Maria Shoots Andrew Lloyd Webber Up Britains Rich List
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s recent smash hit TV show, ‘How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria’ has helped Sir Andrew shoot up the Sunday Times Rich List, replacing Paul McCartney in the number two spot.
According to Philip Beresford, who compiled the Sunday Times Rich List.
He said: “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? has not harmed Andrew Lloyd Webber. The reality TV shows have clearly helped.
“The exposure means that the shows, when they open, get free PR, translating it, dare I say it, into bums on seats.
“The Sound of Music is on at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatre and it is his production so it’s a double hit.”
He added: “Without the shows, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s wealth would have gone up a little but he would not have replaced Sir Paul McCartney in the list.”
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April 27th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
In some ways this is good but in others it is long term bad
news for musical theatre. So we have a temporary interest
in creating new faces for musical theatre for a maximum of
two years but sadly this is not enough. New faces and bums
on seats need to be encouraged for longer at least four
years of reality TV musical artists search would have done
the industry proud. Instead the glimmer in the pan ends
this year.
Maureen
Newcastle.