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The live version of NBC's "Jesus Christ Superstar" won an Emmy Award on Sunday, which made three men happier. That means star John Legend, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice joined the winning team.
The legendary musical Lloyd Webber and Rice, along with Emmys, were honored for their concert with Tonys, Grammys and Oscars, the four biggest awards in show business.
Lloyd Webber and Rice have already won Tonys ("Evita" and "Sunset Boulevard"), Grammys ("Cats", "Evita") and an Oscar for "You Must Love Me" from "Evita". Legend won 10 Grammys and in 2015, he won an Oscar for his song "Glory" from the movie "Selma". Last year, he won a Tony for the best awakening of a play as co-producer of "Jitney". Legend, who played Jesus at the concert version of "Jesus Christ Superstar," but won his Emmy as co-producer of the series, is also looking for an interim Emmy later this month.
Legend's wife, Chrissy Teigen, posted a photo of the three men holding their Emmys with the caption: "EGOT GOATS" – a reference to the term "greatest of all time".
Two other songwriters were also released from EGOT Sunday: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, whose song "In the Market for a Miracle" appeared in "A Christmas Story Live!". They have already won an Oscar for "The Land," and a Tony and a Grammy for "Dear Evan Hansen. "But their candidacy for EGOT status derailed when Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics went to" Saturday Night Live "and their song" Come Back Barack "when Chance the Rapper was hosting
Legend's special trio Lloyd Webber and Rice – officially the 13th, 14th and 15th members of the EGOT club – joins an elite group of Robert Lopez, Audrey Hepburn, Mel Brooks, Rita Moreno, Mike Nichols and Whoopi Goldberg. (Lopez, the composer "The Book of Mormon" and "Frozen", who was 38 years old when he was granted EGOT status, is still the youngest to win the four awards.) The legend is at 39.)
Lloyd Webber told The Associated Press that he had never considered creating an EGOT because he rarely watched television, but wanted to pay tribute to his prolific old friend and co-producer, Craig Zadan , who died this summer. "It's always been his, and I'm so grateful that he put so much energy into a pretty wonderful show," he said.
The latest award recognizes a special year for Lloyd Webber, who turned 70 this year and whose autobiography, "Unmasked," was released in the spring with a massive collection of four tracks by Barbra Streisand and Lana. Del Rey and Madonna. It was a tribute to the Grammy Awards, and fans of the Olympic Winter Games would have noticed the Lloyd Webber soundtracks for several skaters.
Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert defeated Grammys, Oscars and Golden Globe television shows, as well as the HBO "Night of Too Many Stars" benefit show.
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