The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical) "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1971) and "Evita" (1978). Except for a special collaboration for Queen Elizabeth's 60th birthday celebration, the musical "Cricket" in 1986, after "Evita", each man turned to other collaborators to produce further well-known musical theatre works. "The Wizard of Oz" was Rice and Lloyd Webber's first production together in the West End in over three decades. To create the new musical, Lloyd Webber and director Jeremy Sams adapted the 1939 film's screenplay, and Rice and Lloyd Webber added several new songs to the film's score. In 2010, Lloyd Webber told the "Daily Mail", "The fact is that "The
The Woman in White (musical) argued that Lloyd Webber's music, "never before so classical and operatic, becomes hypnotic and slowly unveils its melodies. You have to work for it but it's worth it." De Jongh criticised Jones' book, noting "If only Lloyd Webber had realised Charlotte Jones's free adaptation of Collins's original was preposterous." In his three-star review for The Guardian, Michael Billington praised David Zippel's "deft and neat" lyrics but, like De Jongh, took issue with Jones' book. He said, "I don't object to Jones excising minor characters or altering the story's structure: that inevitably happens when you turn a novel into a musical.