Love Never Dies heading to North America!

[chernjam]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 9:15am

Can't believe I'm the first to post this... Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Love Never Dies" is coming to North America in 2017.  They tweeted this out this Morning with a Youtube clip (of video from the DVD) - kind of odd that there was no other info like dates or anything - nor any formal announcement.  

I know there's plenty of LND and ALW haters - but I for one am excited.

 

http://www.loveneverdies.com/ustour/ 

 

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 10:06am

Have the DVD of the Australian production and found it enjoyable.I will, however, believe this when I see it.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 10:15am

What have we done to deserve this?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 10:33am

I have the same feeling re BOM & most Disney musicals

To each his own. We are both entitled to our conflicting opinions.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 10:36am

Why don't you just put in your signature the shows you hate? It'll save you so much trouble.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 10:40am

We deserve this, because we made POTO the longest running broadway show.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 10:44am

Take a chill pill

If you read my posts, you will see I like most shows & very few do I not like. I guess it irks you when someone likes what you deem unworthy of Broadway. There are many on the board like you who set themselves up as a tribunal of what should & should not be shown on Broadway. I think you should send a letter to ALW or POTUS & tell them they should halt the tour immediately since you do not like the show. I am quite sure the tour will than be cancelled making you happy.

Have a nice day.

Updated On: 5/19/15 at 10:44 AM

[ebontoyan]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 10:53am

May be a minority but I am excited for this show! 

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 10:56am

I just hope they fixed the awful ending

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 11:16am

They need to fix more than the awful ending. It is the entire book that fails. The score is quite nice, but the story does not work.

[JoseLee_]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 11:30am

This explains the new ending to the tour of Phantom right now. I'm really excited. I live the score to Love Never Dies.

[JoseLee_]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 11:30am

This explains the new ending to the tour of Phantom right now. I'm really excited. I live the score to Love Never Dies.

[chernjam]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 11:32am

JoseLee - can you explain what they've changed in POTO - haven't seen it in awhile

 

I know that ALW said last year before the Japan opening they were talking about revising the ending... 

[Drewski Vanderbilt]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 11:44am

I am so excited for this show! I know it is not likely but It would be cool if Ramin or Sierra joined the show again, ALW said that if it came to america Boggess would be a consideration.

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 11:48am

ill definitely see this if it comes to my area!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 11:56am

Amazing how many people want to see it, ain't it?

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 12:16pm

"Amazing how many people want to see it, ain't it?"

No, not really. I am sure it will be a beautiful and lavish production. Just because some of the content of the show does not work doesn't mean that there won't be aspects worth seeing. The score will still be great, the stage craft will likely be gorgeous, and it will still be an event worthy of dropping about $50 on.

The story sucks, but the production will likely be good.

 

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 12:35pm

I didn't hate the show when I saw it in London.  I enjoyed much of the score, but the book was truly dreadful.  The original staging wasn't bad except for The Beauty Underneath which was not only a hideous song, but was just as hideously staged.  Australia made it look about as good as it could be, but the song needs to be scrapped and replaced.  Devil Take the Hindmost is the other than was a chore to watch.  Either pick up the tempo or replace the song.  The one mistake I think Australia made was moving Till I Hear You Sing to the beginning of the show.  It's completely unnecessary and it removed a large chunk of dramatic tension in the first act.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 12:43pm

Sigh

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 12:47pm

Oh man. 

Updated On: 5/19/15 at 12:47 PM

[thedrybandit]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 1:18pm

"JoseLee - can you explain what they've changed in POTO - haven't seen it in awhile
 
I know that ALW said last year before the Japan opening they were talking about revising the ending... "

 Nothing has changed in Phantom on Broadway or in London - anywhere that uses the  original staging is the same as it always has been.

The new tour though, which has a new director, new staging, and pretty much new everything except new music, has changed the ending so that at the end the Phantom sings "Christine, I love you" to her veil, and doesn't see her re-enter to place the ring on the table. He has no idea she came back until he turns around once she's gone. I think that's probably what JoseLee was referring to.

He's also much more violent in the final lair than the blocking for the original production allowed him to be. There's possible implied rape, he strangles her at one point, and he's just overall more brutal. That could be it too, although then it really doesn't explain why Christine (according to LND) goes back to the Phantom later.

[mattporter17]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 1:50pm

Were people asking for this? Like who wanted this to be a thing?

[BrerBear]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 2:05pm

The plot of this ruins so much of the original phantom's character.

Just ugh.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 3:01pm

Sorry but I found this to be awful when it was playing here in the UK, it was a sequel that nobody asked for and didn't need and it showed

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/19/15 at 3:13pm

I agree BrerBear, I think it would beautiful as a stand alone show.  However, it's not.  It never will be.  It is a continuation of Phantom of the Opera, and totally ruins his character.  Why anyone would want to see that is beyond me.