world to appreciate the charm of this talented composer.

On July 12, 1993, Weber launched his new work "Sunset Boulevard" at The Adelphi Theater in London. This eye-catching adaptation of the film script The play once again occupied the London theater stage, conquered the London audience, and generated a box office revenue of 4 million pounds. In December of the same year, the play was performed in Los Angeles, USA, and once again caused a huge sensation and has been performed for a long time. .

Andrew Lloyd Webber is not only a world-famous theater composer, he has won unanimous praise and awards from the public with his extraordinary and uniquely creative stage works, film music and music recordings. At the same time, he is also a successful and outstanding producer. His (The Teally Useful Group Co. Ltd.) not only releases Weber's new works in a timely manner, but also loses no time in releasing music by other composers. Theater works, such as "Shirley Valencia" and "Betty" performed on Broadway.

In addition, Weber has won many awards, including four Tony Awards, four Drama Awards, three Grammy Awards, and five Lawrence Olivier Drama Award, etc. In 1988, he was admitted to become a member of the Royal Academy of Music. In 1992, he was awarded a knighthood by the Queen.

Representative work:

"Cats"

"Cats" is the most successful play in the history of musicals and once became synonymous with musicals. Created in 1981, the play is the longest-running musical in London and the longest-running musical in the history of American theater. It premiered on May 11, 1981 at the New London Theater in London's West End, with 8 performances per week, Mondays. After a break, it continued to perform until May 11, 2002, on its 21st birthday, at the same theater. "Cats" was performed in the United States for a total of 16 years and 2 months. The total revenue of this play alone exceeded 2 billion US dollars. By June 2000, when the show officially announced its suspension, it had already Performed more than 6,000 times around the world. The play is well-created and performed with superb performance. Each of the 36 actors has their own unique skills. The old cat Grizebella in the film is played by the familiar Jelena Page. She is called a British musical by some media. "First Lady".

Character in "Cats": "Leader Cat". The leader of the cat tribe, full of wisdom and experience, must attend the annual cat meeting and finally decide which cat can ascend to heaven and be reborn; "Charming Cat", the representative of mature women in the play, at the climax of the dance party She is the lead dancer. Under the cyan-blue light, only her red fur is filled with warmth; "Charming Cat". When she was young, she was the most beautiful among the cat tribe. She was tired of the life of the cat tribe and went to work outside. However, after experiencing the hardships of the world, she was already extremely ugly when she returned to the cat tribe. She looked the most like a human, with long hair shawl, and a beautiful body. Wearing a black evening gown and high heels. The song "Memory" calmed down all the cats' hostility towards her and aroused deep sympathy and pity for her. There are also "Rich Cat", "Nanny Cat", "Theatre Cat", "Rock Cat", "Crime Cat", "Charming Cat", "Hero Cat", "Superman Cat", "Magic Cat" and so on. This group of diverse, different and anthropomorphized cats make up the cat world. At the dance, they each showed their talents; singing, dancing or playing, they staged a soul-stirring "human tragedy and comedy", telling the theme of love and tolerance.

The dance and music in "Cats" are quite outstanding. In order to convey emotions, the directors did not hesitate to use a large number of dance scenes to express the different characteristics and personalities of the cats. There are both light and lively tap dance, solemn and gorgeous ballet, as well as dynamic jazz dance and modern dance. You can edit it however you want, without any limitations, be original and eclectic. Especially the ten-minute-long "Jerrick Ball" dance, the scene is grand and passionate, making people mesmerized to watch.

The stage of "Cats" is also very exciting. Its design concept is "the world seen through the eyes of a cat". The audience can see a garbage dump from their seat, with more than 1,500 toothpaste casings, broken dishes, bad credit cards, Coke cans, abandoned cars and other kinds of garbage piled on it, all enlarged to the size of a cat's eye. There is also a 5-ton overpass on the stage for cats to play up and down. During the performance, three staff members hide under the bridge to control the smoke, lights, and create "magic cats". The costumes in "Cats" are all designed according to the image characteristics of each cat. There are more than 250 sets, and the skin colors and fur patterns of cats of different ages and genders are realistically drawn on them. Each actor is drawn A cat face that matches its identity, coupled with more than 30 wigs of different colors and textures, vividly dress up cats with different personalities.