ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER - LLOYD WEBBER AIMS TO TAKE MARIA TV CONTEST TO US

LLOYD WEBBER AIMS TO TAKE MARIA TV CONTEST TO US

British theatre impresario SIR ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER is hoping to revive his hit THE SOUND OF MUSIC reality TV contest in America. The Tony Award-winning composer and producer won both acclaim and scorn when he launched a nationwide search for a new MARIA for the London revival of the RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN musical in Britain earlier this year (06), and now he's keen to do the same again in America. Already among the judges slated to be part of a similar project to find talented wannabes to star in an upcoming GREASE revival, Lloyd Webber admits he's in negotiations to turn his HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA TV show into a US hit. Writing in his online diary, the CATS composer states: "I go to New York, then on to Los Angeles, and we're going to be talking about the Maria programme over there." Lloyd Webber is currently producing the smash hit London revival of The Sound Of Music, which stars TV contest winner CONNIE FISHER.