(1948– )
a very successful English writer of musicals . His early shows were ‘rock operas’ written with Tim Rice, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (1968), Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita (1976). Later successes include Cats , The Phantom of the Opera (1986), Sunset Boulevard (1993), Bombay Dreams (2002) and The Woman in White (2004). He won an Oscar in 1996 for the song You Must Love Me and was chosen for the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 1995. He was made a knight in 1992 and a life peer in 1997.