Theater Talk: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Our guest is Andrew Lloyd Webber, the most successful composer in the history of musical theatre. Sir Andrew discusses his new show “School of Rock – The Musical” based on the popular 2003 Jack Black film about a down-and-out rock musician who assumes the identity of a substitute teacher and ends up saving himself and enriching the lives of his students beyond their dreams. Lloyd Webber has written a new score for “School of Rock” (which also has lyrics by Glenn Slater, and book by Julian Fellowes) and is producing it as well. Lloyd Webber discusses why he has written a new rock musical, a genre he is not worked in since he composed “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and “Jesus Christ Superstar” with Tim Rice in the 1970s. Taped: 11-05-15 Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is co-hosted by Michael Riedel (Broadway columnist for the New York Post) and series producer Susan Haskins. The program is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on Thirteen/WNET in New York and WGBH in Boston. Now, CUNY TV offers New York City viewers additional opportunities to catch each week's show. (Of course, Theater Talk is no stranger to CUNY TV, since the show is taped here each week before its first airing on Thirteen/WNET.) The series is produced by Theater Talk Productions, a not-for-profit corporation and is funded by contributions from private foundations and individuals, as well as The New York State Council on the Arts. Watch more Theater Talk at www.tv.cuny.edu/show/theatertalk