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Lee Stephen Mead (born 14/07/81 in Southend-on-Sea) is a British musical theatre actor, best known for his appearance in the BBC series Any Dream Will Do in 2007, which he won on June 9, 2007. His prize for winning was to take on the lead role of Joseph in the London West End production of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'. He released a single of the song 'Any Dream Will Do' from the musical in aid of the BBC TV charity 'Children In Need', which reached #2 in the UK singles chart.

Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama. Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as a producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began to work in the Broadway theatre. His first major credit was the title song for the play Butterflies Are Free; the song was eventually used in the movie version as well.

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Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful British composer of musical theatre. He has arguably been the most popular theatre composer of the late 20th century, with multiple showpieces which have run for more than a decade both on Broadway and in the West End. Throughout his career he has produced 16 musicals, 2 film scores, and a Latin requiem mass. He has also accumulated a number of honors, including seven Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Oscar, an International Emmy, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.

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