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Andrew Lloyd Webber is going to provide commentary on Cats!

The 72-year-old acclaimed composer will provide live audio commentary during The Shows Must Go On!‘s broadcast of the 1998 stage production of Cats! to benefit The Actors Fund, a national human services organization working for stability and a safety net for everyone in performing arts and entertainment, the organization announced on Thursday (May 14) amid the pandemic.

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The YouTube channel will offer fans two streaming options to view Cats!: the regular broadcast, and the broadcast with Andrew Lloyd Webber “providing personal insights and memories of the creation of Cats! which has become a worldwide musical phenomenon.”

It will begin on Friday (May 15) beginning at 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET. Fans can submit questions to the composer via Twitter using #ALWCats. Both streams will be available for free on YouTube for 48 hours, and will encourage viewer donations to The Actors Fund and other international organizations.

The 1998 production of Cats! starred Elaine Paige, the original Grizabella reprising her performance, and John Mills as Gus, the theater cat.

Judi Dench had this to say about her physical appearance in the Cats movie…

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Did you know that there is a sequel to the Broadway musical The Phantom of the Opera?!

Love Never Dies is a full musical that premiered in London in 2010 and a touring production traveled around the U.S. in 2017, though the show never went to Broadway.

If you never got a chance to see Love Never Dies live on stage, you’re in luck as a filmed version of the musical is now available for free streaming on YouTube for the next 48 hours.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is providing entertainment to fans around the world during the ongoing health crisis by streaming his filmed shows for free. Last week’s show was The Phantom of the Opera and now you can see Love Never Dies. The stream will go away on Sunday (April 26) at 2pm ET, so catch it will you still can.

Viewers are encouraged to donate to The Actors Fund to assist in the COVID-19 emergency relief.

Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been streaming all of his filmed stage musicals for free throughout the ongoing health crisis and the latest one is The Phantom of the Opera!

This musical is the longest-running show ever on Broadway and you can watch the full show from the comfort of your own home for 48 hours.

This filmed version is the 25th anniversary staging that took place at Royal Albert Hall in London back in 2011.

Broadway stars Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, and Hadley Fraser star as The Phantom, Christine, and Raoul, respectively.

You can stream the musical on The Shows Must Go On page through Sunday, April 19 at 2pm ET. The show is only available for 24 hours in the UK and Ireland due to rights issues.

Andrew Lloyd Webber escaped to Barbados for some relaxation during the opening weekend of his new movie Cats.

The 71-year-old composer was spotted relaxing on the beach with his wife Madeleine Gurdon on Friday (December 20) in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Andrew was treated to a foot massage while laying in a lounge chair. Madeleine got up at one point to snap a photo of ALW being pampered.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is an EGOT winner who has won an Emmmy, four Grammys, one Oscar, and seven Tonys. He is known for writing the scores to the musicals Cats, Evita, The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Sunset Boulevard, and more.

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The cast of the new movie Cats went to a “cats school” for several months while preparing for their film… and now we’re getting an inside look at what it might have been like.

For a new sketch on The Late Late Show with James Corden, a bunch of the cast members went to school with James as the headmaster!

James instructed Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, Jennifer Hudson, Francesca Hayward, and Jason Derulo in the funny new clip while director Tom Hooper observed.

Cats composer Andrew Lloyd Webber made an appearance to present “Best in Show” to one of the cast members at the end of the clip!

Lin-Manuel Miranda poses for a photo on the red carpet at the premiere of Cats on Monday (December 16) at Lincoln Center in New York City.

The Hamilton star was joined by so many other Broadway stars to support the stage-to-screen adaptation of the musical.

Queer Eye stars Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness were both at the event to support their friend Taylor Swift, who stars in the movie.

Some of the Broadway stars who attended the premiere included Hercules‘ Krysta Rodriguez, Hadestown‘s Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada, Mean Girls‘ Renee Rapp, former On Your Feet stars Ana Villafane and Josh Segarra, future Company actress Katrina Lenk, former Wicked star Jenna Leigh Green, and Cats‘ original Tony-winning star Betty Buckley.

Also in attendance were Booksmart‘s Beanie Feldstein, model Sara Sampaio, singer Jennifer Nettles, CBS News’ Gayle King, Orange Is the New Black‘s Emma Myles and Dale Soules, theater owner Jordan Roth (in perfect high-fashion Grizabella cosplay), and of course, Cats composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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News just broke that Taylor Swift has co-written a new song for the upcoming Cats movie and now the singer has released a preview of the song “Beautiful Ghosts.”

Universal Pictures dropped a featurette about the making of the song and it includes a clip of Taylor recording it in the studio.

“Beautiful Ghosts” will be performed by Francesca Hayward in the movie and Taylor has recorded her own version for the film’s end credits.

“When I first read the screenplay, the first thing I said was, ‘We have to have a song for Victoria,’” composer Andrew Lloyd Webber said. “Beautiful Ghosts [is now ] an incredibly important and central part of the whole film.”

“What I couldn’t believe was the extraordinary beauty of these lyrics that Taylor had written,” director Tom Hooper said. “It was as if someone had come into the film I was in the middle of making and … had reflected back to me a profound understanding of what we are trying to do with the movie. It was utterly thrilling.”

Taylor added, “You can’t write a modern lyric for Cats. So if you can’t get T.S. Eliot, get T.S… I’m here for you.”