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"Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber&amp;#039;s musical Stephen Ward is to close after poor ticket sales. The show - based around the 1963 Profumo affair - will come to a close after less than four months on March 29.  The tale of sex and scandal opened to mixed reviews in December at the Aldwych Theatre. Producer Robert Fox said in a statement: &amp;quot;Andrew has never been afraid to embrace difficult and challenging subject matters and Ward&amp;#039;s strong and compelling story highlights a serious miscarriage of justice. &amp;quot;The piece set out to explore his fascinating life as a piece of serious theatre, which has now been told to a new generation. &amp;quot;I am very sad to see the show close in London but firmly believe this piece will be seen by many audiences in the future.&amp;quot; Lloyd-Webber&amp;#039;s 20th musical is based around Stephen Ward, a socialite who was a prominent figure in the Profumo sex scandal, which nearly caused the fall of the Conservative government in 1963.  Shortly before it opened, Lloyd Webber admitted to The Daily Telegraph that he wasn&amp;#039;t sure if it would be successful with audiences. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s an amazing piece of work. Whether it&amp;#039;s a commercial piece of work is another question,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I haven&amp;#039;t had a hit in 20 years. I&amp;#039;ve written six musicals in that time. I&amp;#039;m resigned now to the fact that anything I do probably nobody is going to like.&amp;quot; The Evita and Phantom of the Opera composer has previously seen his musicals The Beautiful Game and Love Never Dies close early on the West End. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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