Somehow this doesn't sound as "confirmed" as Playbill would like to think. Whatever happened to David Zippel?
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Dear God, why do I think this will be a flop of epic proportions ??? If it is a hit, I dread for Broadway's future ! It will be struck by sequel-itis, just like Hollywood ! What's next, Elphaba Strikes Back, The Son of Lion King or Mamma Duo ???
Don't forget Sunday in the Park with Dot! The first explores Dot's life when she moves to America. The second act is set 20 years later, with Marie struggling to achieve her dream of being a flapper girl!
The whole thing sounds so absurd, it's almost impossible to take it seriously. The Phantom escaping to NY and setting up an amusement park in Coney Island? Christine and Roul have a son who happens to be a musical prodigy?? Bet you can't figure out who the father of the son REALLY is!
But I do have faith in Jack O' Brian. Hopefully if we're lucky. he'll be able to take this thing and turn straw into gold.
And as far as bad sequels go, I just just imagine Hairspray II: The Von Tussell's Revenge, Sweeney Todd : The Wrath of Tobias, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels II: Jail! (Freddie, Christine and Lawrence are finally busted and thrown in jail, where they attempt to con their way into escaping)
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
The original Phantom is so perfect (yes I know it's BWW blasphemy to think that) that I think any type of sequel will just hurt the original. And of course I have the recurring nightmare that ALW will issue a press release that says something like "we thought with the new Phantom coming, now is the time for the original Phantom to leave NY"......but considering that Phantom is SOLD OUT this entire week I guess thats a longshot.
"I think the Phantom should open a home for unwed & unwanted CATS"
Only if he moves into Norma Desmond's house and lives with her. Into her new house which has projected backgrounds and a butler played by Michael Crawford in a fat suit.
"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"
I highly doubt this show will ever see Broadway. Neither "The Beautiful Game" or "Whistle Down the Wind" made the transfer because they were so bad. "Woman in White" managed just over 100 performances. "Jeeves" flopped in 1996. The last successful new show he had on Broadway was in 1993.
If Phantom II is at the artistic level of those shows, it won't transfer either. Andrew may want it in NYC, but RUG has shown restraint transferring confirmed flops.
If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them. - Ethel Merman
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
The novel that it's based on was ridiculous but you could see the potential where if they changed some things it'd be good. But the plot for the musical, believe it or not, sounds even more silly than the novel was!
"But I can tell you that Raoul, who was so handsome in "The Phantom," is now a drunken wreck."
RENT 2 - Mimi dies of aids a week after she is found. Roger writes her a new song in that week then she tells him to **** off. He kills himself. Maureen and Joanne run off to Florida. Benny dumps Allison and runs off with Collins. Mark is left alone.
This could work. Who cares if Jonathan Larson is dead.
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.