The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song) the screen. In the "Behind the Mask" documentary, Richard Stilgoe described the video as "wonderful, as over-the-top as you can get". Cameron Mackinstosh said: "Ken Russell came up with the most brilliant, outrageous video. It's fantastic fun, and completely over-the-top, which of course Andrew and I loved." The British guitarist Hank Marvin did an instrumental version of the song on his 1997 album "Hank Plays the Music of Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber". The song "The Phantom of the Opera" was covered in 1998 by Charlotte Church and Peter Karrie. It was covered in 2002 by the Finnish symphonic
Andrew Lloyd Webber to the poetry of T. S. Eliot. "Cats" (1981) was to become the longest running musical in London, where it ran for 21 years before closing. On Broadway, "Cats" ran for 18 years, a record which would ultimately be broken by another Lloyd Webber musical, "The Phantom of the Opera". "Starlight Express" (1984) was a commercial hit, but received negative reviews from the critics. It enjoyed a record run in the West End, but ran for less than two years on Broadway. The show has also seen two tours of the US, as well as an Australian/Japanese production, a three-year