Andrew Lloyd Webber's son 'hospitalized' and 'critically ill' fighting gastric cancer

Renowned composer Andrew Lloyd Webber announced his boy Nicholas is "critically ill" and fighting gastric cancer.

The "Joseph and nan Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" musician besides revealed Nick is now hospitalized owed to ongoing aesculapian issues, successful a connection shared by Webber's representatives pinch Fox News Digital.

"I americium perfectly devastated to opportunity that my eldest boy Nick is critically ill," Webber said.

"As my friends and family know, he has been fighting gastric crab for nan past 18 months and Nick is now hospitalised."

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Andrew Lloyd Webber says boy Nicholas is battling gastric cancer. (Getty Images)

While Nick's shape of nan illness has not been further disclosed, gastric crab is much commonly known arsenic stomach cancer. 

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"I truthful person not been capable to be nan caller previews of 'Bad Cinderella' and arsenic things stand, I will not beryllium capable to cheer connected its awesome cast, unit and orchestra connected Opening Night this Thursday," Webber said.

His latest Broadway accumulation is simply a reimagining of "Cinderella" which ran successful London's West End from 2021-2022. 

Andrew Lloyd Webber attended "Joseph and nan Amazing Technicolor DreamCoat" opening successful London pinch woman Madeleine and boy Nicholas successful 2007. (Nick Harvey)

A property arena for nan caller show is scheduled to coincide pinch nan famed composer's 75th birthday, Wednesday, March 22.

"We are each praying that Nick will move nan corner," Webber added. "He is bravely fighting pinch his indomitable humour, but astatine nan infinitesimal my spot is pinch him and nan family."

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Nicholas picked up nan family euphony cistron and was nan composer connected nan 2021 UK movie "The Last Bus." 

He besides earned accolades for his activity connected nan 2017 BBC Drama, "Love, Lies and Records," and won a Grammy information arsenic a co-producer for champion philharmonic theatre medium connected his father's 2021 "Cinderella." 

Andrew Lloyd Webber brought Nicholas and girl Imogen (and ex-wife Sarah Brightman) to nan opening of "Prospects of Love" successful 1990 astatine nan Broadhurst Theater successful New York. (Ron Galella)

Andrew was joined to Nicholas' mother, Sarah Hugill, for 12 years earlier they divided successful 1983. The erstwhile mates besides person a daughter, Imogen Lloyd Webber.

The EGOT and Kennedy Center Honoree is closing "The Phantom of nan Opera" connected Broadway successful 2023. A fixture connected Broadway since 1988, nan accumulation was initially group to adjacent Feb. 18, a time aft previews statesman for "Bad Cinderella." But owed to specified a precocious request for tickets, nan show received an eight-week hold and a caller closing day was scheduled for April 16.

His astonishing tally connected "The Great White Way" signifies a Lloyd Webber philharmonic will person performed connected Broadway each azygous playing nighttime since September 1979.

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