Broadway fans around the world will soon be able to stream the works of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber on YouTube — for free. The series, dubbed “The Shows Must Go On!,” will stream weekly to help ease cabin fever during the coronavirus quarantine.
The musical theater legend plans to air some of his most celebrated — and reviled — shows. The first installment begins Friday at 2 p.m.
with LLoyd Webber’s 2000 revival of 1991’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” starring Donny Osmond, Maria Friedman, Richard Attenborough and Joan Collins, available for a 48-hour period.
The next production, scheduled for April 10, will be the 2012 rock musical “Jesus Christ Superstar,” featuring stars Tim Minchin, Spice Girls’ Melanie C and Chris Moyles.