PeterRS Posted 10 hours ago Posted 10 hours ago There was a time after "Phantom of the Opera" that everyone assumed Andrew Lloyd Webber had finally lost his mojo. None of his six later shows worked and most lost a lot of money. Even "Sunset Boulevard" which he and the producers assumed would be the next "Phantom" pot boiler made milions in losses. Since then he has largely remounted versions of earlier musicals like "The Sound of Music". Now though, he is becoming flavour of the month again. His Broadway revival of "Sunset Boulevard" in a very different type of production just walked away with the Tony Award for the Best Revival of a Musical. It was his first award for 30 years. Nicole Sherzinger also walked away with the Best Leading Actress in a Musical Award for the lead role in "Sunset". Elsewhere revivals of "Starlight Express" are enjoying huge success in London, and revivals of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Evita" are already in rehearsal. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jun/14/andrew-lloyd-webber-is-hot-again-with-help-from-new-kids-on-musicals-block it's unlikely that his net worth in recent years ever fell much beyond £1 billion. Now it will balloon upward again. He once boasted of having the finest wine cellar in London, only he always bought 2 cases of only the very best. One was for his own consumption; the other to sell when as inevitably happens with fine wines, the price went up. Effectively his own cases therefore cost him nothing! Quote
