OF HIS WORK, WHICH, OF COURSE, INCLUDES "CATS" "SCHOOL OF ROCK"
ROCK."
NOW THE SEVEN-TIME TONY WINNER
IS SCRIPTING HIS OWN STORY.
ITS A NEW MEMOIR.
THERES AN ALBUM, AS WELL. ITS TITLED "UNMASKED" HONORED
TO HAVE YOU THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU LONG RESISTED WRITING A MEMOIR THEN YOU CHURN OUT THEA
MEMOIR THEN YOU CHURN OUT THE 500-PAGE MEMOIR.
500-PAGE MEMOIR. >> I AGREE.
ITS LONG.
ITS LONG.
>> WHY SO LONG AND WHY NOW? >> I COULDNT REALLY GETNOW?
>> I COULDNT REALLY GET EVERYTHING IN.
EVERYTHING IN. SO THE THING IS USEFUL AS A
DOORSTOP.
>> THATS NOT TRUE.
IM ABOUT 60 OR 70 PAGES IN. YOU WRITE ABOUT A LOT OFIN.
YOU WRITE ABOUT A LOT OF TRIUMPHS.
TRIUMPHS.
YOU TAKE US BEHIND THE SCENES. A LOT OF YOUR MASTERPIECES.ES.
A LOT OF YOUR MASTERPIECES. THERE ARE SOME TOUGH PARTS IN
THE BOOK, AS WELL.
WHAT WAS THE TOUGHEST PART TO
WRITE?
>> THE MOST DIFFICULT THING TO WRITE ABOUT IS ABOUT THE BREAK
UP OF MY FIRST MARRIAGE.
LUCKILY IM GREAT FRIENDS WITH
MY FIRST WIFE.
AT THE TIME I MET WITH SARA BRIGHTMAN AND "PHANTOM OF THE
OPERA" HAPPENED AND IT WAS A
GREAT TIME.
GREAT TIME. I WANT TO BE FUNNY.
I HOPE ITS SLIGHTLY AMUSING.
>> ITS VERY AMUSING.
>> I HOPE SO.
>> HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO
CHURN IT OUT?
>> IVE.
>> IVE. DOING IT
DOING IT BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME
AND STOPPING AND THINKING, YES,
I WILL GO ON WITH IT.
AND ANYWAY.
IT TOOK AWHILE. I DID IT ON MY iPAD.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. >> THE THING IS, I LOVE ACTUALLY
WRITING.
WRITING.
I CANT WRITE LYRICS BUT I THINK
I CAN DO A BIT OF PROSE. IT WAS A GOOD THING TO DO.
>> WHY DID YOU STOP IN 1986?
>> WELL, BECAUSE THE BOOK WAS
EXTREMELY LONG BY THAT TIME.
SECONDLY, UP TO THAT TIME MY
CAREER WAS PRETTY CHARMED.
AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, A FEW
BUMPS AND THINGS.
ITS WHEN YOU HAVE A FEW BUMPS
YOU DISCOVER A FEW THINGS ALONG
THE WAY ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE I
DIDNT THINK I WANTED TO WRITE.
IT STOPS THERE.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND YOUR BODY OF WORK,
IS THERE ONE, IN PARTICULAR,
THAT YOU ARE PROUDEST OF?
>> THE THING ABOUT MUSICALS.
THEYRE LIKE KIDS.
ITS A SORT OF SILLY ANSWER IN A
WAY BUT ITS TRUE.
I CANT SINGLE OUT ONE AND SAY I
THINK ITS BETTER THAN THE
OTHER.
OTHER.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES IN THE SHOWS
ARE LESS SUCCESSFUL IS MUSIC I
THINK IS MY BEST.
SO ITS DIFFICULT.
>> RIGHT NOW ON BROADWAY, OF
COURSE, HAMILTON ENJOYING A TREMENDOUS RUN AND MY WIFE AND I
SAW SPRINGSTEEN.
SAW SPRINGSTEEN.
>> BROADWAY IS IN A GOOD PATCH AT THE MOMENT. IN A GOOD PATCH
AT THE MOMENT.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? >> BECAUSE IN THE END MUSICAL
THE ARE AMERICAN DNA.
I THINK THEYRE ABSOLUTELY PART
OF THE AMERICAN CULTURE.
AND I THINK WHAT IS REALLY
THRILLING ABOUT IT IS THE FOUR
BIGGEST HITS ON BROADWAY ARE
ABOUT SUBJECTS THAT, ON PAPER,
ANY SANE PRODUCER WOULD HAVE
SAID THATS A TERRIBLE IDEA.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, I
MEAN, "HAMILTON" NOT AN OBVIOUS
IDEA.
IDEA.
WHEN YOU COME TO THE BAND
GETTING LOST IN TEL-AVIV. THATS A SUBJECT YOU WOULD SAY
ITS CRAZY.
ITS CRAZY. ITS WONDERFUL.
ITS WONDERFUL. >> WE HAVE A WONDERFUL
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR YOU THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
YOUVE GOT A BIG BIRTHDAY COMING UP.VE GOT A BIG BIRTHDAY COMING
UP.
70 I HEAR.
>> IM TRYING TO HIDE IT.
>> WERE NOT GOING TO HIDE IT.
WERE DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
WERE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE FOR
THE FIRST TIME ON THIS BROADCAST, MARCH 28th, WERE
GOING TO BE CELEBRATING ANDREW
LLOYD WEBBERS 70th BIRTH THEYDA
JOHN LEGEND WILL BE HERE AND
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA.
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA.
>> I LOVE LYNN MIN WELLIN-MANUEL >> WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON NOW?L
>> WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON NOW? >> I CANT TELL YOU.
>> ILL BE BACK IN APRIL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
"UNMASKED" THE BOOK COMES OUT
TOMORROW OR THE ALBUM TO FOLLOW
ON MARCH 16th.
YOU CAN CATCH ANDREW LLOYD