Imogen Lloyd Webber

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Imogen Lloyd Webber
Born
Imogen Annie Lloyd Webber

(1977-03-31) 31 March 1977 (age 47)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Alma mater Queen's College, London
Girton College, Cambridge
Occupations
  • Author
  • broadcaster
  • communications executive
Parent(s) Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sarah Hugill
Relatives William Lloyd Webber
(paternal grandfather)
Julian Lloyd Webber
(paternal uncle)
Nick Lloyd Webber
(brother)
Website Official website

Imogen Annie [1] Lloyd Webber (born 31 March 1977) is a British broadcaster, author and marketing & communications executive. She is the daughter of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and his first wife, Sarah Hugill.

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Early life

Lloyd Webber was born at King's College Hospital in London on 31 March 1977. [2] She was educated at Queen's College, London and Girton College, Cambridge, where she studied modern political history, specializing in the role of worldwide intelligence agencies and their impact. [3] [4]

Career

As a contributor to MSNBC, she was regularly seen on the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network as a political commentator with a global perspective and a liberal slant on topics ranging from Afghanistan to entertainment. [3] [4] She was a frequent guest on the Fox News late-night panel show Red Eye and a panelist, along with Imus' longtime producer Bernard McGuirk, on the Imus in the Morning nationally syndicated radio show. [ citation needed ]

She produced Touched... For The Very First Time, written by Zoe Lewis, directed by Douglas Rintoul and starring Sadie Frost in 2009 at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End. [3] [5]

In January 2018, Lloyd Webber, along with Sierra Boggess, participated in a gala performance for the 30th anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, and publicly interviewed her father for the first time. [6]

In April 2020, she was promoted to senior vice president of marketing & communications at Concord Theatricals. [7]

She is a contributor for Broadway.com, People Now's royal correspondent and a senior vice president at Concord. She was brought in by ABC News as a contributor initially to cover the 2018 wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on multiple platforms and shows, including for the full six-hour live broadcast on Good Morning America . [8] [9] She hosted Tony Awards specials for Broadway.com/CBS in 2016, 2017 (winning a New York Emmy) and 2018. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Published books

Her non-fiction book, The Single Girl's Guide,[ ISBN missing ] was published by Summersdale in the United Kingdom in April 2007, and as The Single Girl's Survival Guide by Skyhorse Publishing in the US in October 2007 and again in February 2011. She later adapted it into a screenplay for film producer Lloyd Levin. [3]

The Twitter Diaries: 2 Cities, 1 Friendship, 140 Characters,[ ISBN missing ] a fiction e-book that Lloyd Webber co-wrote with Georgie Thompson, debuted on 21 May 2012. It is written as a conversation on Twitter, using the 140-character limitation. The book was inspired by Thompson and Lloyd Webber meeting at a party hosted by Piers Morgan and developing a friendship over Twitter. [14] [15] It was later released in paperback form in the UK and North America. [3]

In June 2016 St. Martin's Press published Lloyd Webber's The Intelligent Conversationalist: 31 Cheat Sheets That Will Show You How to Talk to Anyone About Anything, Anytime.[ ISBN missing ] [16] [17] [18]

Personal life

Lloyd Webber lives in New York City.

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References

  1. ↑ Lloyd Webber, Andrew (2018). Unmasked. London: HarperCollinsPublishers. pp. Page 248. ISBN   978-0-00-823759-2.
  2. ↑ "Births" . The Daily Telegraph . 2 April 1977. p. 32. Retrieved 25 September 2024– via Newspapers.com. LLOYD WEBBER.—On March 31, at King's College Hospital, Dulwich, to Sarah (née Hugill) and Andrew, a daughter, Imogen.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Webber, Imogen Lloyd. "Imogen Lloyd Webber » Biography". imogenlloydwebber.com. Retrieved 24 April 2022.[ non-primary source needed ]
  4. 1 2 Cohen, Stefanie (18 July 2011). "Andrew Lloyd Webber's daughter Imogen Lloyd Webber building her own career in NYC". New York Post. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Espiner, Mark (16 February 2009). "What to say about ... Touched for the Very First Time". the Guardian.
  6. ↑ Gans, Andrew (24 January 2018). "Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera Celebrates 30th Anniversary 24 January". Playbill. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "BMG Production Music, Concord Theatricals Announce Senior Executive Appointments". Variety. April 2020.
  8. ↑ "ABC News Announces Special Coverage of the Royal Wedding With a Five-Hour Special Edition of GOOD MORNING AMERICA".
  9. ↑ "Imogen Lloyd Webber – The Rights Factory". therightsfactory.com.
  10. ↑ "We've Teamed Up With CBS to Bring You Broadway.com Presents at the Tonys with Imogen Lloyd Webber". broadway.com.
  11. ↑ "Broadway.com & CBS Join Forces for Tony Awards Wrap-Up Special". broadway.com.
  12. ↑ "Broadway.com Presents at the Tonys with Imogen Lloyd Webber Wins New York Emmy Award". Broadway.com.
  13. ↑ "Broadway.com Presents at the Tonys with Imogen Lloyd Webber to Air Coast to Coast Tony Weekend". Broadway.com.
  14. ↑ "Bloomsbury acquires Twitter e-book". The Bookseller. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  15. ↑ Susannah Butter (21 May 2012). "The Twitter Diaries: Think Bridget Jones tries social networking | Lifestyle". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  16. ↑ Rockett, Darcel (3 June 2016). "A guide to sounding smart in any situation". Chicago Tribune.
  17. ↑ MacDonald, Elizabeth (10 June 2016). "A New Book That Will Make You Sound Smart". foxbusiness.com.
  18. ↑ Long, Stephanie Topacio (13 June 2016). "9 Quick Tips For Talking To Anyone About Anything". bustle.com.
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