‘Phantom of the Opera’ composer Andrew Lloyd Webber diagnosed with prostate cancer

October 25th, 2009 LONDON - Theatre impresario Sir Andrew Lloywd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 61-year-old composer is undergoing treatment for the disease after doctors managed to catch it early, and has promised fans he'll be back to work before the New Year, reports imdb.com.

October 9th, 2009 LONDON - Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger has been roped in to work with renowned music composer Andrew Lloyd Webber for a sequel of the hit show "The Phantom of the Opera". The singer's band is currently on a hiatus after reports of infighting and discontent among the bandmates, but frontwoman Scherzinger has been inundated with exciting new projects like the current one, reports contactmusic.com.

October 9th, 2009 LONDON - Music composer Lord Lloyd-Webber is set to launch the sequel to his hit musical 'Phantom of the Opera,' which first opened in London in 1986. Co-written by Ben Elton, the tale is set on New York's Coney Island in 1907, 10 years after the Phantom fled Paris.

October 8th, 2009 Webber moves 'Phantom' to Coney islandLONDON — The Phantom of the Opera is coming back — but this time, he'll be haunting the amusement park at New York's Coney Island rather than the Paris opera house. Star composer Andrew Lloyd Webber on Thursday announced a long-awaited sequel to his massively successful "Phantom of the Opera," one of the world's best loved and longest running musicals.

October 8th, 2009 Lloyd Webber sets 'Phantom' return in Coney IslandLONDON — The Phantom of the Opera is coming back — but this time, he'll be haunting the amusement park at New York's Coney Island. Star composer Andrew Lloyd Webber announced Thursday a long-awaited sequel to his massively successful "The Phantom of the Opera," one of the world's best-loved and longest-running musicals.

October 8th, 2009 Webber moves 'Phantom' to Coney islandLONDON — The Phantom of the Opera is coming back — but this time, he'll be haunting the amusement park at New York's Coney Island rather than the Paris opera house. Star composer Andrew Lloyd Webber on Thursday announced a long-awaited sequel to his massively successful "Phantom of the Opera," one of the world's best loved and longest running musicals.

October 8th, 2009 LONDON - Britain's "Musical King" Andrew Lloyd Webber Thursday launched Love Never Dies, the long awaited sequel to The Phantom of the Opera which has thrilled global audiences for the past 23 years. The new show, due to be premiered at London's Adelphi Theatre March 9, 2010, will continue the story of the Phantom.

September 30th, 2009 Danielle Lloyd dressed in a white summer dress leaves her hotel and drives off in her custom Range Rover London, England - 29.09.09 **Not Available for use in the Evening Standard, London Lite, or London Paper. Available for the rest of the world*** Credit Mandatory: IANS-WENNmore images more images

September 30th, 2009 LONDON - Sting wants to popularise opera among his fans and hopes to attract more admires with his latest release, Twin Spirits, where he and wife Trudie Styler narrate the story of composer Robert Schumann. The Twin Spirits is a live theatrical performance featuring Sting and Styler reading the love letters between Schumann and his wife Clara.

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Kylie Minogue's sister Dannii has revealed that after her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer, she became terribly depressed and got addicted to Botox. "My sister was sick, then my best friend died soon after - I felt I'd been hit by a wave.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is set to audition dogs to look for the perfect canine to star as Toto in his new West End production of 'The Wizard of Oz'. Lloyd-Webber has confirmed he will audition dogs through the new BBC1 talent search programme.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - English composer of musical theatre Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber says that he is so smitten by Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins that he would consider penning a West End show or ditty just for her. Sir Andrew says that so far conflicting schedules have prevented them from working together but her versions of his work have convinced him that they would make a great team.

August 11th, 2009 LONDON - In a bid to make opera accessible to the masses, the Royal Opera House is producing an opera composed entirely of "tweets" from the social networking website Twitter. The House wants "everyone to become involved with the inventiveness of opera as the ultimate form of storytelling" and will produce "The Twitter Opera" by joining the 140-charcter Twitter messages into a libretto set to well-known opera tunes and new music by composer Helen Porter.

June 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Theatre impresario Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed that Michael Jackson wanted to star in the movie version of the hit musical 'Phantom Of The Opera'. After watching the show, which debuted in 1988, numerous times the King of Pop discussed seriously with Lloyd about starring as 'The Phantom' in a big screen adaptation of the hit musical.

May 15th, 2009 LONDON - Britain's Got Talent's singing sensation Susan Boyle's dream of making it big as a singer may soon come true, for Brit composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has said that he may give her a part in a West End musical. Webber, 61, who met 48-year-old Boyle at a recording studio in London, has revealed he has a role in mind for her.