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Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice reunite for The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz has brought Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice together again.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice have met over a piano again for the first time in 34 years.
The composer and lyricist - whose first hit was Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - got together earlier this month to organise songs for The Wizard of Oz, the Telegraph has revealed.
It is the first time they have been reunited since Evita, although both have denied rumours of a rift between them.
Lord Lloyd Webber has mostly been focusing on musicals in the time since then, while Sir Tim has had a long relationship with Disney that saw him co-write hits for movies including The Lion King.
Sir Tim is reportedly helping Lord Lloyd Webber to come up with a number of new songs for The Wizard of Oz, which will open at the London Palladium in March 2011.
Although a talent search recently took place that culminated in Danielle Hope being chosen to play Dorothy and Dangerous Dave the schnauzer winning the part of Toto, no other performers have yet been announced for the other roles.
