The Beautiful Game (musical) The Beautiful Game (musical) The Beautiful Game (sometimes performed as The Boys in the Photograph) is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton about a group of teenagers growing up during The Troubles in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1969. The title of the musical ("The Beautiful Game") is a commonly used reference to football, the origins of which are disputed. The plot, which is centred on a local football (soccer) team, focuses on the attempt to overcome the violence that has engulfed their community. The Catholic team has one atheist player, Del (who comes from a Protestant family)
The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song) David Cullen, for a virtuoso cello version for cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, Andrew's brother, for the CD "Lloyd Webber Plays Lloyd Webber". Ray Repp sued Andrew Lloyd Webber over the main melody of Phantom, claiming that it was based on his folk song "Till You" which he recorded in 1978. Webber won the case however, with the counter-claim that the section of "Phantom" in question was actually based on Webber's "Close Every Door", which was written before Till You. Repp ultimately lost the case. In addition, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd had asserted that Andrew Lloyd Webber had plagiarised the