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Don’t Cry for Andrew Lloyd Webber: Broadway Composer Joins Experimental COVID Vaccine Trial in the UK

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Don’t cry for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. The composer of “Evita,” “Cats,” and many other Broadway musicals says on Twitter that he’s completed the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial. He says: “I’ll do anything to get theatres large and small open again and actors and musicians back to work.”

Sir ALW owns theaters that are closed and shows that aren’t playing anywhere. He just closed “Phantom of the Opera” in London’s West End, and its touring companies. The New York edition is obviously closed. My guess he’ll drink Clorox at this point to, as they used to say, get the show back on the road.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
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