Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical launches
- 10 years ago
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's newest musical "Stephen Ward" launched in London's West End - with celebrities such as Dame Judi Dench attending the premiere.
The musical is about a high-society osteopath Stephen Ward, who was at the center of the 1963 Profumo scandal that fatally rocked the British government.
Lloyd Webber arrived with Mandy Rice-Davies, one of the models prominent in the affair.
SOUNDBITE: Musical Composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Profumo Affair Model, Mandy Rice-Davies, saying (English)
Reporter: "How are you feeling right now?"
Andrew Lloyd Webber: "Extremely nervous."
Mandy Rice-Davies: "Me too."
Andrew Lloyd Webber: "We're both nervous but we must get in."
However, the glitzy premiere was soon overshadowed by the unfortunate ceiling collapse at the nearby Apollo Theatre, which injured up to 80 people bringing West End to a stand-still.
Reviews for the new musical have been mixed but Lloyd Weber said it's up to the p
The musical is about a high-society osteopath Stephen Ward, who was at the center of the 1963 Profumo scandal that fatally rocked the British government.
Lloyd Webber arrived with Mandy Rice-Davies, one of the models prominent in the affair.
SOUNDBITE: Musical Composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Profumo Affair Model, Mandy Rice-Davies, saying (English)
Reporter: "How are you feeling right now?"
Andrew Lloyd Webber: "Extremely nervous."
Mandy Rice-Davies: "Me too."
Andrew Lloyd Webber: "We're both nervous but we must get in."
However, the glitzy premiere was soon overshadowed by the unfortunate ceiling collapse at the nearby Apollo Theatre, which injured up to 80 people bringing West End to a stand-still.
Reviews for the new musical have been mixed but Lloyd Weber said it's up to the p