Music

Andrew Lloyd Webber just bought the rights to make 'School Of Rock' into a musical

by Aaron Zorgel

In an interview with Jian Ghomeshi last week, Andrew Lloyd Webber, the musical mind behind Broadway hits like The Phantom Of The Opera and Cats, revealed that he recently acquired the musical rights to the Jack White-starring/Mike White-penned/Richard Linklater-directed comedy School Of Rock.

Webber admits that School Of Rock has a bit of a different vibe compared to much of his previous work: “I will go from Stephen Ward, which is really going to be sort of a chamber musical, to a musical about kids playing the guitar.”

It’s been ten years since School Of Rock saw its initial release, and we think it’s about time this comedy got the Lloyd Webber treatment. Aren’t you excited to see a thirty piece orchestra take on classics like these?