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Andrew Lloyd Webber<\/a>\u2019s the Really Useful Group has rebranded as LW Entertainment, with plans to expand activity across the entertainment industry while continuing to manage the composer\u2019s body of work.<\/p>\n The company will develop brand and franchise strategies for titles including The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>, Cats<\/em>, Jesus Christ Superstar<\/em>, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/em>, Evita<\/em>, Sunset Boulevard<\/em> and Starlight Express<\/em>.<\/p>\n The business is led by chief executive James McKnight alongside chief operating officer and general counsel Louise Hughes, group chief financial officer Lawrence Chapman and chief commercial officer Libby Grant. Famed composer Lloyd Webber will continue to focus on musical composition.<\/p>\n Lloyd Webber explained today: \u201cTo mark this sea change in the Really Useful Group\u2019s story, the company is to be renamed LW Entertainment to represent the broadening of its work across different entertainment fields, whilst bringing it into line with LW Theatres which has just completed its most successful trading year ever. As usual, every penny of LW Theatres\u2019 profit will be ploughed back into the buildings.\u201d<\/p>\n LW Entertainment will focus, in Lloyd Webber\u2019s words, on \u201ccopyright exploitation\u201d, with theatrical production handled by Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals. Current and recent productions include the WhatsOnStage Award-winning Starlight Express<\/em>, the multi-award-winning Sunset Boulevard<\/em> and the five-star Evita<\/em> at The London Palladium<\/a>, with upcoming projects including Cats: The Jellicle Ball, <\/em>which will open on Broadway in 2026, and a new musical, The Illusionist<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n