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)
Variations (Andrew Lloyd Webber album) for its theme tune. In "Lloyd Webber's adaptation" of the film "School of Rock" (2003) to the West End, Dewey Finn and Ned Schneebly play Guitar Hero to the audience on an imaginary TV screen, and the "Variations" album is played. In addition, the chorus of the song "Stick it to the Man" is based on a note sequence from "Variation 14". Variations (Andrew Lloyd Webber album) Variations is a classical and rock fusion album. The music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and performed by his younger brother, the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. The Lloyd Webber brothers were always