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  York opera group back with Evita

  York Light Opera Company will be celebrating its return to the York Theatre Royal stage this month (February) with a production of one of the most famous musicals of modern times - Evita.

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  Evening Standard

  Andrew Lloyd Webber remembers ‘peerless’ musical theatre giant Stephen Sondheim

  The legendary composer and lyricist has died at 91.

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  Tributes pour in for ‘musical theatre giant of our times’ Stephen Sondheim

  Famous faces have paid tribute to the American composer and songwriter who ‘fundamentally shifted an entire art form’.

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  Evening Standard

  Stephen Sondheim hailed among theatre’s ‘greatest geniuses’ after death aged 91

  The creator of the musical Sweeney Todd died on Friday morning at his home in Connecticut, according to the New York Times.

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  The Telegraph

  Andrew Lloyd Webber almost wrote a James Bond-themed musical, his longtime collaborator says

  Andrew Lloyd Webber nearly wrote a James Bond-themed musical instead of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the work that launched his career, only to be told that “Bond will be forgotten in five years”, his longtime collaborator has revealed.

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  Sky News

  Sir Tim Rice celebrates 50 years since Jesus Christ Superstar concept album was released

  The rock opera about Jesus and his face-off with Judas has toured the world, with huge productions on the West End, Broadway and beyond. Speaking to Sky News amid the launch of the album's repackaged rerelease, Sir Tim, who along with Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber was the brains behind the project, said that the record allowed the pair to do more than they could do in a theatre at the time.

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  The Telegraph

  Jesus Christ Superstar at 50: how ‘the worst idea in history’ became a musical phenomenon

  When Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice first approached theatre producers with their concept for a rock opera about the last days of Jesus Christ, they were greeted with ridicule. “This is the worst idea in history,” one prospective investor told composer Lloyd Webber.

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  Sir Tim Rice pays tribute to ‘the rock of The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts

  Watts died aged 80 on Tuesday and has been remembered by his band-mates and generations of fellow stars.

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  HuffPost UK

  The Lion King Cast's First Spine-Tingling Rendition Of The Circle Of Life After 15 Months Hits Hard

  The stars of the Disney musical were seen in emotional rehearsal footage ahead of their West End reopening on Thursday.

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  Fans urged to join stars in backing fund to honour England legend Bob Willis

  Supporters are being asked to #BowlLikeBob and support a fund in his memory which will pay for research into prostate cancer.

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