Cats

…production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats (1981) ran for 21 years, making it the longest-running British production of a musical until it was eclipsed by Les Misérables (1985), which was directed by Nunn and Caird. Along with Lloyd Webber and T.S. Eliot (Cats was based on the late poet’s Old…

In his next major musical, Cats (1981), Lloyd Webber set to music verses from a children’s book by T.S. Eliot. In 1989 the London production of Cats (winner of the Olivier Award for best musical) surpassed Jesus Christ Superstar as the longest-running British production of a musical; it held that…

… (1975), Lloyd Webber’s Evita (1978), Cats (1981), and The Phantom of the Opera (1986); and The Lion King (1997), with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice. Popular musicals in the 21st century included Stephen Schwartz’s Wicked (2003); The Book of Mormon (2011), with music, lyrics, and book…