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...Rice, who studied at the Sorbonne (though not very hard) before teaming with Lloyd Webber for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1967), the Chess saga began with a two-page plot outline in 1977. But neither Lloyd Webber nor Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line) was interested in composing the score. As Rice, a large, genial Londoner of 40 who looks like a relaxed Anthony Burgess, recalled in New York last week, "Then in 1982 I heard that Benny and Bjorn were keen to write something beyond the confines of ABBA. They wanted the chance...
...Rain (with aging sprite Tommy Steele in the Gene Kelly role). The big noise, though, comes from two dueling musicals. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lyricist Tim Rice, once the Midas men of British songwriting with the shows Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Evita, have separated and are parading their new collaborators before London playgoers...
SEEKING DIVORCE. Andrew Lloyd Webber, 35, pop composer who currently has three hit musicals running in New York City (Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Cats); and Sarah Jane Tudor, 34, his wife of twelve years and mother of his two children; in London...
...some productions that happens frequently. Rock Star Andy Gibb, for instance, was eventually fired from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat after missing twelve performances in little more than a month; George C. Scott failed to appear twelve times last year during the six-month run of Noel Coward's Present Laughter; and Frank Langella missed 28 performances during his half year in Amadeus. On any given night, several of the felines in Cats may be substitutes. By contrast, the indestructible Marian Seldes was never out once during 1,793 performances of Deathtrap, and except for vacations, those three...
...actually happen. "Those who think that being an understudy will lead to opportunities are wrong," says British Actor Daniel Gerroll, who covers for Edward Herrmann in Plenty. When a star leaves a play, understudies rarely become replacements. Doug Voet, who covers the lead in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, has been passed over three times. Says he: "It was devastating, but I can't let it get to me-at least not in public. Being an understudy is like being a guest in your own home...