Andrew Lloyd Webber With rewritten lyrics it became "King Herod's Song" in their third musical, "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1970). The planned follow-up to "Jesus Christ Superstar" was a musical comedy based on the Jeeves and Wooster novels by P. G. Wodehouse. Tim Rice was uncertain about this venture, partly because of his concern that he might not be able to do justice to the novels that he and Lloyd Webber so admired. After doing some initial work on the lyrics, he pulled out of the project and Lloyd Webber subsequently wrote the musical "Jeeves" with Alan Ayckbourn, who provided the book and lyrics.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Covington singing the part of Eva Perón. The song "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" became a hit single and the musical was staged at the Prince Edward Theatre in a production directed by Harold Prince and starring Elaine Paige in the title role. Patti LuPone created the role of Eva on Broadway for which she won a Tony. "Evita" was a highly successful show that ran for ten years in the West End. It transferred to Broadway in 1979. Rice and Lloyd Webber parted ways soon after "Evita". In an interview in 2011, LuPone commented, "He writes crap music... "Evita"