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I suggest going to your local library and picking up a stack of plays, looking through the character descriptions to find ones that match, then flipping through the play to find scenes.

 

Yeah, you know what, you're right Matt, why should we care about characters!? Let's just be cynical and accept whatever they feed us as not mattering. Let's spend hundreds of dollars on stuff we don't even care about. Media literacy is overrated.

You really seem to have no high regard for either the original Phantom or this musical, but keep coming back to make fun of people for... actually caring about stuff. That's kind of sad.

Well by Equity Rules they have to hold open auditions every so often even if they're not needing any. And I would not be surprised if some of the current understudies will get to be the lead on tour so they're looking for new understudies.

Does anyone else think Patti looks too old to be the younger sister of Caissie Levy? I know Caissie is only a year younger but Patti does not look like a teenager. Caissie could at least pass for 21 or whatever the supposed age Elsa is when she comes of age. 

When Everything Falls Apart and What Do You Know About Love were the only memorable new songs. And even then I hate the direction Kristoff was taken. 

Little known to many on here, there's actually a third version- a production in Denmark using the Australian libretto translated into Danish. Still pretty awful but pretty to look at... like every production of LND.

With all the callbacks to the original Phantom... why don't they just do the original Phantom? ALW has had many flops in his life, but he usually just moves on. Why is he still beating this dead horse? He's never going to make the changes necessary to make this a hit, so what's the point?

The lyrics of The Point of No Return in Phantom are incredibly disturbing

I would say most Phantom fans who were around pre-LND either dislike or hate Love Never Dies. Maybe some teenagers on Instagram who think Bronson Norris Murphy is sexy and think The Phantom and Christine are so perfect together. Obviously the show has some fans but why would you respect ALW when he trashes Phantom Phans at every turn and insulted a fan with breast cancer who had seen his show over 100 times. 

Never liked Dale as Christine although I hear she was Michael Crawford's favorite. What great high notes but pretty bad low notes. Also very stiff acting and weird diction. Also disliked what she said in interviews about the characters.

She got to keep her wedding dress when she left. Always hoped we'd get some good pictures.

Based on the DVD and being a long time Phantom fan, it's only fun if you're playing a drinking game or if you can ignore the gaping plot holes, trite lyrics, and frankly terrible libretto.

I thought it was double bad with both Barbour and Toni Braxton when I saw it. Disney sure regrets hiring him, huh?

A Change in Me makes no sense and slows the show down. 

Disney with all their shows of course!

And in Vegas they also had a stuntman doing the drop so it looked more realistic. When I saw Phantom with my mother in the 90s she didn't know if the dummy was supposed to be real within the context of the show. Doesn't help that the audience might have forgotten who he was. I've seen a couple performances where some ballerinas have ad libbed "BUQUET!"One thing that really bothers me about Broadway is that they don't model the wedding dress doll on the actual actress anymore. It's super creepy to see the Phantom throwing around a likeness of the actual actress. And of course the ensemble member playing her in the music of the night wears a generic mask.



Look at that! Super creepy! First picture is from The Phantom of the Opera, the First Year Backstage (a must read for hardcore Phantom fans, lots of cool pictures taken by Steve Barton's dresser in London). Second picture of course shows Rebecca Luker in her Broadway debut (with Sarah Brightman on the floor).

Yes and we all know what a masterwork that film was

Happy Birthday Carol!!! Hope the Dolly tour will come close to her so she can see it!

So is the cast so good that this is a "can't miss" even if I hate the plot? Is it worth seeing in Minneapolis? Should I see Rachel (who I loved as Carlotta) or Meghan?