ALW – Great Performers Singing the Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Chita Rivera is not the only person getting a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tonys. Andrew Lloyd Webber, a Broadway composer who has certainly had his share of megahits over the years, was single-handedly the force that introduced the pop opera to Broadway and also utilized rock and roll for many of his scores. Inspired by classical sounds bought into the pop world, Webber is the musical voice behind such scores as Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats, Song & Dance, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, and School of Rock (that’s just to name a few). In celebration of the composer’s big night at the Tonys, here is a compilation of some of Broadway’s best singing some of his greatest hits.
"The Andrew Lloyd Webber Love Trio" (arranged by David Loud)
Audra McDonald – “Love Changes Everything” – Aspects of Love
Marin Mazzie – “Unexpected Song” – Song & Dance
Judy Kuhn – “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” – Jesus Christ, Superstar
Sarah Brightman – “Capped Teeth and Caesar Salad” – Song & Dance
Patti LuPone – “As If We Never Said Goodbye” – Sunset Boulevard
Elaine Page – “Memory” - Cats
Alex Brightman and the Cast – “You’re in the Band” – School of Rock
Patti LuPone – “Buenos Aries” – Evita
Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles-Kingston – “Pie Jesu” – Requiem
Michael Crawford – “The Music of the Night” – The Phantom of the Opera
Marti Webb – “Take That Look Off Your Face” – Tell Me on a Sunday
Betty Buckley – “Tell Me on a Sunday” – Song & Dance
Donny Osmond – “Any Dream Will Do” – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Glenn Carter and Tony Vincent – Excerpts – Jesus Christ, Superstar
“The Jellicle Ball” -Cats
Tony Awards - Starlight Express
Laurie Beechman and the cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Lea Salonga – “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” – Evita
