Love Never Dies tour- Page 2

[Lot666]

Posted: 10/3/18 at 8:55am

chernjam said: "So - any news at all about LND? Continued US Tour (a year ago they were touting how it was a hit on the road?) Ever coming to NYC?"

On Stage: Don’t call it a Phantom sequel, but…

Sean Thompson (Raoul): “We’ll be out for a little more than a year and close on December 2 in Austin, Texas. The producers are looking at Broadway. That’s no secret. They’re also looking at Asia and another National Tour. This tour has put the numbers up. I don’t think they expected it to do as well as it’s done."

Updated On: 10/3/18 at 08:55 AM

[chernjam]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 12:26am

With Anastasia closing at the Broadhurst - any speculation that Love Never Dies could end up there?  I thought I had read that was one theatre they were eyeing for it to end up at?

[Robbie2]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 12:38am

 

Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon Will Bring FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE to Broadway This May to a Shubert Theater....Broadhurst?

[Footlight Parade]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 1:00am

LOVE NEVER DIES premiered in Melbourne Australia decades ago. It's that production that is seen on the DVD. The show has never worked or been a drawcard. It had a nickname SHOW NEVER SELLS.

[Lot666]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 11:55am

Footlight Parade said: "LOVE NEVER DIES premiered in Melbourne Australia decades ago. It's that production that is seen on the DVD."

What does that have to do with anything?

Footlight Parade said: "The show has never worked or been a drawcard. It had a nickname SHOW NEVER SELLS."

Where did it "have that nickname", or is that something you just came up with yourself? The tour sold quite well.

[DiscoCrows]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 12:09pm

Footlight Parade said: "LOVE NEVER DIES premiered in Melbourne Australia decades ago. It's that production that is seen on the DVD. The show has never worked or been a drawcard. It had a nickname SHOW NEVER SELLS."

I feel like it’d work better as a 1-2 Month Limited Engagement.

[Justin D]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 2:18pm

Just to be picky, as if it does go into the Broadhurst no one will probably care....but it still bugs me that the tour cut all the FOH scenery (namely the 2 towers and upper level of roller coaster track). if this goes into the Broadhurst it probably will remain cut as there is not a whole lot of room above their proscenium for this. 

that being said, as much as I like some aspects of the show (set and music) I do think it should stay away from Broadway.

[Footlight Parade]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 6:51pm

SHOW NEVER SELLS was what the front of house staff called it. Yes I'd agree with a limited engagement...it would sell to the diehard PHANTOM fans. Another story about when the show premiered in Melbourne. Andrew Lloyd Webber's name was incorrectly spelled and all programs had to be recalled.

[DiscoCrows]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 7:28pm

Talk about a waste of money lol...

[smallworld]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 8:40pm

I actually love this show. I've loved it since the original production in London and seeing the tour was a beautiful experience. I'd love to see it in NY.

[ImAProphet]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 8:46pm

Footlight Parade said: "SHOW NEVER SELLS was what the front of house staff called it."

That's good, but my favorite is still PAINT NEVER DRIES.

[chernjam]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 11:15pm

I love that a few internet people dub something, repeat it and think that it must be true (that's the epitome of fake news)

reality was the US tour was successful - according to Variety: https://variety.com/2018/voices/columns/phantom-sequel-love-never-dies-broadway-1202755013/ 

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to his record-breaking smash “Phantom of the Opera,” is showing signs of life on the road in the U.S., where the title is turning heads at the box office after a dispiritingly brief premiere engagement on the West End eight years ago.

“We’ve got eight shows on the road right now, and ‘Love Never Dies’ is outselling them all,” said Randy Buck, CEO of Troika Entertainment, the touring musical producer with road versions of “An American in Paris” and “On Your Feet!” among its stable. “Love” is doing so well, in fact, that Buck cops to bigger dreams for the show.

“Broadway is certainly a possibility,”

[Lot666]

Posted: 2/8/19 at 8:59am

chernjam said: "I love that a few internet people dub something, repeat it and think that it must be true (that's the epitome of fake news)

reality was the US tour was successful - according to Variety:https://variety.com/2018/voices/columns/phantom-sequel-love-never-dies-broadway-1202755013/"

It's like when those Fox New anchors begin a story with the line "People are saying...", when what they really mean is "I'm saying...".

Updated On: 2/8/19 at 08:59 AM