Andrew Lloyd Webber: Now & Forever the recordings and their parent shows. The tracks' lyricists include Tim Rice, Don Black, Richard Stilgoe, Charles Hart, Alan Ayckbourn, Christopher Hampton, Jim Steinman, Ben Elton and the poet T. S. Eliot. Compiled and produced by Tristram Penna Cover drawing by Ronnie Wood Booklet notes by James Inverne Special thanks: Don Black, Brian Drutman, Tracey Connolly, Richard Gates, Paul Jones, George McManus, Denis McNamara, Tim Rice, Dave Robinson, Paul Tucker and Clare Wood Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Chris Blair and Tristram Penna Designed by Dewynters Andrew Lloyd Webber: Now & Forever Andrew Lloyd Webber: Now & Forever
Concept musical the show is based around a concept rather than a linear plot, author Andrew Lloyd Webber had intended to create a show that was not meant to "reflect [or] comment on the world, even in an oblique, metaphorical way." This was a drastic difference from the metaphors that defined the concept musical. Thus, the concept musical branched out into the megamusical, which utilizes spectacle and increased technology to "radicalize the imagistic potential of musical theatre." "Starlight Express", an "experiment" by Lloyd Webber, debuted on the West End in 1984 and on Broadway in 1987. Like "Cats", the show focuses on