Love Never Dies -Adelphi Theatre, London 2010

As the first (well second) preview draws near a week from today (I aint holding my breath!) here is a thread for all things 'to die for'!

For such a big show these boards have been very quiet of late and only in the last week have things opened up a bit.

Here is an article from The Independent On Sunday, 14th Feb 20110
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/phantoms-stage-return-delayed-by-technical-glitches-1899129.html

Updated On: 2/15/10 at 10:12 AM

I can't WAIT for the 27th!!!! Can't come round soon enough, im expecting something amazing so hopefully it will live up to the hype.

Not sure if that equates to it being the most anticipated. There isn't that much else around is there?

Agreed Anything Goes, I'd have thought there would be more general 'hype' around it by now, it feels like a more 'wait and see' production.

Reccent years have seen far higher anticipation for shows-Wicked, Legally Blonde etc as for the advance I think Joe Public will wait till the reviews are in and maybe theatre fans have held back thinking it wasn't worth rushing to see-personally I've waited to give it a chance to 'settle in' and (hopefully) avoid technical faults.

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Legally Blonde had alot of hype running up to its opening, at least for theatre folks.

Love Never Dies is the only big scale new musical which isn't a transfer from Broadway or somewhere else to open in London for a very long time. Heck I actually can't remember the last time. Priscilla/Sister Act and Blonde were all transfers from other parts of the globe.

These are 5 set and costume designs that were released in the Telegraph on Sunday, that I thought I would share with you all from Love Never Dies


1) Inside the Gates of the Phantom's home, Phantasma. Based on the original photographs of Coney Island, but made to look more dream like. On either side is the famous roller coaster, the remains of which still exist today!


2) This iconic American Figure appears at the gates of Phantasma.


3) The Tattooed face of a character called Squelch, one of the freaks the Phantom has rescued and transformed into a thing of extreme beauty!


4) Costume design for Meg, the leading showgirl known as the "Ooh la la girl"


5) A half bird, half woman aerialist called Fleck. The peacock image was used alot by the Art Nouveau movement, particularly artists like Aubrey Beardsley.

Why do I feel like there is an element of desperation about all of this?

I've just listened to al the 30 sec clips that have ben released and I a just left cold.
I'm not sure if the public want this very 1980s slushy love stuff these days.
I'll be seeing this March 8th and I feel no excitement whatsoever after this listening.

I wont be listening to the complete CD of this, the one night sitting in a theatre seat will be enough for me.

Where are the 30sec clips?

God... how I hate projections =_=
The whole cast & crew seems to be the best in the industry or at least the 'hottest' in the industry but I have a bad feeling... the result won't be as good as expected... maybe abit like Maguerite, everything individually is great, but somehow put together just doesn't quite work ~

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Here is the marquee. There was still scaffolding when I took the photo, so there might be a bit more to it now. The twinkling lights above the mask are pretty.

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Where did you all see that they are using alot of projections? was there an article? I missed it and i am interested in these things

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