Andrew Lloyd Webber Confirms 'Phantom' Sequel

Bring Back Birdie, Annie 2, and The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public all failed. ALW should take the hint and scrap this project while he still can.

^ It's gonna take place in New York.

^ There have been three threads on this subject already.

---

As I have said before, goshdarrnit NOOOOOO.

I have never seen a group of so-called "Broadway lovers" on a message board that produce more negative and wasted energy.

Folks, we need to calm down. He hasn't even set pen to paper, or mouse to Finale yet. There is no cast - do not start casting ideas - no, Idina will not be Christine. If you don't like Lloyd Webber, don't talk or discuss or go see the show if/when it opens. There's no guarentee it will even make it to Broadway. But whether you want to admit it or not - the man is not stupid - his track record FOR THE MAJORITY has been pretty good, and whether or not you like the original Phantom of the Opera, it IS the longest running show on Broadway, and always will be so.

Calm down. Breathe. Stop with the negativity.

Yeah, as much as we appreciate you trying to be the voice of reason - why don't you limit your comments to the subject, not the people who are expressing their opinions on it.

Updated On: 3/9/07 at 01:27 PM

Leave it alone. Please.

---

KQuill...here's his point:

Thread started 3/1/07: https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=927272#2847616

Thread started 3/2/07: https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=927350#2844673

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=927316#2843747

Thread from 2/16/07: https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=925958#2817146

I understand your point, JasonM, I really do. Sometimes it does feel like all we do is bitch. But you can't simply suggest that people only talk about the things they like. There would no point at all to this board. People have opinions -- positive and negative -- and come here to share them with people in a common interest.

There's nothing wrong with people feeling like something's a bad idea from the start, and saying so.

ewww.

*shudder*

---

I just hope whatever he does with this show, he waits to produce it until Phantom has run its course. I think either way this sequel would kill the original production, which still has many more years in it. It's fine if he wants to write it, get it ready, whatever, but if it's good it will take away sales from the original, if it's bad it will make the whole Phantom "brand" look bad. And of course if the intention is to use the Majestic or Her Majesty's, that will prematurely remove their tenants.

I don't care whether the sequel happens or not, and I'm reserving all artistic judgments until we know much more about it, but it is in the interest of everyone with a financial stake in the current production not to rush to screw up a good thing that's still making money. The sequel will be just as valid (or not) when the original productions have closed. There are still many millions (or a billion?) to be made before then.

Horrible, horrible idea. Sequels almost always uniformly suck and this would completely kill any of the mystery that is left at the of Phantom. I don't want to know what happens to the characters. The fun is in not knowing. Plus it is going to be based on the horrid book "Phantom of Manhattan." Hopefully this will never make it past the writing stage.

---