Andrew Lloyd Webber News

Haunting the Cadillac Palace Theatre for the holidays, John Caudia and Sara Jean Ford head up a stellar cast in the National Tour of The Phantom Of The Opera.

The curtain rises on a spectacular new Broadway theatre season at the Wilshire Theatre Beverly Hills (8440 Wilshire Blvd.) featuring three attractions that celebrate the rebirth of this legendary venue with shows from Broadway and London.

The Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera is releasing a special, limited-edition 2008 wall calendar titled 'The Adventures of the Phantom Ballerinas,' beginning Thursday, November 1.

The Prince plays host to a concert that will surly be the talk of the town this season with two of theater worlds most popular and occasionally over the top performers.

Celebrated cabaret performer Karen Mason brings a little holiday cheer to The Big Apple with 'Karen Mason and Friends: Christmas in the City,' a festive holiday concert featuring special guests Liz Callaway, Gregg Edelman, and The Accidentals. This special one-night-only engagement will take place Saturday December 22 at 5PM & 8PM at The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space

Making their US performing debuts at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall on Thursday, October 25 at 8PM are the acclaimed English soprano singer/actress (London's original Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, and Les Miserables) Claire Moore and Spring Awakening's Simon Hale (Strings and Additional Orchestrations) in 'Claire Moore and Simon Hale: Back 2 Back in Concert,' presented by Josephine Buchan.

Betty Buckley will appear on NBC's 'The Today Show' the morning of Friday October 19. She will perform a song from her coming album 'Betty Buckley: 1967' and her Town Hall concert on October 20.

Jarrod Spector as Frankie Valli and Drew Gehling as Bob Gaudio shine in this emotional roller coaster of a show.

Phantom, with Book by Arthur Kopit and Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston is the latest undertaking of Porchlight Music Theatre. Based on the novel 'The Phantom of the Opera' by Gaston Leroux, Phantom's lead actor's Lara Filip and Peter Oyloe with Director L. Walter Stearns speak to Michael Roberts about the production.

Arthur Kopit/ Maury Yeston's Phantom, which made its New York Premiere at Westchester Broadway Theatre in 1992, has made a long-awaited return to the stage on October 4, and runs through February 9, 2008.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group announced that sales of a new recording of Any Dream Will Do by Lee Mead, winner of the BBC TV series of the same name, have raised £57,000 for this year's BBC Children in Need appeal.

Acclaimed actress/singer Betty Buckley makes her Town Hall solo concert debut on Saturday, October 20 at 8PM as part of the Third Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival in 'An Evening with Betty Buckley'.

Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin perform 'An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin,' a theatrical staged concert at the Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia for 8 performances only from October 23-29. This is LuPone and Patinkin's first time on stage together since their Tony Award winning performances in Evita!

Canada is to be the next nation to answer the question 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'

Theatre By The Sea in Matunuck, RI has announced their 75th Diamond Anniversary Season

The smash hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre in London will celebrate its 21st London birthday on October 9.

The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince, returns to Chicago at the Cadillac Palace Theatre for a limited ten-week holiday engagement running Wednesday, October 31 through Saturday, January 5, 2008. Starring John Cudia (Phantom), Sara Jean Ford (Christine), Greg Mills (Raoul).

The current UK tour production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Charles Hart/Don Black musical, Aspects Of Love, graces the stage of Cardiff's New Theatre this week on its way to 15 other venues, ending at Nottingham on March 22, 2008. On the evidence of the Cardiff staging, director Nikolai Foster, aided by a stark and stunningly atmospheric set designed by Rob Jones, has succeeded in breathing new life into this 1980 show, which boasts what is perhaps Lord Lloyd Webber's most romantic score.

Tony award winner Maury Yeston speaks with Michael Roberts before the opening of Phantom by Porchlight Theatre at the Theatre Building Chicago. Yeston is also known for his incredible work on Titanic, Cloud 9, Grand Hotel and Nine.

Legendary theatrical impresario Bill Kenwright takes time out of his busy schedule to discuss his new US production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down The Wind which he has masterfully directed as well as serving as the producer.