Love Does Die, well for a bit? — Page 2

We don't believe either - the article says that the show is currently running at around 20% under the break-even figure, so it's clearly not a box office smash and could easily close in the red if they don't find some way of boosting the take, but then neither is it the soon-to-close hideous flop that others are keen to paint it.

Note that the key quote from RUG is that "Love Never Dies has been extremely well received by the audiences with a standing ovation every evening", something which is more difficult to disprove than hard financial figures (though it'll be the latter that cause its demise)...

Updated On: 6/14/10 at 05:22 AM

Is there a correlation between people's taste for marmite and taste for this show (someone should do a study lol). I detest marmite and I detested LND !

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That is very funny!

--- And the tune is sticky in my mind in the same way Lloyd Webber's are (is that good!?).

Going down the escalators this week on the tube, I have noticed thy have changed the advertising poster for LND, it is much like the old one, but just behind the words Love Never Dies, the word Phantom has beem slipped in, I wonder why they would of done this?

I am with you Princeton in enjoying the show, but have always been consistent on here that the advertising poster is just bloody hideous.

The word PHANTOM is larger and more prominent now.

The art work is a mess.
They just couldn't/cant choose what direction in which to advertise the damn thing!
I think it would look good with a 'Must Close July 3rd' stamped across it!

... except I hear lots of people talking about Priscilla with enthusiasm and love, whereas LND seems to get "it wasn't too bad" at best!

Not bothered at all, everyone is entitled to their opinion. I think there have been far worse scores in recent years personally but yes it isnt Webbers best.

Priscilla for me was unoriginal and devoid of heart and 'feel good' factor. But some people love it!

I REALLY dont get the 'phans' whole 'Love Should Die' thing, that I find very sad that their lives are taken up with so much negativity. Dont like it, dont go, why waste your time on something you dont like?! Its JUST a show at the end of the day! A piece of entertainment.

As an LSD member, I might ask the same thing . . . if you don't like what we're doing, why pay attention?

"Phantom" has long been a great favorite of mine, and the story -- penny-dreadful-ish as it may be -- means something significant to me. I find it appalling to see ALW make an utter mess of it like this, and it helps me feel a little better to spend time talking about it with others who feel the same way. And I have every right to do so.

It's not even like that's an uncommon reaction. George Lucas fans complaining that their lives were in ruins when the "Star Wars" prequels came out, anyone? "Gone with the Wind" fans furious over "Scarlett" and "The Wind Done Gone"? "M*A*S*H" fans who refused to watch any of the spinoffs of the show? I even remember "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" fans in distress over the final entries in their respective series. LSD members aren't the first and we won't be the last.

No Bob I would never put in that bracket.

No wonder you (bob8rich) were in such pain listening to the LND score for two hours!

I like a lot of Webber's music and actually like some of that in LND--the waltz, "Devil Take the Hindmost" and a couple of others. I'm fond of Phantom of the Opera. --- haven't seen it ANYthing like 100 times, but I have seen it more than once and can understand why people are willing to take some time and money to put their opinions out in public instead of just feeling sad and mad and muttering to themselves.

The book of POTO is hardly a lesson in close writing, but it has worked very well on stage for quite some time. There is something about the story, the characters, and the music that has appealed to many people.

The story of LND sounds like a bad romance novel with some Jerry Springerish "Who's the daddy?" included. What they've done to the characters is probably only important to fans of the original show, but I should think that people who don't care anything much about the original might find the characterizations and the story lacking.