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Phantom Of The Opera sequel revealed

08.10.09
Andrew Lloyd Webber today unveils the long-awaited sequel to The Phantom Of The Opera - Love Never Dies.... more

Forbidden Broadway to be another big success

03.07.09
Forbidden Broadway makes its third and splashiest appearance in London after 27 mostly triumphant years in New York.... more

High price of Sunday driving

16.03.09
Ancient and modern coexist quite happily in Shanghai. Take the new car owner. One of the first trips is often to the nearest temple... more

Phantom sequel will premiere in three cities at the same time

29.12.08
A sequel to the Phantom Of The Opera is to open in three cities at the same time next year - making theatrical history... more

Gothic Girl: Paris Hilton becomes a leather clad villain in new movie role

13.09.08
She's the blonde princess of the Los Angeles party scene. But in a shocking transformation Paris Hilton has gone dark - with black locks, thick goth make-up and leather bondage gear.... more

The songs that put poetry in emotion

01.08.08
Wise men say only fools rush in. But that hasn't stopped countless romantics falling head over heels in love. ... more

Paris shows her dark side: Socialite wigs out for horror opera film role

28.07.08
Paris Hilton ditches her blonde California girl look to become a gothic fantasy villain in her latest film role.... more

The Nancy who can do anything: 17-year-old Samantha Barks

30.05.08
Nancy hopeful Samantha Barks will do almost anything to become Britain's next star of stage and screen... more

Nancy who can do anything

30.05.08
As these pictures show, Samantha Barks will do almost anything to become Britain's next star of stage and screen... more

Backstage with the Nancys: The final five Oliver! hopefuls really will do ANYTHING to win

16.05.08
This is the third of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hugely popular BBC1 talent search shows. After discovering Connie Fisher for Maria in The Sound Of Music, and Lee Mead for Joseph, both have gone on to spectacular success. We're down from 12 Nancy hopefuls to five. With the quarter-finals looming and so much at stake, it's not surprising that the pressure is beginning to tell: tears, temper tantrums, rebellion ... more

Prize violinist who nearly didn't show

09.05.08
Nicola Benedetti, the former BBC Young Musician of the Year, won the Young British Classical Performer prize at the Classical Brit awards but almost didn't show up at the ceremony.... more

Tune in for . . .

08.05.08
Fever — The Music Of Miss Peggy Lee (BBC4 Tonight 9pm) Peggy Lee wasn’t the easiest person to work with, such were her perfectionist demands. ... more

Nigel monsters 'old farts' of the Classical Brits

08.05.08
Violinist Nigel Kennedy has pulled out of tonight's Classical Brits after organisers vetoed his choice of music.... more

New mother Myleene Klass: 'I only get four hours sleep a night'

09.04.08
Classical music may have suffered from a rather stuffy image in the past but Myleene Klass has done her best to dispel that theory. The former Hear'Say singer stole the show as she arrived to present the nominations for the Classical Brit Awards last night... more

Sarah Brightman rolls back the years - is she looking better than she did 25 years ago?

09.04.08
She has sold 26 million albums in a career that spans three decades - now soprano superstar Sarah Brightman is rolling back the years with a raunchy new look. The 47-year-old turned up at the Classical Brit Awards in S&M-style black leather boots, and dramatic puffball-style dress ... more

Problem with Maria my fault says Lloyd Webber

21.03.07
Andrew Lloyd Webber today blamed himself for the problems that have blighted his Sound Of Music star Connie Fisher.... more

Phantom celebrates 20th birthday

09.10.06
The Phantom of the Opera - the Lloyd Webber musical seen by more than 100 million people in 25 countries - is 20 years old today.... more

Happy to be Miserables after 21 years

09.10.06
There were no Miserables faces as the unlikely Napoleonic musical notched up 21 years in the West End, writes Tom Teodorczuk.... more

Maria winner 'must share West End role'

18.09.06
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber said today he had a duty to protect the career of his latest star by limiting her appearances in his West End revival of The Sound of Music.... more

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