Andrew Lloyd Webber nomination for Best Original Song: "Learn to Be Lonely" from the 2004 motion picture "The Phantom of the Opera" . Plus one nomination for Best Original Song: "Learn to Be Lonely" from the 2004 motion picture "The Phantom of the Opera". "Note: Music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber unless otherwise noted. There have been a number of film adaptations of the Lloyd Webber musicals. "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1973) was directed by Norman Jewison; "Evita" (1996) was directed by Alan Parker; and "The Phantom of the Opera" (2004) was directed by Joel Schumacher and co-produced by Lloyd Webber. "Cats", "Joseph and
Andrew Lloyd Webber by the 1911 Gaston Leroux novel. He wrote the part of Christine for his then-wife, Sarah Brightman, who played the role in the original London and Broadway productions alongside Michael Crawford as the Phantom. The production was directed by Harold Prince, who had also earlier directed "Evita." Charles Hart wrote the lyrics for "Phantom" with some additional material provided by Richard Stilgoe, with whom Lloyd Webber co-wrote the book of the musical. It became a hit and is still running in both the West End and on Broadway; in January 2006 it overtook "Cats" as the longest-running musical on Broadway.