Andrew Lloyd Webber hat es an die Spitze einer Auflistung der einflussreichsten Theatermacher Englands geschafft. Das Fachmagazin “The Stage” reihte ihn ex aequo mit David Ian, den Erstplatzierten des Vorjahres, 2006 an die Spitze der Charts. 2006 haben Ian und Webber gemeinsam die umstrittene, aber sehr erfolgreiche Castingshow “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?” produziert. 2007 wird es zwischen den beiden wohl einen offenen Kampf um die wahre Nummer 1 geben, denn Lloyd Webber geht auf BBC mit “Any Dream Will Do” an den Start und sucht für sein Frühwerk einen passenden Joseph; Ian dagegen sucht auf ITV mit der TV-Sendung “You’re The One That I Want!” Hauptrollenbesetzungen für das unverwüstliche Musical “Grease”.
Die Top 20
1= ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
1= DAVID IAN
3 CAMERON MACKINTOSH
4 HOWARD PANTER AND ROSEMARY SQUIRE
5 NICA BURNS/MAX WEITZENHOFFER
6 MICHAEL BOYD
7 NICHOLAS HYTNER
8 JUDE KELLY
9 BILL KENWRIGHT
10 MICHAEL GRANDAGE
11 SONIA FRIEDMAN
12 HAROLD PINTER
13 JON CONWAY/ NICK THOMAS OF QDOS
14 KEVIN SPACEY/SALLY GREENE OF THE OLD VIC
15 DAVID LAN
16 GRAHAM SHEFFIELD
17 VICKY FEATHERSTONE/JOHN TIFFANY
18 JONATHAN CHURCH
19 RUFUS NORRIS
20 DOMINIC COOKE
Weitere wichtige Theatermacher
Producers
Bob Boyett/Bill Haber (Spamalot), Matt Byam Shaw/Nick Salmon (A Voyage Around My Father), Judy Craymer (Mamma Mia!), Mark Goucher (Footloose), Thelma Holt (The Crucible), Richard Jordan (Lunch with the Hamiltons), Phil McIntyre (We Will Rock You), David Pugh (Rebecca), Thomas Schumacher (The Lion King), Bill Taylor (Blue Man Group), Arielle Tepper Madover (Donmar Warehouse Transfers), Kevin Wood (First Family Entertainment)
Dance
Matthew Bourne (Edward Scissorhands), Javier de Frutos (Cabaret), Akram Khan für seine Arbeit mit Sylvie Guillem
Literary
Alan Ayckbourn (If I Were You), Alan Bennett (The History Boys), Caryl Churchill (Drunk Enough to Say I Love You), David Eldridge (Market Boy), David Harrower (Blackbird), Terry Johnson (Piano/Forte), Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon), Patrick Marber (Don Juan in Soho), Mark Ravenhill (Dick Whittington), Tom Stoppard (Rock’n'Roll)
Performer
Simon Russell Beale (Life of Galileo), Richard Griffiths (The History Boys)
Judi Dench (Hay Fever), Connie Fisher (The Sound of Music), Derek Jacobi (A Voyage Around My Father), Idina Menzel (Wicked), Ian McKellen (The Cut), Elena Roger (Evita), Rufus Sewell (Rock’n'Roll), Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon)
Design/Technical/Architects
Paule Constable (Cosi Fan Tutti), Bob Crowley (The History Boys), Chris Davey (The Merchant of Venice am Edinburgh Lyceum), David Farley (Sunday in the Park With George), Tim Foster (Trafalgar Studios), Rob Howell (Hedda Gabler), Eugene Lee (Wicked), Katrina Lindsay (Market Boy), Christopher Oram (Evita), Stephen Tomkins (The Young Vic Redesign)
Regional/Subsidised
Michael Attenborough at the Almeida, Ian Brown at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Anthony Clark at the Hampstead Theatre, Giles Croft at the Nottingham Playhouse, Dominic Dromgoole at the Globe, David Farr at the Hammersmith Lyric, Peter Hall (Amy’s View), Samuel West at Sheffield Theatres
Musicals
Elton John/Lee Hall (Billy Elliot), Stephen Schwartz (Wicked)
