

"Cats" was also panned by critics, giving it a 19% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film earned a meager $2.6 million on opening night, despite its production budget of $100 million, Insider previously reported. 'Cats,' starring Taylor Swift, Jason Derulo, James Corden, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, and Judi Dench, was released Friday. The film's animation was criticized for making the cats appear eerily similar to humans. Insider's Megan Willett called the trailer "terrifying to behold" after it was released in November. Lloyd Webber's mother was more interested in the career of a family friend who was an aspiring concert pianist, the composer told The Journal in 2018.Ĭomposer Andrew Lloyd Webber and Taylor Swift pose at the World Premiere of the new film "Cats" based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on Decemin New York City. Lloyd Webber's parents weren't supportive of their son's passion for musicals, however. William Lloyd Webber was "happily obscure, making a living writing old-fashioned organ and choral music for amateur church choirs," according to The New Yorker. His father William served as the director of the London College of Music, according to The Journal. Lloyd Webber's mother Jean taught music at a pre-prep school called the Wetherby in London, according to The Wall Street Journal.

"Our family house was on a noisy, rundown block of mansion flats," Weber told The Wall Street Journal's Marc Myers in 2018. Lloyd Webber grew up in London's posh South Kensington neighborhood and attended the prestigious Westminster School.

The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik described the family's social status as "insecure upper middle, rather than from the very creamy top."

A portrait of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber standing in front of billboards advertising his three musicals "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat," "Evita," and "Cats."
