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Patti LuPone is the reigning queen of the ladies who punch. When she’s not scolding audiences for disruptive behavior, the 71-year-old Broadway legend — currently starring in Ryan Murphy’s “Hollywood” on Netflix — is serving shade to other stars in her orbit. Whether sizing up composer and oft-nemesis Andrew Lloyd Webber as “a jerk” and “a …
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Until now, not one night in 40 years that Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber hasn’t had a show on Broadway. Four SRO musicals here at one time. “Phantom’s” the longest-running production ever. Honored by the queen, etc., etc., he says: “The industry says theaters reopen June 7. My opinion? Optimistic. Ridiculous. I think this peaks in …
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Broadway fans around the world will soon be able to stream the works of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber on YouTube — for free. The series, dubbed “The Shows Must Go On!,” will stream weekly to help ease cabin fever during the coronavirus quarantine. The musical theater legend plans to air some of his most celebrated …
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Composers in isolation are taking their chops to Twitter with the idea of raising dough for furloughed Broadway workers. Musical megastar Andrew Lloyd Webber started the trend Thursday, playing the show-stopping “All I Ask of You” from his “Phantom of the Opera” musical. The cooped-up Twitterati were ticked by Webber’s tinkling of the ivories. “I …