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Show Pag B2 THK I) VII.V Hr RAI I). Prmo. I lah, Sunday. October 13, I'm Andrew Lloyd Webber favorites to be sung in 'Music of the Night' . By LAURIE WILLIAMS SOWBY Special to The Daily Herald Question: What do "Memory," lXn't Crv lor Me, Argentina" and All Ask of You" have in common? I Answer: They're all part of Tiiiisicals composed by Andrew Lloul Webber, whose 27-- ) ear musical leac will be showcased 3n "Music of the Night" at Kings-hur- y Hall Tuesday through Sunday. Jhc show has all the makings of a terrific evening, considering the materia! the cast has to work with. V "l.lovd Webber is the melodic genius uf our age." writes Ba fcjiiikhme in The London Dailv Tien without that recommenda-ltrtahns would agree. S'itJe 243.000 of them saw his U'lijntom of the Opera" during its (I'word engagement 81 Stilt Lake City's Capitol theatre kisi spring. No doubt many of them Cft the theater humming "All I Ask or "Music of the Night." " 'ThaMotii" has been popular all 2wr. the world, since its opening in Majesty's Theatre in London myears ago. It's still playing there, nd penple are still lining up early w lie morning to get tickets to see Sjiain. While the special effects ;1 a lot C of I uPu" firjllquick scene changes bedazzle sliii' first timers, it's the music tSJ.it. keeps people coming back. Mux "Phantom" isn't the only pjolttlar Lloyd Webber show afottnd. "Hie entire state had a Jiance to see a revival of his early and the Amazing Techni-cjlii- f '3i-pDreamcoat." a collaboration vjiilr Tim Rice. Locallv. it was stagvd at both the SCERA Shell aid by Provo Theatre Company ttis'year. High schxls and theaters often mount of the retold Bible story Hpseph and his infamous brothers ho sold him into Egypt. - 'jlie relatively short musical (70 minutes if there's no intermission) features a variety of musical styles, to calypso to lom country-wester- n in and everything cjisjjical. a sort of to bp&reen vvfi;rt Lloyd Webber's done since. Arid: as with all his musicals, the ' com-iflmfi- ty fore-runn- melodies linger in memory. Time magazine music writer Michael Walsh quotes the director of Japan's largest theater, which has staged three of Lloy d Webber's musicals, who calls him "a genius w ho unfolds melodies through various modes that somewhere reverberate classical music. That's the reason he is universally loved." And though his music is written for the theater. Lloyd Webber stands alone as the composer w ho repeatedly hits the Top Ten on pop charts. classical references "Overt abound." writes Walsh. '"Cats' has a fugue . . and Phantom' boasts an intricate sextet called "Prima Dona' that is reminiscent of Donizetti . . . Eclectic it may be, but Lloyd Webber's best work has synthesized his disparate influences into the convincing, natural expression of a classically trained child of the rock revolution." Beyond the music critics, Lloyd Webber's music has audience appeal. Ann Crumb, who headlines "Music of the Night." feels, "It touches the heart. Thai's w hat draw s so many people to his music." Many laud the composer's ability to combine classical and popular music. Lloyd Webber comes by his musicality rightly. His father was composer William Lloyd Webber, director of the London College of Music, and his mother is a piano teacher. Born in 1948. Andrew began study ing the violin at age 3 and later took up the piano and horn. (His brother, noted cellist Julian Webber, later Lloyd recalled, "It was extremely noisy around our house.") Lloyd Webber wrote his first tune at 9 and at 12 was mounting e musicals on an old record turntable. He dropped out after a year at the Royal College of Music because his father warned him about letting the school "educate away" his natural gifts. At Oxford, he met a law student and lover, Tim Rice, and in 1967 they collaborated on "Joseph." Though it's a community theater favorite now. it was no big hit then. I 5 " C Vs. b . make-believ- pop-mus- ic Photo courtesy of Space Agency 1 The touring ensemble of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Music of the Night" will perform Tuesday through Sunday at Kingsbury Hall. 4 But their next effort, a rock opera "Requiem" in 1985, just a few swelling melodies ... and at least two to come. As the London Daily Mail 'c tilled "Jesus Christ Superstar," was months before "Phantom" had its songs that are as lovely as any Lloyd writer says. "The canniest show I debut in London on Oct. 9, 1986. Webber has written." Time magainstantly. It ran for 711 perforcomposer of our time is only jus mances at New York's Mark "Phantom" is still there, after nearzine's Walsh said the show contains starting out on his musical quest.df 3 folly 4,000 performances. It's also "Lloyd Webber's most seamlessly he's had this much triumph in his, j Hellinger Theatre in 1971-7lowed by a run of more than 3,000 been running at the Majestic The30s and 40s, one can't wait till he c and artfully constructed score." So it appears that the best is yet reaches 50!" performances in London. "Jeeves." atre in New York since January ... j a 1975 musical written with Alan 1988, and several touring compaAyckbourn, died after 38 London nies are crisscrossing the U.S. (The Announcing oar Utah Centennial Fee performances. But "Evita" followed Salt Lake run of nearly four in 1978, again a collaboration with months was the longest for that Rice. It enjoyed 2.900 performances touring company.) plus retainer and bonding fee in London and 1.568 on Broadway But Lloyd Webber didn't stop We've solved the major problems that prevent kids and adults and is set to be released as a movie with In "Phantom." 1989, m getting the smile 01 tneir dreams. in December with Madonna cast "Aspects of Love" opened in Lonin the lead role of Eva Peron. don and was transported across the "Cats." based on T.S. Eliot's Atlantic in 1990. "Sunset BouleNo Down "Old Possum's Book of Practical vard," based on the Billy Wilder Payment No Interest Cats," opened in May 1981 in Lonfilm, premiered at the Adelphi Free Consultation don, where it is still running and Theatre in London in July 1993, Appointments after school audiences are still swooning to where it is still running. Canadian Attoraabie trices "Memory." It has also been playproductions of the musical opened ing at New York's Winter Garden in Toronto in October 1995. 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