Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Acclaimed YouTube Channel

Andrew Lloyd Webber is bringing his Tony-award winning musicals to the masses with a YouTube channel that streams West End favourites straight into your living room every Friday.

The Shows Must Go On! is the title of Lloyd Webber’s new YouTube channel that brings the theatre to your home every Friday at 7pm (GMT) with a stream of one of the composer’s much-loved musicals. Lloyd Webber is famous for composing musicals such as Cats, Evita, and Phantom of the Opera. Fans will get a chance to experience these spectacular performances in a more intimate setting while the pandemic keeps people indoors. Furthermore, the musicals will be available for 48 hours, giving viewers the entire weekend to find a convenient time to watch.

The YouTube channel launched on Friday, 4 April with a showing of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, the 2000 production starring Donny Osmond, Richard Attenborough, and Joan Collins. Up next is a recent production of Jesus Christ Superstar featuring Melanie C, Tim Minchin, and Chris Moyles on Friday, 10 April.

There’s no word yet if the hairball musical Cats is on the menu, but with the pandemic turning life upside down, now might be the time to view it in a whole new light. Details on upcoming shows will be released as the weeks progress; however, Lloyd Webber suggested that he might even stream one of his biggest flops. “Sometime, buried in the schedule later on, the most important one, my disaster musical By Jeeves. I’m very, very fond of it and so will you be,” he stated in a YouTube announcement.

While the musicals will be available to stream for free, viewers are encouraged to make donations to charities that support the arts, including Acting for Others, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and Actors Benevolent Fund. Your support can help sustain the artistic community during challenging times.