Andrew Lloyd Webber’s son ‘critically ill’ with cancer

• The stomach cancer that is “critically ill” in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s son.
• He is praying for his eldest son Nicholas.
• Nicholas is a Grammy Award-nominated producer and successful songwriter in his own right.

The 74-year-old theatre legend is “praying” that his eldest son Nicholas, whom he has with his first wife Sarah Hugill, “turns a corner” in his battle with the illness, but in the interim,

He will be staying with his family by the 43-year-old composer’s bedside, preventing him from attending the Thursday Broadway premiere of his most recent production, “Bad Cinderella”.

Andrew announced in a statement: “I am absolutely devastated to say that my eldest son Nick is critically ill. As my friends and family know, he has been fighting gastric cancer for the last 18 months and Nick is now hospitalised.

“I therefore have not been able to attend the recent previews of ‘Bad Cinderella’ and as things stand, I will not be able to cheer on its wonderful cast, crew and orchestra on Opening Night this Thursday.

“We are all praying that Nick will turn the corner. He is bravely fighting with his indomitable humour, but at the moment my place is with him and the family.”

Nicholas is a Grammy Award-nominated producer and successful songwriter in his own right. He is most known for writing the music for the drama series “Love, Lies and Records” and the 2021 film “The Last Bus.” He also co-produced and mixed the original cast CD for “Cinderella,” the predecessor of “Bad Cinderella,” which was recorded in London in 2021.

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