News about Sarah Brightman

TOM LEONARD: Sister Wilhelmina's simple wooden coffin, handmade by a priest, had been buried for four years in a corner of her abbey's property in Missouri's farming country. When her nuns arrived with spade and pickaxe to dig up her body, they discovered the clay soil flooded and a crack in the middle of the coffin. Abbess Cecilia let out a scream as they opened the lid to flash a torch inside. She noticed a perfectly functioning foot rather than a pile of decaying bones. And it wasn't just the foot. All of Sister Wilhelmina were there, her body had been found, and the nuns maintained that no sign of decomposition had occurred. Wilhelmina died aged 95 in 2019 and eager to reinter at least some of the abbess' remains in their chapel's new altar.

JENNI MURRAY: This year, for the first time in my 73 years, I believe I missed the Grand National. I was coming home from two weeks away and was supposed to be home before 5 p.m. on Friday. I was unable to attend my favorite sporting event of the year due to a late flight and chaos in Heathrow. But I did know about the uprising sparked by the protesters and Hill Sixteen's tragic death after a fall at the first fence. I've been thinking about it all week and wondering if I am right to be an ardent fan of such a volatile sport.

In a touching essay for The New York Times, Andrew Lloyd Webber recalled his final moments with late son Nick. Lloyd Webber, 75, dedicates the final curtain call of Phantom of the Opera to his beloved late son, a 43-year-old record producer died last month after a protracted battle with gastric cancer and pneumonia. The composer had been invited to write about his involvement in theatre for the publication ahead of its final performance on Monday.

After the spectacular Broadway show ended after 35 years, Andrew Lloyd Webber dedicated the last curtain call of Phantom of the Opera to his beloved late son Nick. On Sunday, the cast and crew, as well as Webber, took their final bows, debating New York's longest-running spectacle with thunderous standing ovations, champagne toasts, and gold and silver confetti bursting from its iconic chandelier. It was shown No. 1 on the television. The Majestic Theatre produced a revival of 'The Music of the Night' starring new actor Sarah Brightman - as well as crew members dressed in street clothes. Andrew Lloyd Webber paid the final show to his son Nick, who died last month after a protracted battle with gastric cancer and pneumonia. He was 43 years old when he died.

After more than 35 years and 14,000 performances, the curtain came down on The Phantom of the Opera's Broadway run at the Majestic Theatre in New York last night. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, which opened in the United States in 1988, became a hit in London, starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman. More than a year later, it migrated to Broadway, where it has been on display since and is estimated to have grossed over £1 billion in ticket sales. Phantom is also the second longest-running musical in the West End, behind only Les Miserables, and it is also on display at Her Majesty's Theatre.

Kristin Chenoweth attended friend Sarah Brightman's appearance on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday in Los Angeles. With Chenoweth, 54, showing her toned legs in a black sequin dress and Brilliantman, 62, looking stunning in a flowing nude tunic, the ladies were stunned with their chic ensembles. And though it was Brightman's time to shine, Chenoweth took a moment to pose by her own celebrity during an impromptu second ceremony.