Time Rice gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Sir Tim Rice received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday November 20. A prolific lyricist and writer, Rice and composer-partner Andrew Lloyd Webber exploded on the worldwide theatre scene with the rock-opera  concept album, "Jesus Christ Superstar." Staged versions appeared the following year, and their popularity led to the 1973 film. Following "Superstar," Rice and Webber returned to their previous project, expanding it to its finalized form. The concept album for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" was released in 1974. The duo went on to collaborate in their third musical, "Evita." Its concept album was released in 1976. Rice won two Tony Awards for the show.Rice's '80s output included "Chess," which spawned a hugely successful concept album arriving in 1984. Former ABBA songwriters Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson provided the music. A London stage production has a successful run, but the closed quickly after opening on Broadway. Nevertheless, a "Chess" cult has emerged, and the show has endured, primarily thanks to concert versions. In 1991, after the death of lyricist Howard Ashman, Rice was hired to finish the lyrics for the Walt Disney film "Aladdin," and Disney subsequently teamed him with Elton John for "The Lion King." Rice also composed additional lyrics for the stage version of Disney's film "Beauty and the Beast," which opened on Broadway in 1994. A stage version of "The Lion King" opened on Broadway in 1997, as he was working with Elton John on two new projects -- "Aida," which opened on Broadway in 2000, and which won him the Tony Award and the DreamWorks film, "The Road to El Dorado."In 1994, Rice was knighted by HRH Queen Elizabeth II. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1999 and was, in 2002, named a Disney Legend. He continues to have projects in development for the theatre and for film.(With Inputs From agencies) ... full story »