YOUNG ACTORS’ VERSION OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S “SCHOOL OF ROCK – THE MUSICAL” NOW AVAILABLE AT CONCORD THEATRICALS
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FOR RELEASE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2025
YOUNG ACTORS’ VERSION OF
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S
“SCHOOL OF ROCK – THE MUSICAL”
NOW AVAILABLE AT
CONCORD THEATRICALS
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New York, NY (September 4, 2025) – Concord Theatricals is delighted to announce that a one-hour version of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Julian Fellowes and Glenn Slater’s School of Rock – The Musical has been released to amateur theaters in North America. Discover more information about School of Rock: Young Actors Edition, adapted by iTheatrics by visiting concordsho.ws/SchoolofRockYAE.
“I am thrilled about the publication of the School of Rock: Young Actors Edition. Ever since I wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for a school in London, I have been passionate about young people discovering music through theater,” said Andrew Lloyd Webber. “Find your inner rock, and let the music begin.”
“We are thrilled to add School of Rock: Young Actors Edition to our roster, giving more schools the opportunity to bring this touching and inspiring story to their students and communities,” said Billie Davis, Senior Vice President of Amateur Licensing at Concord Theatricals.
“School of Rock: Young Actors Edition gives students the chance to ‘rock hardcore!’” said Timothy Allen McDonald, founder and CEO of iTheatrics. “Adapted by iTheatrics and featuring musical keys perfect for young voices (because few have the vocal range of the original ‘Dewey,’ Alex Brightman), with a running time of about 60 minutes, and no requirement for students to play live instruments, this edition makes the show accessible to schools and youth theaters everywhere.”
School of Rock: Young Actors Edition is a testimony to the transformational power of music as it allows all students to become members of the band – no live instrument-playing required. Each show pack of materials includes a downloadable production guide, student vocal book, piano/vocal score, guide vocal tracks, accompaniment tracks, audition sides, official artwork, and instructional choreography and staging videos.
Based on Mike White’s 2003 film of the same name, the musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn an extra bit of cash by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight–A pupils into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. With a book by Julian Fellowes, lyrics by Glenn Slater and new music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Young Actors Edition combines favorite tunes from the film with many of Lloyd Webber’s electric original songs for the musical, including “You’re in the Band” and “Stick It to the Man.”
School of Rock – The Musical premiered at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre on December 6, 2015, and before closing four years later, had played over 1,300 performances and was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score (Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater) and Best Book (Julian Fellowes). The musical was equally lauded in London’s West End, where it opened at the Gillian Lynne Theatre on November 14, 2016. The show was nominated for three Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical, and Lloyd Webber won the Olivier for Outstanding Achievement in Music.
BIOGRAPHIES
Andrew Lloyd Webber has composed the scores of some of the world’s most famous musicals. His shows have run continuously in London’s West End for 50 years and ran for 43 uninterrupted years on Broadway.
When the original Sunset Boulevard joined School of Rock, CATS, and The Phantom of the Opera he equaled Rodgers & Hammerstein’s record of four shows running simultaneously on Broadway. He is one of the select group of artists with EGOT status, having received Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards.
Lloyd Webber owns six London theaters including the iconic London Palladium and Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Reopened in July 2021, the latter was completely restored and renovated at a cost of over $76 million. This was one of the biggest projects undertaken by a private theater owner in recent times. His mantra is that every penny of profit made from his theaters is ploughed back into the buildings for their conservation and development.
Lloyd Webber is passionate about the importance of musical education and diversity in the arts. In the UK, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation provides 30 performing arts scholarships every year for talented students with financial need, and supports a range of projects such as the Music In Secondary Schools Trust (MiSST).
In academic year September 2025 – 2026, 14,885 children are being given free musical tuition and instruments as part of MiSST’s Andrew Lloyd Webber Programme. The Foundation also commissions research into diversity in theater.
In the US, The Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative, administered through the American Theatre Wing, helps under-served, diverse students overcome barriers to pursuing a career in theater. The Initiative provides public school drama teachers with the resources they need to nurture young talent in their schools, and gives training and university scholarships to students, especially those from groups that are underrepresented in the theater industry.
Andrew Lloyd Webber has composed music for globally significant moments. Most recently, he was asked to compose “Make a Joyful Noise”, the anthem for the Coronation of King Charles III.
Andrew Lloyd Webber was knighted in 1992, created an honorary life peer in 1997, and made a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter by King Charles III in 2024. He is the only person in the arts ever granted this personal honor by a monarch.
Julian Fellowes is creator, sole writer and executive producer of the worldwide television series Downton Abbey, which has received 69 Emmy Award nominations, winning 15, including writing and Outstanding Miniseries or Movie for Fellowes. His theater writing credits are School of Rock the Musical (Broadway/Tony Award nominee, Best Book), Mary Poppins (West End, Broadway/Drama Desk nominee, Best Book), Half a Sixpence (Chichester Festival Theatre/West End) and The Wind in the Willows (The London Palladium).
His film writing credits are Gosford Park (Academy Award winner, Original Screenplay), Vanity Fair, Piccadilly Jim, Separate Lies (National Board of Review Directorial Debut Award), From Time to Time (directed, Best Picture – Chicago Children’s Film Festival and Fiuggi Family Festival in Rome, Youth Jury Award – Seattle International Film Festival, Young Jury Award – Cinemagic in Belfast), The Young Victoria, The Tourist, Romeo & Juliet, The Chaperone, the Downton Abbey movie, Downton Abbey: A New Era, and the upcoming Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. His television writing credits include Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Prince and the Pauper, Titanic (miniseries), Doctor Thorne (miniseries) and most recently, The Gilded Age.
He has authored the international bestselling novels Snobs, Past Imperfect and most recently, Belgravia; the children’s book The Curious Adventures of the Abandoned Toys and Downton Abbey scripts. Fellowes is also a screen and stage actor. He and his wife, Emma, live in London and Dorset, England. They have a son, Peregrine.
Glenn Slater’s first show (How I Survived High School) was produced off-Broadway when he was just 17 years old. Since then, he has become one of his generation’s most celebrated lyricists, and an omnipresent fixture in theater, film and television for over two decades. With his frequent collaborator, legendary composer Alan Menken, Slater has written the songs for four Broadway hits: Disney’s The Little Mermaid (GRAMMY winner, Tony Award nominee), Sister Act (Tony nominee), Leap of Faith and A Bronx Tale. With equally legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, Slater penned the lyrics for the international juggernaut School Of Rock (Tony Award nominee), and both book and lyrics for Love Never Dies, the long-awaited sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. His most recent show, Clueless (with pop-star composer KT Tunstall) is currently playing to sold-out audiences in the West End. Other notable stage works include Newyorkers at the Manhattan Theatre Club (Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics, Drama Desk nominee), and the book for Beatsville (with composer/lyricist/wife Wendy Wilf) at the Asolo Rep.
For the big screen, Glenn co-created Disney’s instant classic Tangled (GRAMMY winner, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee), as well as films as varied as Disney’s animated Western Home on the Range, the R-rated global smash Sausage Party, and the pop-driven Uglydolls. His latest animated film, Spellbound (with music by Menken), is currently featured on Netflix. For the small screen, Slater wrote the lyrics for every song in both seasons of ABC-TV’s groundbreaking cult-hit musical series Galavant (Emmy nominee), as well as for all three seasons of the Disney Channel’s beloved series Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure (Emmy winner, two-time nominee). Slater also wrote the lyrics for “The Compass of Your Heart,” the theme for the wildly popular ride Sinbad’s Storybook Voyage at the Tokyo DisneySea theme park.
Slater’s songs have been recorded by a dizzying array of artists – from Broadway luminaries like Donna Murphy, Raul Esparza and Sierra Boggess to Nashville giants Tim McGraw, k.d. lang and Bonnie Raitt to contemporary pop stars like Kelly Clarkson, Janelle Monae and Nick Jonas. In addition to his GRAMMY and Emmy statuettes, he has been honored with the prestigious Kleban Award for Lyrics, and ASCAP’S New Horizons Award. Glenn is a member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild, and lives in NYC.
iTheatrics. Founded in 2006 by educator and author Timothy Allen McDonald, and headquartered in New York City, iTheatrics is the world’s leading authority on musical theater for young people. Every day, iTheatrics works to make theater more accessible for students everywhere and, in turn, leads a dynamic and talented group of artists and educators who are changing the world through the transformative power of musical theater. iTheatrics develops collections of musicals for leading musical theater licensing agencies. Working with esteemed partners in the United States, such as the President’s Committee on Arts and the Humanities, New York City’s Department of Education, the Kennedy Center, McGraw-Hill Education and NBC Universal, iTheatrics develops and implements dynamic programs to build cost-effective and sustainable musical theater programs in underserved schools. iTheatrics produces the now bicoastal Junior Theatre Festivals, the world’s largest festivals exclusively dedicated to celebrating young people and student-driven musical theater.
Concord Theatricals is the world’s most significant theatrical company, comprising the catalogs of R&H Theatricals, Tams-Witmark, Samuel French, The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection, Dramatists Play Service and Playscripts, plus dozens of new signings each year. Our unparalleled roster includes the work of Irving Berlin, Agatha Christie, George & Ira Gershwin, James Graham, Katori Hall, Marvin Hamlisch, Lorraine Hansberry, Kander & Ebb, Marlow & Moss, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Arthur Miller, Dominique Morisseau, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, August Wilson and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions. We are the only firm providing truly comprehensive services to the creators and producers of plays and musicals, including theatrical licensing, music publishing, script publishing, cast recording and first-class producing. As a producer and record label, the company has won three Tony Awards and two GRAMMY Awards in the past six years. www.concordtheatricals.com
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