Evita review – oh what a circus as musical gets bizarre update
Argentina’s Eva Perón is reimagined as a modern-day influencer in an incoherent production lacking context
November 2022
From Here to Eternity review – guns n’ poses in a well-drilled musical
Tim Rice’s lyrics are the most striking aspect of a crisp production which can also feel heavy-handed
October 2021
From the Guardian archive
Jesus Christ Superstar opens on Broadway – archive, 1971
14 October 1971: With more tickets pre-sold than for any other musical in history, the religious rock opera premieres in New York
July 2021
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat review – firing on all cylinders
Alexandra Burke, Jason Donovan and Technicolor coat-wearer Jac Yarrow are among a cast whose performances ooze personality and mischief
March 2021
Bob Swash obituary
West End theatre producer behind a string of hits including Evita and Blood Brothers
January 2021
Tim Rice: 'Evita was a bonkers idea'
As the great songwriter prepares to take Jesus Christ Superstar on a 50th birthday tour, he talks about penning hits, his idea for a new musical – and drinking from Lloyd Webber’s Georgian wine glasses
October 2020
Cold war-era musical Chess hopes to capture Moscow audiences
Tim Rice’s lyrics rewritten to ‘humanise’ KGB agent and reflect new geopolitical reality
August 2020
Jesus Christ Superstar review – a triumphant return for live theatre
This concert version of Timothy Sheader’s revelatory 2016 production made a virtue of distancing on stage – were there a roof it would have blown off
August 2019
Evita review – a work of screaming fun
A refreshing and funny take on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical
July 2019
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat review – stunning debutant steals a starry show
Jesus Christ Superstar review – behold the wall of sound
March 2019
50 years of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – in pictures
Sheridan Smith to star in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
September 2018
Evita review: Tina Arena is resplendent and tough as designer dictator
John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice become EGOT winners
May 2018
Chess review – Benny and Björn's cold war musical no match for tiddlywinks
Even Alexandra Burke can’t save this lumbering story told with tracks by the Abba songwriters
March 2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber at 70: how a ruthless perfectionist became Mr Musical
He took the shonky British musical and made it a global phenomenon. As the composer celebrates his birthday with a new memoir, our theatre critic looks back at the hits – and flops
July 2017
Lloyd Webber backs Tim Rice in row over ‘political’ change to musical
As he picks up a lifetime achievement award, Andrew Lloyd Webber reflects, in an exclusive interview, on his career and the censoring of a Dreamcoat lyric
March 2017
The Q&A
Sir Tim Rice: ‘What would I change? The way one or two relationships ended’
The lyricist on his worst job, relationship regrets and the wise words his father said to him
February 2017
Reports of my death
Clive James: 'The Eagles were exposed as a line-up of relentless bores'
When they sang, they were magic, but when they talk now, they are nerve gas
