"hold music is the song ""Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats"". Jellicle cats ""Jellicle cats"", or simply the ""Jellicles"", are a type of feline mentioned in T. S. Eliot's book ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"", and in ""Cats"", a stage musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and based on the book. Introduced in Eliot's poem ""The Song of the Jellicles"", they were originally depicted as commonly nocturnal gray, scruffy cats. Specifically, Eliot mentions that they like to gather at an event called the ""Jellicle Ball"". In the musical, a sub-plot surrounds the disappearance of the Jellicle patriarch Old Deuteronomy. The"
"childhood favorite. The songs of the musical comprise Eliot's verse set to music by the composer, the principal exception being the most famous song from the musical, ""Memory"", for which the lyrics were written by Trevor Nunn after an Eliot poem entitled ""Rhapsody on a Windy Night"". Also, a brief song entitled ""The Moments of Happiness"" was taken from a passage in Eliot's Four Quartets. Lloyd Webber began composing the songs in late 1977 and premiered the compositions at the Sydmonton Festival in 1980. The concert was attended by T .S. Eliot's wife, Valerie Eliot and she loved the songs"
"that Lloyd Webber had composed. She gave her blessing for the songs to be adapted into a musical stage play. Rehearsals for the musical began in early 1981 at the New London Theatre. Due to the Eliot estate asserting that they write no script and only use the original poems as the text, the musical had no identified plot during the rehearsal process, causing many actors to be confused about what they were actually doing. An unusual musical in terms of its construction, the overture incorporates a fugue and there are occasions when the music accompanies spoken verse. The show"
"Camelot (musical) Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music). It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White novel ""The Once and Future King"". The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions, and the 1967 film ""Camelot"". The original cast album was America's top-selling LP for 60 weeks. The musical has become associated with the Kennedy Administration, which is sometimes"
"the poems is Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ""Cats"", which was premiered in the West End of London in 1981 and on Broadway in 1982. It became the longest-running Broadway show in history until it was overtaken by another musical by Lloyd Webber, ""The Phantom of the Opera"", and then by ""Chicago"". As well as the characters found in the book, ""Cats"" introduces several additional characters from Eliot's unpublished drafts, most notably Grizabella. A film adaptation of ""Cats"" is due for release on December 20, 2019. In the film ""Logan's Run"" Logan and Jessica meet an old man in the ruins"
"Nick Lloyd Webber Nicholas Lloyd Webber (born July 22, 1979) is an English composer and music producer. He is known for scoring the BBC 1 drama Love, Lies and Records, co-writing (with James D. Reid) the symphonic piece The Little Prince based on the book by Antoine de St. Exupery and also his 2017 musical, ""Fat Friends: The Musical"" which premiered at the Grand Theatre in Leeds and subsequently toured the UK in 2018. He has also written music for numerous television ad campaigns. ""A Spoonful of Sherman"" (Double CD) (2015) Webber is the eldest son of iconic British composer,"
"The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles ""(Of) The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles"" (Together with Some Account of the Participation of the Pugs and the Poms and the Intervention of the Great Rumpus Cat) is a poem by T. S. Eliot, which appears in the book, ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"" (published 1939). Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ""Cats"" is adapted from the book, and ""The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles"" is included in the musical, in which it is sung mostly by Munkustrap. It describes a battle between two neighbouring"
"make the second act less comical, replacing the scene between her and Mordred with a Mordred/Arthur scene. § — Cut shortly into the original 1960 run, still present on cast album; restored in most subsequent revivals. Sources: Playbill (vault); IBDB Source: IBDB Camelot (musical) Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music). It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White novel ""The Once and Future King"". The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on"
"Nagano, Japan. Original Cast Recording A double album cast recording, produced by Lloyd Webber and Nigel Wright, was released the same year featuring the original cast of the West End production. Whistle Down the Wind (1996 musical) Whistle Down the Wind is a musical with music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who also co-wrote its book with Patricia Knop and Gale Edwards, and its lyrics were written by Jim Steinman. It is based on the 1961 film ""Whistle Down the Wind"", whose source novel of the same name was written by Mary Hayley Bell in 1959. The musical premièred in"
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The story is based on the ""coat of many colours"" story of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be performed publicly; their first, ""The Likes of Us"", written in 1965, was not performed until 2005. The show has only a few lines of spoken dialogue; it is almost entirely sung-through. Its family-friendly story, familiar themes and catchy music have resulted in numerous stagings."
"original ""Phantom of the Opera"": ""As sequel and original are erected on such different imaginative premises they cannot both be true"". Love Never Dies (musical) Love Never Dies is a romantic musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth and Slater. It is a sequel to the long-running musical ""The Phantom of the Opera"" and was loosely adapted from Forsyth's novel ""The Phantom of Manhattan"" (1999). The plot is not based on the storyline in the original book by Gaston Leroux. Lloyd Webber stated: ""I don't regard"
"and found the book and the musical took off from there. Leroux's novel was more than just a mystery and had romance and other genres, that would appeal to more audiences. Webber used accounts from within the novel in the musical as well such as the real-life event of the chandelier falling. This musical even after being produced in the mid-80s, has still remained popular with people today. The musical has received more than fifty awards and is seen by many as being the most popular musical on Broadway. Leroux's novel was created into two silent films during the history"
"Gus: The Theatre Cat ""Gus: The Theatre Cat"" is a poem by T. S. Eliot included in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Known as ""The Theatre Cat"" due to his career as an actor, Gus is an old and frail, yet revered, cat, who ""suffers from palsy, which makes his paws shake."" His coat is described as ""shabby"" and he is ""no longer a terror to mice or to rats."" Gus, whose full name is Asparagus, is also a character in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical adaption of the book, ""Cats"". In the musical, the poem is used almost verbatim"
"Kismet (musical) Kismet is a musical with lyrics and musical adaptation (as well as some original music) by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin, and a book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis, based on ""Kismet"", the 1911 play by Edward Knoblock. The story concerns a wily poet who talks his way out of trouble several times; meanwhile, his beautiful daughter meets and falls in love with the young Caliph. The musical was first produced on Broadway in 1953 and won the Tony Award for best musical in 1954. It was also successful in"
"Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948) and Sarah Hugill. He is the grandson of William Lloyd Webber (1914–1982) who was also a noted composer. Webber's uncle is Julian Lloyd Webber (born 1951), a noted cellist and conductor. He married his partner, Polly Wiltshire, in June 2018. Nick Lloyd Webber Nicholas Lloyd Webber (born July 22, 1979) is an English composer and music producer. He is known for scoring the BBC 1 drama Love, Lies and Records, co-writing (with James D. Reid) the symphonic piece The Little Prince based on the book by Antoine de St. Exupery and also his 2017"
"is dying. Wilbur takes her egg sack to hatch them. When they do, the animals are overjoyed (""Finale""). Charlotte's Web (musical) Charlotte's Web is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Charles Strouse, and a book by Joseph Robinette based on the book by E. B. White. ""Charlotte's Web"" is licensed by Dramatic Publishing to middle schools, high schools, colleges, and community theaters worldwide. Strouse noted that the musical's film rights were held by others and that no New York producer would invest in the show without the film rights, so the musical was produced in regional theaters. Thomas"
"Sunset Boulevard (musical) Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on Billy Wilder's Academy Award-winning 1950 film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the fabled Los Angeles street. When young screenwriter Joe Gillis accidentally crosses her path, she sees in him an opportunity to make her return to the big screen. Romance and tragedy follow. Opening first in London in 1993, the musical has"
"Love Never Dies (musical) Love Never Dies is a romantic musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth and Slater. It is a sequel to the long-running musical ""The Phantom of the Opera"" and was loosely adapted from Forsyth's novel ""The Phantom of Manhattan"" (1999). The plot is not based on the storyline in the original book by Gaston Leroux. Lloyd Webber stated: ""I don't regard this as a sequel—it's a stand-alone piece."" He later clarified: ""Clearly, it is a sequel, but I really do not believe"
"and later Jo Gibb in both London and in the filmed video version. Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer are fictional characters in T. S. Eliot's book, ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"", which was adapted into the musical ""Cats"". Mungojerrie and his partner in crime, Rumpleteazer, specialize in petty theft and mischief. In Eliot's original poem ""Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer"", they are depicted knocking over Ming vases and stealing items from their human family. Mungojerrie is also mentioned in the poem ""Macavity, the Mystery Cat"", where he is rumoured to be one of Macavity's agents. They live at Victoria Grove"
"Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. Several of his songs have been widely recorded and were hits outside of their parent musicals, notably ""The Music of the Night"" and ""All I Ask of You"" from ""The Phantom of the Opera"", ""I Don't Know How to Love"
"Whistle Down the Wind (1996 musical) Whistle Down the Wind is a musical with music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who also co-wrote its book with Patricia Knop and Gale Edwards, and its lyrics were written by Jim Steinman. It is based on the 1961 film ""Whistle Down the Wind"", whose source novel of the same name was written by Mary Hayley Bell in 1959. The musical premièred in 1996 at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., and a concept album was released in 1998. It was produced in the West End in 1998 and has been revived several times"
"Tootsie (musical) Tootsie is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Robert Horn. The musical is based on the 1982 American comedy film of the same name written by Larry Gelbart, Barry Levinson (uncredited), Elaine May (uncredited) and Murray Schisgal from the story by Gelbart and Don McGuire. The musical made its world premiere try-out at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago in September 2018. Like the film, the musical tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to adopt a new identity as a"
"the werewolf's rampage in ""An American Werewolf In London"". In the Lerner-Loewe musical ""My Fair Lady"", Tottenham Court Road is mentioned as the place where Eliza Doolittle sells her flowers. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ""Cats"" references the area in the song ""Grizabella the Glamour Cat"", the lyrics coming from an unpublished poem fragment by T. S. Eliot. Tottenham Court Road station was replicated as part of the set for the Queen musical ""We Will Rock You"", which played at the Dominion Theatre between 2002 and 2014, directly above the actual Underground station. Citations Sources Tottenham Court Road Tottenham Court Road"
"The Woman in White (musical) The Woman in White is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel with a book by Charlotte Jones, based on the novel ""The Woman in White"" written by Wilkie Collins, and elements of ""The Signal-Man"" by Charles Dickens. It ran for nineteen months in the West End and three months on Broadway, making it one of Lloyd Webber's shortest-running shows. The musical was produced in a workshop at Lloyd Webber's Sydmonton Festival (Hampshire, England) in July 2003. The musical opened in London's West End, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by David"
"Starlight Express Starlight Express is a rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Richard Stilgoe (lyrics). Later productions have used additional songs with lyrics by Don Black, David Yazbek, Nick Coler and Lauren Aquilina, and with music by the composer's son, Alastair Lloyd Webber. Famously, the actors perform the entire show on roller skates. The West End production of ""Starlight Express"" is the eighth longest-running musical in history, having been performed 7,409 times between 1984 and 2002. ""Starlight Express"" is also the most successful musical in Germany, where it has been performed in a purpose-built theatre since 1988. According"
"The Likes of Us The Likes of Us is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The original book was by Leslie Thomas. It is based on the true story of Thomas John Barnardo, a philanthropist who founded homes for destitute children. During his lifetime, nearly 60,000 children were rescued and provided with training that prepared them to be self-sufficient. Although the musical, the first for both Rice and Lloyd Webber, was composed in 1965, it failed to find backing and was not performed until it was staged at Lloyd Webber's Sydmonton Festival on"
"Evita (musical) Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics and book by Tim Rice. It concentrates on the life of Argentine political leader Eva Perón, the second wife of Argentine president Juan Perón. The story follows Evita's early life, rise to power, charity work, and eventual death. The musical began as a rock opera concept album released in 1976. Its success led to productions in London's West End in 1978, winning the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical, and on Broadway a year later, where it was the first British musical to receive the Tony"
"Sydmonton Festival. Lloyd Webber received a Grammy Award in 1986 for ""Requiem"" in the category of best classical composition. ""Pie Jesu"" from Requiem achieved a high placing on the UK pop charts. Perhaps because of its large orchestration, live performances of the Requiem are rare. ""Cricket"" (1986), also called ""Cricket (Hearts and Wickets)"", reunited Lloyd Webber with Tim Rice to create this short musical for Queen Elizabeth's 60th birthday, first performed at Windsor Castle. Several of the tunes were later used for ""Aspects of Love"" and ""Sunset Boulevard"". Lloyd Webber also premiered ""The Phantom of the Opera"" in 1986, inspired"
"an homage to Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones. This homage is apparent in the way he moves on stage in the original Gillian Lynne choreography and the costume styling. His type of cat was said to be Maine Coon, because of his wild mane and being portrayed as being much bigger than the other cats. Rum Tum Tugger Rum Tum Tugger is one of the many feline characters in the poetry book ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"" by T. S. Eliot, published in 1939, and in the musical ""Cats"", which premiered in 1981 and is based on Eliot's"
"The Naming of Cats ""The Naming of Cats"" is a poem in T. S. Eliot's poetry book ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"" and its stage adaptation, Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular musical ""Cats"". It describes to humans how cats get their names. The poem has also been quoted in other films, notably ""Logan's Run"", when Logan meets the old man outside the dome city. The poem uses a short rhythmic dialogue to describe how cats get or choose their names. It also shows how cats are also mysterious and devious, e.g., with the line ""The name that no human research"
"of the charts in Italy and the United Kingdom. ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice while they were developing the ""Evita"" for Broadway in 1976. Both were extremely intrigued by the stories surrounding the life of Eva Perón while researching about her during the mid-1970s. They came to know about her husband Juan Perón, and his affinity for young women, and Rice and Webber decided to use it as one of the backstories behind Eva and Juan's rise to power. In the original musical, the song is performed by the character of"
"Billy Elliot the Musical Billy Elliot the Musical is a musical based on the 2000 film ""Billy Elliot"". The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. The plot revolves around Billy, a motherless British boy who trades boxing gloves for ballet shoes. The story of his personal struggle and fulfillment are balanced against a counter-story of family and community strife caused by the 1984–85 UK miners' strike in County Durham, in North Eastern England. Hall's screenplay was inspired in part by A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel about a"
"in 2009. In 2009, Hudes was a Pulitzer finalist for the second time for ""In the Heights"", co-written with Lin-Manuel Miranda. The hit Broadway musical with lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical and was a Finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In 2012, her play ""Water by the Spoonful,"" which returns to the characters in ""Elliot,"" won the Pulitzer Prize after its premiere at the Hartford Stage Company. Her play ""The Happiest Song Plays Last,"" the third in the Eliot trilogy, opened its world premiere"