Andrew Lloyd Webber Bio, Age, Spouse, Musical, Cats, Net Worth, Songs

Andrew Lloyd Webber Biography

Andrew Lloyd Webber is an English award-winning impresario of musical theatre and composer widely recognized for his musicals that have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. Several of his songs include “The Music of the Night” and “All I Ask of You” from The Phantom of the Opera.

Andrew has been honored various awards including a knighthood in 1992, followed by a peerage from Queen Elizabeth II for services to the Arts, six Tonys, three Grammys (as well as the Grammy Legend Award), an Academy Award, fourteen Ivor Novello Awards, seven Olivier Awards, a Golden Globe, a Brit Award, the 2006 Kennedy Center Honors, the 2008 Classic Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and an Emmy Award.

Andrew Webber Education

Andrew attended Eric Gilder School of Music. Lloyd Webber was a Queen’s Scholar at Westminster School and studied history for a term at Magdalen College, Oxford, although he abandoned the course in the winter of 1965 to study at the Royal College of Music and pursue his interest in musical theatre. ALSO READ: Andrew Weissmann

Andrew Lloyd Webber Age and Birthday

How old is Andrew? Andrew is 75 years old as of 2023. He was born Baron Lloyd-Webber on March 22, 1948, in Kensington, London, England. He is 75 years old as of 2023 and celebrates his birthday on 22nd March of every year.

Andrew Lloyd Webber Nationality and Ethnicity

Andrew Webber holds English nationality and citizenship by birth. He was born and raised in Kensington, London, England. He belongs to the White-English ethnicity/heritage/ancestry.

Andrew Lloyd Webber Parents and Brother

Andrew is the eldest son of (father) William Lloyd Webber (who died in 1982) and (mother) Jean Hermione Johnstone (who died in 1993). His father William was a composer while her mother Jean was a violinist and pianist. He has a younger brother, Julian Lloyd Webber, a world-renowned solo cellist.

Andrew Lloyd Webber Wife | Spouse

Andrew married three times. On July 24, 1971, he married his first wife Sarah Hugill, and later the couple divorced on November 14, 1983. He married a singer as his second wife Sarah Brightman on March 22, 1984 in Hampshire. The couple later divorced in on January 3, 1999. Lloyd Webber then married his third and current wife Madeleine Gurdon in Westminster on February 9, 1991. The couple together founded the Watership Down Stud in 1992. In 1996, they expanded their equestrian holdings by purchasing Kiltinan Castle Stud near Fethard in County Tipperary, Ireland. RELATED: Patrice Parker

Andrew Webber Son | Children

Webber and his first wife Hugill have two children, Imogen Lloyd Webber (born 31 March 1977) and Nicholas Lloyd Webber (born 2 July 1979). He also has three children with his current and third wife Madeleine, Alastair Adam Lloyd Webber (born 3 May 1992), William Richard Lloyd Webber (born 24 August 1993), and Isabella Aurora Lloyd Webber (born 30 April 1996).

Andrew Lloyd Webber Cats

Andrew composed a musical song “Cats” based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. It recounts to the account of a clan of felines called the Jellicles and the night they make the “Jellicle decision,” choosing which feline will rise to the Heaviside Layer and return to another life. The melodic incorporates the notable tune “Memory” as sung by Grizabella. Starting in 2019, Cats remains the fourth-longest-running Broadway appearance and the 6th longest-running West End appears.

Andrew Lloyd Webber Net Worth

Lloyd Webber as an accomplished composer and impresario of musical theatre has an estimated net worth of ‎£820 million as of 2020.

Andrew Lloyd Webber And Tim Rice

Andrew met Tim while studying history at Magdalen College, Oxford at the age of 16 years old. Webber dropped out to pursue a musical career with Sir Tim and they worked together for 12 years. Tim and Andrew wrote many shows including, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cricket, The Likes of Us, and additional songs for the 2011 West End production of The Wizard of Oz. RELATED: Pastor Michael Todd

Andrew Lloyd Webber Any Dream Will Do

Any Dream Will Do is a song written by Andrew and Tim Rice for the 1968 musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. It is generally the beginning and the concluding song of the musical, sung by the title character of Joseph. The song was voted Broadway Song of the Year in 1981 and won an Ivor Novello Award in 1991.