He and the singer met when she auditioned for Cats in the early 1980s and they were both married to other people at the time. Soon, the father-of-two started an affair with one of the "gorgeous-looking singers" starring in his smash-hit musical Cats.ĭetails of Andrew's relationship with Sarah Brightman were also revealed in Unmasked, in which he says it was "inevitable" that he would have a "serious affair" at some point.
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However, professional opportunities weren't the only things that kept him busy. The couple welcomed their first child, Imogen, in 1977 and Nicholas was born in 1979.Īndrew describes Sarah as being a "supermum" who allowed him to take on every career opportunity thrown his way. I had taken a girl aged barely 18, straight out of school, and propelled her away from her family into a new life that happened to include being the wife of the composer of the first British musical to premiere on Broadway." "I pulled the car over and took her in my arms as the reality of what I had done hit me. However, as they left their reception to head on their honeymoon, the reality of the bride's tender age hit home when she began crying. They had a "simple" but "beautiful" wedding and he claims Sarah was 'glowing' despite him spilling champagne all over her wedding dress. "I proposed to Sarah in late 1970, which was a stupid formality we had long presumed we would get hitched as soon as she legally could," he said. He claims the love he felt for Sarah inspired him to write 'fast' and 'furiously' while working on Jesus Christ Superstar.
The two went on to spend more and more time together, Andrew had a flat in Earls Court which was near her school, and quickly gave her a spare key. He revealed how it didn't take long for him to fall in love with Sarah and recalled their first date at a bistro where she ordered "ludicrously small, simple things" as she didn't know whether they were splitting the bill. The pair first met at a party in Christ Chruch, when Andrew was 21 years old and Sarah was "a slip of a 16-year-old schoolgirl", according to an extract from his candid memoir, Unmasked, that was published in the Daily Mail.
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