Creative Arts Emmys 2018: John Legend, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice become EGOTs
Thanks to a win for Jesus Christ Superstar, Live in Concert
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Your support makes all the difference.John Legend, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir Tim Rice have become the latest members of the illustrious EGOT winners club.
Thanks to a victory for Jesus Christ Superstar, Live in Concert at last night’s Creative Arts Emmys, the three musicians became the 13th, 14th, and 15th people to have taken home an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
The variety special was produced by Legend – who made history by becoming the first black man to win all four awards – while Lloyd Webber and Rice acted as composer and lyricist of the original 1970 musical.
“Before tonight, only 12 people had won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony in competitive categories,” Legend wrote on Instagram.
“Sirs Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and I joined that group when we won an Emmy for our production of their legendary show Jesus Christ Superstar. So happy to be part of this team. So honored they trusted me to play Jesus Christ. So amazed to be in such rarefied air.”
Legend has picked up 10 Grammys, an Oscar for original composition for the movie Selma, and a Tony for producing the play Jitney last year. Lloyd Webber has six Tony awards, three Grammys and an Oscar for the song “You Must Love Me” from Evita. Rice co-composed the score for Evita with Lloyd Webber and also won Oscars for best original song with “A Whole New World” from Aladdin and “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” from The Lion King.
Previous EGOT winners include Whoopi Goldberg, Mel Brooks and Audrey Hepburn.
The Creative Arts Emmys also saw Sir David Attenborough take home a statuette for Blue Planet II and Anthony Bourdain win a posthumous award for his series Parts Unknown.
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