There is already huge public interest in stage musicals.

His father Hugh Gordon Rice served with the Eighth Army and reached the rank of major during World War II whilst his mother Joan Odette (née Bawden) served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) as a photographic interpreter. "
Describing his religion Rice has stated “Technically I'm Church of England which is really nothing. Rice was made a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994 (entitling him to the address "Sir Tim Rice" or "Sir Tim") was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1999 and was named a Disney Legend in 2002.

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice (born 10 November 1944) is a British lyricist and author.