Lloyd Webber Has Scandalous New Show
Put on your armor, because Andrew Lloyd Webber has a new musical. “Stephen Ward,†a new tuner about the 1963 London political scandal known as the Profumo Affair, will open in December in a production directed by Richard Eyre. The scandal involve a good-time girl known as Christine Keeler (pictured), among others. Scribe Christopher Hampton (“Les Liaisons Dangereusesâ€) and lyricist Don Black, both collaborators on Lloyd Webber’s musical version of “Sunset Boulevard,†also are on board the new show, as is choreographer Stephen Mear.
