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) plays the main theme from this song. The song was also covered by "X Factor" finalist, Rhydian Roberts, for which Lord Lloyd Webber wrote a male solo version specially for the artist. The beginning melody for this song was also used in the Alice Cooper concert DVD "Live in Montreux" before the song "Department of Youth". In about 2001, the song was covered by Sophie Viskich and Kris Phillips live in Beijing, China. Richard Clayderman has also arranged a piano-orchestral version of the song; originally found in his album "The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber". In 2011, Hawaiian-American singer Nicole