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* ''[[Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]''
* ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''
* ''[[Evita]]''
* ''[[Cats]]''
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]''
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As it was, ''Phantom'' proved to be a hard show to top, and while he's written several shows since then (most notably ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]''), few have attracted much attention outside the U.K. He's kept busy in other ways, however. The most recent thing of note that Lord Webber did involved his current production of ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', a British [[Soap Opera]], Bonnie Langford's niece and a highly successful publicity pull. It went something like this:
Webber chose to cast Summer Strallen, the aforementioned niece of Bonnie Langford (who was in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' as Mel, BTW and does [[Panto]] a bit) as the second person to play Maria, having cast his first, Connie Fisher, via a TV [[Talent Show]]. Bar one appearance in ''[[Hotel Babylon]]'', her IMDB profile was rather short. She'd done stuff on the London Stage, but wasn't too well known. So, Lord Webber called up the producers of ''[[
He also did a [[Talent Show]] to cast a Joseph (''Any Dream Will Do'') and did another one (''I'd Do Anything'') for [[wikipedia:Cameron Mackintosh|his mate]], who is doing a production of ''[[Oliver!]]''. His latest, ''Your Country Needs You!'' was an attempt to find a good [[Eurovision Song Contest]] singer for the 2009 contest. He wrote the song and played the piano -- the song actually came fifth. Considering the previous and following years saw the UK entry come last, this was a major improvement.
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