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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 5 May 2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber weighs in on Tony Awards favorite

By MIKE CIDONI LENNOX Broadway: "It's an intriguing vard." But, Lloyd Webber
AP Entertainment Writer season." reminded, his Broadway
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An- Lloyd Webber himself is debut was the rock-opera
drew Lloyd Webber has part of the latest Tonys smash "Jesus Christ Super-
written some of the most mix. He and actress Chita star."
successful stage musicals Rivera each will receive "I think it's that so many of
of all time. So, when he 2018 awards for Lifetime my musicals have hung
weighs in on the year's Tony Achievement. around for such a long
contenders, announced Lloyd Webber was at the time, that people maybe
earlier this week, it's time to Hollywood Pantages the- forget," he said. "But I en-
listen. ater this week to promote joy writing in many different
"I'm very interested that the Los Angeles premiere ways and styles."
'The Band's Visit' has been of his Broadway and Lon- As for his next show, Lloyd
celebrated," commented don hit "School of Rock — Webber seemed eager to
the composer of the best- The Musical," based on the discuss it — but just can't.
musical winners "Cats," ''The 2003 movie that starred He said its fate is currently in
Phantom of the Opera" Jack Black as a down-and- the hands of higher powers
and "Sunset Boulevard." out musician who stumbles — in this case, rights hold-
"The Band's Visit," from into a gig as a prep-school ers.
composer David Yazbek, teacher. "You've got to remember
is based on an Israeli film Lloyd Webber said he musicals are incredibly col-
about an Egyptian police originally only planned to laborative," he explained.
band lost in a small Israeli produce the project, but "But I'm only one cog in the
town. The musical this week found the show's pop-rock wheel."
was among year's top Tony sensibility so appealing that It's the same story with one
nominees. he ended up as the show's of his passion projects: a
"I found it very exciting," composer. film version of his musical
Lloyd Webber said Thurs- The contemporary style adaptation of the 1950
day. "I loved the score. I is different from the clas- film-noir classic "Sunset Bou-
hope that does well." The sic Broadway bombast levard." Paramount first an- Andrew Lloyd Webber poses for a photo during an interview at
six-time Tony winner said of Lloyd Webber's "Evita," nounced it was in the works Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles Thursday, May. 3,
2018.
he's seen all the shows on ''Phantom" and "Boule- __ way back in 2005.q
Chanel wows celebrities with ship for cruise show in Paris

By THOMAS ADAMSON surprise me. This is Karl's ge- Chic baggy pants opened
Associated Press nius and imagination," said the show, sporting optical
PARIS (AP) — Kristen Stew- model Lily-Rose Depp. "Ev- black and white lines.
art, Ralph Fiennes and Mar- erything is just so realistic — The motif was based on
got Robbie all craned their down to the light that looks the razzle dazzle designs
necks up in awe. like water, and the smoke painted on U.S. and British
A creaking, 330-foot and the stars." warships from World War I
(100-meter) cruise liner The ship took two months to camouflage them from
— with steaming funnels to create with an exterior in German U-Boats. The stripes
and gangplanks — was plywood and a hull made appeared down layered
something Chanel's ce- of myriad steel. The gargan- sleeves on two-piece skirts
lebrity guests never imag- tuan vessel — named "La and in technicolor across
ined they'd see moored on Pausa" after house founder white sporty dresses.
the dry land of the French Coco Chanel's Southern Styles from the Sixties also
capital, let alone inside the French villa — was brought were a key element in the
city's Grand Palais. to life by lighting mimicking relaxed 87-piece collec-
It was the decor for Cha- lapping ocean waves and tion. White berets met sexy A general view of the stage before Chanel's Cruise 2018/2019
nel's annual Cruise collec- the sound of cawing sea exposed midriffs, miniskirts fashion collection presented in Paris, Thursday, May 3, 2018.
tion Thursday night in Paris gulls. and loose white sweaters
in which designer Karl La- The sea theme infused the that were cut with a retro stand the brand on a whole light" star. "I feel like a little
gerfeld created a spec- clothes and was an apt bateau collar. Mary Janes new level and understand kid walking into something
tacle worthy of a James choice for the mid-season — one-strap shoes — were really learn about Coco I'm not allowed."
Cameron movie set. show. also given a cool rework- Chanel's story, and how The ship, which conjured
The show saw the larger- Cruise or "resort" shows — ing in silver and white, and it influenced her designs," up images of the French
than-life 84-year-old con- shown by only a handful some had rubber soles. she said. Riviera, also bowled Stew-
tinue to defy expectations of the world's fashion hous- Robbie — whose star is ris- Stewart came to the Par- art over.
in fashion show spending es — were originally con- ing since her recent Acad- is show en route to this "Their shows are always like
— after earlier shows pro- ceived to target wealthy emy Award nomination month's Cannes Film Fes- walking into a very elabo-
duced a recreated Eiffel women who travelled on for "I, Tonya" and who has tival in southern France rate dream," she said.
Tower, a space rocket, a cruise ships in the winter. recently been named a where she will serve as one After the show, VIP guests
supermarket and a forest. Nowadays, they're used Chanel brand ambassador of its jury members. filed through the gang-
"The bar has been set very as a lucrative means of re- — used this trip to Paris to "Cannes is a place that val- planks into the ship's hull
high ... The set design in it- stimulating fashions in the learn more about the Pari- ues the reason why people for the after-party and
self blew me away," said mid-season lull. sian couture house. make movies that aligns baptized the ship in Cham-
Robbie. Chanel's show was all "First, I went to the archives with the reason that I do," pagne until the wee hours
"It's amazing, but it doesn't about the nautical stripe. and really got to under- said the 28-year-old "Twi- Friday.q