What is the best Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?

From gothic mega-spectacles to rock operas and family-friendly romps, these shows span five decades of West End and Broadway history. Which one takes the crown?

1

The Phantom of the Opera

The longest-running show in Broadway history, a gothic romance built around a masked composer's obsession.

1000pts

2

The Beautiful Game

A musical set in 1960s Belfast following young footballers caught up in sectarian conflict.

600pts

3

Jesus Christ Superstar

A pioneering 1971 rock opera retelling the final days of Jesus, written with Tim Rice.

494pts

4

Cats

A sung-through spectacle based on T.S. Eliot poems, famous for the power ballad 'Memory'.

494pts

5

Stephen Ward

A musical dramatizing the British osteopath at the center of the 1960s Profumo scandal.

428pts

6

Sunset Boulevard

A lush adaptation of Billy Wilder's film noir about a faded silent-film star, featuring 'As If We Never Said Goodbye'.

350pts

7

Cinderella

A modern, witty 2021 reimagining of the fairy tale with lyrics by David Zippel.

350pts

8

Love Never Dies

The Phantom of the Opera's sequel, relocating the story to Coney Island a decade later.

350pts

9

School of Rock

A family-friendly 2015 stage adaptation of the Jack Black film about a fake substitute teacher forming a kids' rock band.

257pts

10

Whistle Down the Wind

A musical about children who mistake an escaped convict for Jesus, set in the rural American South.

257pts

11

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

A playful biblical pop-cantata and the first Lloyd Webber-Rice collaboration.

257pts

12

Evita

A rock opera chronicling the rise of Argentine icon Eva Perón, home to 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina'.

257pts

13

Starlight Express

A roller-skating spectacle where performers play anthropomorphic trains racing for glory.

143pts

14

Aspects of Love

A chamber musical about the tangled romantic entanglements of a group of lovers across decades.

143pts