'You're In The Band!'; Search For U.K. SCHOOL OF ROCK Kids Begins

Get ready to rock, U.K. kids, because soon Andrew Lloyd Webber might just point his finger at you and say, "You're in the band!"

With SCHOOL OF ROCK a solid Broadway hit breaking Winter Garden box office records, composer/producer Andrew Lloyd Webber tells London Theatre 1, "Now our team will begin searching across the UK for talented children to star in the West End transfer."

"I had forgotten what it was to have this kind of hit," says the composer who burst onto the scene with JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, and has enjoyed mega-success with shows like EVITA, CATS and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. "It is particularly great as we have no star names and we are witnessing personal triumphs for our brilliant kids and for Alex Brightman as Dewey, the role made famous by Jack Black."

This is the first time that a British composer and producer has opened a new musical on Broadway and the West End debut at the London Palladium is slated for the Spring of 2017.

While the Broadway production has roles for 13 child actors giving eight performances a week, UK performance regulations will require the show to carry at least three separate casts, providing opportunities for more than 39 talented children in total. Aside from singing, dancing and acting, a recorded announcement from Andrew Lloyd Webber before every performance guarantees that all of the actors, children and adults, are playing their own instruments.

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Based on the smash hit 2003 film of the same title, School of Rock: THE MUSICAL, with music from the movie, as well as an original score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Glenn Slater, a book byJulian Fellowes and direction by Laurence Connor, made its World Premiere on Broadway December 6 at the Winter Garden Theatre.

Joining Alex Brightman as "Dewey Finn" and Sierra Boggess as "Rosalie Mullins," are Spencer Moses as "Ned,"Mamie Parris as "Patty,"Evie Dolan as "Katie," Carly Gendell as "Marcy,"Ethan Khusidman as "Mason," Bobbi MacKenzie as "Tomika," Dante Melucci as "Freddy," Brandon Niederauer as "Zack," Luca Padovan as "Billy," Jared Parker as "Lawrence," and Isabella Russo as "Summer."

SCHOOL OF ROCK - THE MUSICAL follows Dewey Finn, a failed wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. Completely disinterested in academic work, Dewey decides to create his own curriculum, turning his class into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band.

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