Andrew Lloyd Webber And His Really Useful Group Sign With CAA
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Andrew Lloyd Webber and his The Really Useful Group have signed with CAA. The signing of the mega-successful theater composer, whose scores include The Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Sunset Boulevard, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and, most recently, the short-lived Bad Cinderella, was announced to Deadline today.
Prior to the pandemic, Webber had shows continuously running in the West End for 48 years and on Broadway for 41 years. Aside from the 2020 Covid shutdown, the Broadway production of Phantom ran for 35 years before its closure on April 16 of this year, with ticket sales skyrocketing during its final months.
Webber has hinted that the musical will return to New York in some form at some point in the future. The composer has the distinction of having had four musicals running simultaneously on Broadway, a distinction matched only by Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Webber has received an Emmy, four Grammys, an Oscar, and eight Tony Awards, including the 2018 Special Tony for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.
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