Rice, Tim (Tim Rice)

(10.11.1944 -)
In showbiz came in the 60-ies., After the failure of the legal arena. In 1960-1963 he. he sang in the group of "Aardvarks" and sometimes in the other groups. In 1965, Mr.. released his first song, "This is my story" ( "That's My Story"). At the same time, he met with Andrew Lloyd-Webber (Lloyd Webber), with whom wrote 4 musicals. The first of them, "like us" ( "The Likes of Us"), has never been put on the stage. The other, "Joseph and the magic cloak" ( "Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", 1968), "Jesus Christ - Superstar" ( "Jesus Christ Superstar", 1973) and "Evita" ( "Evita", 1979), had huge success on Broadway. In 1986. in Vinzdorskom Castle in the presence of the royal family had its world premiere of their 30-minute comic musical "Cricket" ( "Cricket"). Besides Rice wrote 2 other musicals - "Blondel" ( "Blondel", 1983) and "Chess" ( "Chess", 1986), and also made a translation of the French show M. Berger (Michel Berger), and L. Pamondona (Luc Pamondon ) Zvezdomaniya "(" Starmania "). In 1982 g.sygral in the movie "Three Men in a Boat, . not counting the dogs "(" Three More Men in a Boat "), . and actively cooperated with the company Walt Disney ", . working on the animated film "Aladdin" ( "Aladdin", . 1992), . "Beauty and the Beast" ( "The Beauty and the Beast"), . "The Lion King" ( "The Lion King", . 1994), . "Aida" ( "Aida"), etc.,