School of Rock, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s exuberant new musical at New London Theatre, is based on the popular 2003 American musical-comedy movie starring Jack Black. The lyrics are by Glenn Slater; the book is by Julian Fellowes.
A wannabe rock star, out of work, takes a teaching job at an elite primary school, introduces the kids to hard rock and liberates them. Family audiences love musicals with lots of kids. Laurence Connor’s production has done extremely well in New York and there is no reason why it should not do equally well in London.
