BWW Review: Paramount Presents LOVE NEVER DIES - Oh, Please Let It

[SeattleBdwyGeek]

Posted: 5/9/18 at 1:43pm

My review of LOVE NEVER DIES at the Paramount.




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[MCfan2]

Posted: 5/9/18 at 3:24pm

I am shamelessly loving the snark. "By that rationale the Phantom is also the father of Chopin, Gershwin, and Stevie Wonder." Nice.

[devonian.t]

Posted: 5/9/18 at 3:48pm

The whole show reads like a confession from Lord Lloyd Webber: "My original conception was wrong and I never understood 'Phantom'.  The success was thanks to the supreme showman, Hal Prince".

If you've ever heard ALW's campy first try-out of 'Phantom' you'll know how immature and off-track he was.  'Love never Dies' lacked prince to redeem it.  As a result it's just as bad as ALW left to his own devices can be.

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 5/9/18 at 4:03pm

Meanwhile, at a staff meeting of the Really Useful Group...

[Justin D]

Posted: 5/9/18 at 4:20pm

I thought the Rape like was very unfortunate as it is mentioned in a song that it was quite consensual, unlikely IMHO but consensual.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/9/18 at 5:33pm

"And are we just going to blow past the fact that the kid is basically a product of rape?"

Sounds like the product of a closed mind that wasn't even paying attention.  The original story was gothic melodrama and so is the sequel, but there is no allusion to rape of any kind in the show.  Following that with, "The continued story doesn't revisit old friends, it pees on them and in the most predictable and boring way" just sounds cheap without making any point, so if that's how you feel about the show, then why do the same?  That's one of the most immature and unenlighetning reviews I've ever read.

I'm not a fan of the book for Love Never Dies, but I do think the score has some really nice music with a couple of clunkers that should be cut or replaced.  

[Sho-Tunes-R-Us]

Posted: 5/9/18 at 7:12pm

Bitchy, butt ackerate.  

I did like the title song.  That's it. 

Seen in San Jose, California.  Unfortunately, I knew the way to San Jose.

[Lot666]

Posted: 5/11/18 at 2:00pm

SeattleBdwyGeek said: "My review of LOVE NEVER DIES at the Paramount."



 

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/11/18 at 2:02pm

A gif reply? What is this, Slack?

[Lot666]

Posted: 5/11/18 at 2:05pm

LizzieCurry said: "A gif reply? What is this, Slack?"

When the critic misrepresents key plot details, nothing more is warranted.

[newintown]

Posted: 5/11/18 at 2:06pm

The title tune isn't bad, but it was better when it was in The Desert Song.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/11/18 at 2:29pm

newintown said: "The title tune isn't bad, butit was better when it was inThe Desert Song."

Hasn't it also been compared to the theme from The Apartment? I liked the lyrics better when it was "Our Kind of Love" in The Beautiful Game.

[newintown]

Posted: 5/11/18 at 2:53pm

It does sound a lot like "Theme from The Apartment," but at least "Theme" is in 4; the title tune from LND and "I Want A Kiss" from Desert Song are both in 3, making them even more alike. But I think Lloyd Webber is never apologetic for his plagiarism, is he? Which has the mild attraction of brazenness at least.

[devonian.t]

Posted: 5/11/18 at 5:17pm

'the mild attraction of brazenness'

hahahaha