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''holding some childish grudge.
''How could I be? I'm in the spotlight
All I demand is those I work for, those I give all my skills, all my time and pain,▼
''Half of the world my judge.
those that I entertain,▼
▲''All I demand is those I work for, those I give all my skills, all my time and pain,
give me the same compassion in return.▼
But the fools never learn.|The American, ''[[Chess (theatre)|Chess]]''}}▼
''But the fools never learn.
Not a composer, but his work falls into this category of the rest of a [[Theater]] creator, and plus, he deserves his own page. A lyricist/writer/broadcaster, closely associated with, and all too often overshadowed by, with [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] (so much so, that his ex(ish) wife wrote a letter of complaint to the The Daily Telegraph to clarify that the whole concept of ''[[Evita]]'' was his idea and that [[Andrew Lloyd Webber|Lloyd Webber]] is given all the credit) but also a critically acclaimed writer of musicals in his own right. He's also a big cricket fan.
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He has written the lyrics and book for these musicals. In chronological order:
* ''[[Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]''
* ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''
* ''[[Evita]]''
* ''Blondel'' (with Stephen Oliver)
* ''[[Chess (theatre)|Chess]]'' (with Benny Andersson
He also did the lyrics for the new songs in the stage version of ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]'', as well as all the lyrics for [[Aida]] and ''[[The Lion King]]'' both on screen and stage. Since they recruited a new lyricist to beef up ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' for Broadway, it looks unlikely that he will do any more work with them. That said, a lot of critics specifically targeted the new songs as being sub-par, so [[Disney]] may ask him back for their next venture.
A winner of three Oscars, all for Best Original Song, but shares them with Alan Menken, Elton John and Lloyd Webber respectively. Only the first one, [[Aladdin (Disney film)|"A Whole New World"]] falls squarely into [[Award Bait Song|Award Bait]] territory. "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" relies more on the cool chords, orchestrations and lyrics than any [[Large Ham|Ham]] and "You Must Love Me" has a
Apart from writing one new song for the recent{{when}} ''Joseph'' revival, he hasn't got any huge projects underway at the moment.{{when}} With ''[[Aida]]'' set to be released as a film in 2010, we may see some fresh material from him then.
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