Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group purchased which historic London theatre in 2000?
Really Useful Group him on "Close Every Door To Me". Really Useful Records released the double-A side single to raise funds for the BBC's annual Children in Need charity appeal. LW Theatres owns and manages six West End theatres: The group also includes the Off West End venue The Other Palace, formerly known as the St. James Theatre. Lloyd Webber purchased the Palace Theatre in 1983, followed by the Gillian Lynne and the Adelphi. In 1999, Lloyd Webber and NatWest Equity Partners bought the Stoll Moss group, owners of 10 London theatres, including the London Palladium and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, for
Really Useful Group Really Useful Group The Really Useful Group Ltd. (RUG) is an international company set up in 1977 by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It is involved in theatre, film, television, video and concert productions, merchandising, magazine publishing, records and music publishing. The name is inspired by a phrase from the children's book series "The Railway Series" in which Thomas the Tank Engine and other locomotives are referred to as "Really Useful Engines". The company was set up in 1977 when Lloyd Webber, frustrated with the terms of his contract with the impresario Robert Stigwood, decided to take greater control over the management