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Love Never Dies
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MusicAndrew Lloyd Webber
LyricsGlenn Slater
BookAndrew Lloyd Webber
Ben Elton
Glenn Slater
BasisElements of The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth and an original treatment by Ben Elton
Productions2010 West End

Love Never Dies is a musical with a book and lyrics by Glenn Slater and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It is a sequel to the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical The Phantom of the Opera, rather than the original book by Gaston Leroux, though Lloyd Webber has stated "I don't regard this as a sequel - it's a stand-alone piece".[1] It is directed by Jack O'Brien and opened at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End on 9 March 2010 with previews from 22 February 2010. It is scheduled to open on Broadway on 11 November 2010, and in Australia in 2011. It is the first time a musical sequel has been staged in the West End.[2][3]

The musical is set in 1907,[4] a decade after the end of Phantom. Christine Daaé is invited to perform at Phantasma, a new attraction in Coney Island, by an anonymous impresario and, with her husband Raoul and son Gustave in tow, journeys to Brooklyn, unaware that it is the Phantom who has arranged her appearance in the popular beach resort.

Production history

Lloyd Webber first began plans for a sequel in 1990.[5] Following a conversation with Maria Björnson, the designer of The Phantom of the Opera, Lloyd Webber decided that, were a sequel to come about, it would be set in New York City at the turn of the 20th century. One of his ideas was to have Phantom live above ground in Manhattan's first penthouse, but this was changed when Lloyd Webber saw a documentary about the Coney Island fairground.[5] Lloyd Webber began collaborating with author Frederick Forsyth on the project, but it soon fell apart as Lloyd Webber felt the ideas they were developing would be difficult to adapt for the musical stage. Forsyth went on to publish some of the ideas he had worked on with Lloyd Webber as a novel entitled The Phantom of Manhattan.[6]

Lloyd Webber returned to the project in 2006, collaborating with a number of writers and directors. However, Lloyd Webber still did not feel the ideas he had were adaptable into a piece of musical theatre.[7] Finally, in 2007, Ben Elton (who had served as the librettist for Lloyd Webber's The Beautiful Game) approached Lloyd Webber with his own synopsis for a sequel, based on Lloyd Webber's initial ideas. Elton's treatment of the story focused more on the original characters of The Phantom of the Opera and omitted the new characters that Lloyd Webber and Forsyth had developed. Lloyd Webber was pleased with Elton's treatment and considered it to be the right version of the story to be adapted into a musical. Elton's synopsis served as the catalyst that led Lloyd Webber to begin work on the sequel,[6] and in early March 2007, in his website's video blog, he officially announced he would be moving forward with the project.[8]

The Daily Mail announced in May 2007 that the sequel was temporarily delayed when Lloyd Webber's six-month-old cat Otto, a rare-breed Turkish Van, climbed onto Webber's Clavinova digital piano and managed to delete the entire score. Lloyd Webber was unable to recover any of it from the instrument, but was eventually able to reconstruct the score.[9][10]

In May 2008, on the live finale of his show I'd Do Anything, Lloyd Webber made the announcement that the sequel would likely be called Phantom: Once Upon Another Time.[11] However, on 14 September 2008, during the BBC's Birthday in the Park concert celebrating his 60th birthday, Lloyd Webber announced the title would be Love Never Dies.[12]

In July 2008, the first act of what was still known as Phantom: Once Upon Another Time was performed at Lloyd Webber's annual Sydmonton Festival.[13] In the preview, the Phantom was played by Ramin Karimloo, while Raoul was played by Alistair Robbins.

On 3 July 2009 Lloyd Webber announced that Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess had been cast as the Phantom and Christine in Love Never Dies.[14] It was also confirmed that the role of Meg Giry would be played by Summer Strallen, Madame Giry by Liz Robertson and Raoul by Joseph Millson.[14][15] It was then revealed that a new role, Fleck, would be created by I'd Do Anything finalist Niamh Perry.[16]

Lloyd Webber had originally intended for Love Never Dies to open in London, New York and Shanghai simultaneously in the Autumn of 2009. Production was later put on hold as Lloyd Webber felt it would be too difficult to cast and rehearse three simultaneous productions of the same show without it being detrimental to the quality of the productions.

On 8 October 2009, Lloyd Webber launched the musical at a press conference held at Her Majesty's Theatre, where the original Phantom has been running since 1986. Also present were Sierra Boggess, who has been cast as Christine Daaé, and Ramin Karimloo, who will portray the Phantom, a role he has previously played in the West End. Karimloo sang his character's first song in the new production for the journalists, industry insiders, and fans who had assembled for the presentation. Boggess originated the role of Christine Daaé in Phantom — The Las Vegas Spectacular and the role of Ariel in The Little Mermaid on Broadway.[17]

At the 8 October 2009 press launch event, Lloyd Webber announced that Love Never Dies would begin previews in London on 20 February 2010. A production will be mounted in New York on 11 November 2010 and a further production in Australia will begin performances in 2011. Lloyd Webber has also announced that plans for Asian and Canadian productions are well under way.[6]

Lloyd Webber revealed that the original cast recording has already been recorded, though will not be released in its entirety until the production begins.[6]

The first preview, which was supposed to be performed on 20 February 2010, was cancelled and pushed back to 22 February 2010, due to technical demands. Andrew Lloyd Webber apologised for the cancellation of the first preview. He said he was deeply sorry as he knows that people booked the performance on 20 February because it was the first proper showing of the new work.[18]

Plot

Act I

In a brief prelude, Madame Giry walks along an abandoned pier recalling Phantasma, Coney Island's 'City of Wonders' ("Prologue"). She is then confronted by Fleck, a freak who once worked with her there, who reminds her of 'the good old days' and blames her for 'what happened.' The audience is transported back in time through "The Coney Island Waltz."

It is now ten years after the events at the Paris Opera House, and the setting is at Phantasma on Coney Island in New York. An excited group of vacationers arrive overwhelmed at everything that Phantasma has to offer, and speculate about its reclusive, masked owner, Mr. Y ("Heaven by the Sea"). Meg Giry, Christine Daae's friend from the Opera, is now a headlining performer at Phantasma with Madame Giry, her mother and the Opera's ballet mistress, at her side.

As Meg prepares for her performance, she wonders what the boss will think and states she will be performing "Only for Him." She wins the crowd over with her performance of "Only for You," and learns afterward that Madame Giry has arranged for her to "meet" an important client.

In "The Aerie," it is confirmed that the Phantom is Mr. Y, the mysterious creator and owner of Phantasma. In a dark, private lair in a tower high above the park, he interacts with an automaton that resembles Christine. In spite of the ten years that have passed and his many successes, he still longs to be reunited with her ("Til I Hear You Sing"). Meg intrudes and presses the Phantom to give feedback on her performance, but he dismisses her as an annoyance.

Madame Giry is irritated that the Phantom is still longing to be with Christine after all the help she’s given him over the years ("Giry Confronts the Phantom/Til I Hear You Sing - Reprise"). She reveals that she and Meg helped smuggle him out of Paris and to a ship departing from Calais, where he made his escape to America. Ignoring Giry, the Phantom summons Fleck and two other freaks, Squelch and Gangle, and has them send a letter to Christine inviting her to come and perform at Phantasma.

Three months later, Christine, Raoul and their son, Gustave, arrive in New York to crowds of paparazzi ("Christine Disembarks"). It is revealed that Christine is no longer continually performing and that Raoul has spent much of their fortune on drinking and gambling. They are greeted by the freaks who arrive by a strange mechanical horse and carriage and take them to Coney Island ("Arrival of the Trio/Are You Ready to Begin?").

Raoul is angry at the way they have been greeted by the freaks and upsets Gustave by not playing with him ("What a Dreadful Town!"). In spite of Christine's pleas, Raoul leaves to go drinking as Christine tells Gustave to "Look With Your Heart" to try and help him understand his father’s behavior.

After Gustave leaves to go to bed, the Phantom enters and reveals that it was he who summoned her to sing at Phantasma. In "Beneath a Moonless Sky," the Phantom and Christine recall the night of passion they shared the day before her wedding. Early the next morning, Christine awoke prepared to abandon Raoul for the Phantom, but found that the Phantom had left her. He admits that he left because was too afraid of being rejected by her again.

They recall that "Once Upon Another Time," they thought their love had a chance of succeeding, although current situations prevent that from happening. Gustave wakes up screaming from a nightmare and meets the Phantom for the first time as Mr. Y ("Mother Please, I'm Scared!"). The Phantom promises to show Gustave more of Phantasma the next day.

In the rehearsal studio for Phantasma, Meg unexpectedly reunites with Christine, and is surprised and jealous to learn she will be singing there. Raoul runs into Madame Giry and discovers it is the Phantom who has invited Christine to sing there ("Dear Old Friend"). Christine becomes concerned when Gustave goes missing. The freaks bring Gustave to the Aerie where he is greeted by the Phantom.

Gustave plays a haunting melody on the piano, which leads the Phantom to have a revelation that he could be Gustave's father ("Beautiful"). The Phantom questions Gustave about his feelings and musical abilities, finding that they are kindred spirits. He unmasks himself, believing Gustave will accept him ("The Beauty Underneath"). Gustave is horrified and screams.

Christine enters to comfort a terrified Gustave. When the Phantom presses her about Gustave, Christine confesses to the Phantom that Gustave is his son ("The Phantom Confronts Christine"). The Phantom declares that everything he owns will go to him. A furious Madame Giry overhears this and fears all of her work over the years for the Phantom has been for nothing.

Act II

Following the ("Entr'acte") we see Raoul sitting alone in a bar contemplating his relationship with Christine ("Why Does She Love Me?"). He is joined by Meg who suggests that he should leave that night with Christine and Gustave.

Raoul refuses, saying he is not afraid of the Phantom, who has since appeared behind the bar. The Phantom makes a bet with a drunken Raoul: if Christine sings Raoul must leave alone; if she doesn't then all their debts will be wiped away. He also makes Raoul question his paternity of Gustave ("Devil Take The Hindmost").

At the beach, it is the last day of the season and the holiday makers are enjoying the experience ("Heaven By The Sea - Reprise"). A balloon then lands on the beach and the freaks advertise that night's performance ("Ladies...Gents!/The Coney Island Waltz - Reprise"). Back at the theater, they present Meg, who performs a strip-tease routine about her choice of swimming costume ("Bathing Beauty").

Backstage, Madame Giry tells Meg that the Phantom had not been there to watch the performance, and it had all been for nothing ("Mother, Did You Watch?").

("Before the Performance"), Raoul asks Christine to reconsider her decision to sing, asks her to leave at once if she loves him. As Raoul leaves, the Phantom enters and tells Christine that Raoul knows his love is not enough and that she must sing for him once more.

Alone in her dressing room, Christine recalls the Paris Opera House where she had to make the difficult decision between Raoul and the Phantom. Backstage, Madame Giry, Raoul and the Phantom are wondering whether or not Christine will sing and who will win the bet.

As Christine prepares to perform, Meg makes a hurried exit ("Devil Take The Hindmost - Reprise"). Christine then walks on stage and performs an aria for the crowd ("Love Never Dies") while Raoul and the Phantom watch from the wings.

The Phantom greets an overwhelmed Christine following her triumphant performance. Christine finds a letter from Raoul stating that he has left for good. Christine realizes that Gustave is missing and becomes worried. Fleck reveals she had discovered Meg's dressing room smashed up and seen her with a small figure. Madame Giry believes she knows where she has taken him.

On a pier, a distraught Meg is preparing to drown Gustave when she is confronted by the others. She holds up a gun to them so that the Phantom will listen as she reveals the truth: the resources that Madame Giry has afforded him all these years have mainly come from Meg being forced to work secretly as a prostitute to supporters of Phantasma. The Phantom tries to get the gun from her but in the confusion Meg accidentally shoots Christine.

The Phantom rushes to a mortally wounded Christine as Meg watches, horrified by what she has done. Christine reveals to Gustave that the Phantom is his father. Her final words tell the Phantom that her love for him will never die. They have one final kiss, and she dies in his arms. The Phantom hands the body of Christine to Meg and he comforts Gustave who unmasks him as the curtain falls.

Cast

What I think is that Love Never Dies is a completely standalone musical that just happens to have the same four characters as the Phantom. [19]

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

The principal original cast of Love Never Dies

Character Original London Cast Description
The Phantom Ramin Karimloo After being surrounded at the Paris Opera House by an angry mob, The Phantom was aided by Madame Giry and her daughter Meg. He came to Coney Island as a freak but rose up and made Coney Island what it is today. He invites Christine to sing for him after he longs to "hear her sing once more"
Christine Daaé Sierra Boggess Now ten years on Christine has become a world famous opera singer and instantly accepts the Phantom's invitation to sing, hoping her make her American debut with her husband and son - she fails to realize it is The Phantom who has invited her.
Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny Joseph Millson Raoul is a changed man from the original. He has lost his fortune due to becoming an alcoholic and severe gambler. Raoul no longer feels the same passion for Christine as he once did and is a constantly angry man.
Madame Giry Liz Robertson Now the antagonist of the show, she despises Christine after realizing The Phantom favors her over Meg even after everything she did to help him. After the original she saved The Phantom from an angry mob for the second time where she took him to Coney Island.
Meg Giry Summer Strallen Has an extended role in this musical. Now a vaudeville singer, she hopes to become a great singer like Christine and expects The Phantom to do just that, although she is greatly disappointed and resentful of her old friend when Christine comes to sing.
Fleck Niamh Perry One of the freaks of Coney Island
Squelch Adam Pierce One of the freaks of Coney Island
Gangle Jami Reid-Quarrell One of the freaks of Coney Island
Gustave Jack Blass,
Harry Child,
Tyler Fagan,
Alexander Hockaday,
Richard Linnell,
Charlie Manton,
Kaisun Raj		 The love child of Christine and the Phantom, although the Phantom does not know this at the beginning. Raoul has raised Gustave as his own son. Gustave possesses the same musical skills as his mother and father.

Musical numbers

Recordings

Singles

"The Coney Island Waltz" and "Til I Hear You Sing" were first performed publicly at the 8 October 2009 press launch in London.[20]

The first song released to the public is "The Coney Island Waltz", which premiered on the musical's official site as a short sample track in 2009. The official site then released it as a full complimentary music download for customers pre-ordering the Love Never Dies studio recording album. The music video is set to archival film footage of Coney Island.

"Til I Hear You Sing", sung by Ramin Karimloo, is the first single from the musical and was exclusively previewed on 20 February 2010 through The Mail on Sunday website,[21] and previewed elsewhere on 22 February 2010.[22] It is a love ballad about the male narrator expressing his longing angst to hear the voice of his beloved after many years. "Til I Hear You Sing" is also the first song the Phantom sings in the musical. The promotional music video was an excerpt of Ramin Karimloo's live performance at the 8 October 2009 London press launch and made viewable the same day, with Karimloo singing in a blue-lit set while Sierra Boggess sits quietly on a throne. The official music video features Karimloo undisguised in a flat with a backdrop of projector images and floating appearance of Sierra Boggess.[21]

On 26 January 2010 the title song "Love Never Dies" was first publicly performed at the The South Bank Show Awards, sung by Sierra Boggess and accompanied by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Louise Hunt on two grand pianos. The show was broadcast on ITV1 on 31 January 2010. [23] The tune is identical to Lloyd Webber's other musical numbers "Our Kind of Love" from The Beautiful Game in 2000 and "The Heart is Slow to Learn", which was intended for a Phantom sequel, sung by Kiri Te Kanawa in 1998 at the Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration.[24][25] "Love Never Dies" also has a similar melody to "Theme from the Apartment" from the 1960 Billy Wilder film The Apartment.[26]

Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins was approached by Lloyd Webber to record her version of "Love Never Dies" in late 2009. [27][28] The song appears as the first track on the special edition of Jenkins' album Believe to be released on 29 March 2010. Jenkins performed the song with Lloyd Webber on the ITV1 show Dancing on Ice on 28 February 2010. Lloyd Webber has stated that Jenkins would not fit the score of his musical Love Never Dies because her vocal range is a mezzo-soprano, not a soprano like Sierra Boggess.[29][14]

Japanese singer Ayaka Hirahara was chosen to record "Love Never Dies" in Japanese for a bonus track of the soundtrack album's Japanese release.[30][31] "Love Never Dies" was also recorded in Mandarin by Liping Zhang and in Korean by Sumi Jo.[32]

Discography

The concept album of Love Never Dies was recorded in March 2009, using a 90-piece orchestra.[33][34]Andrew Lloyd Webber did not like the orchestrations in the second act after listening to it one afternoon, so he had half the album re-recorded.[35]John Barrowman had originally recorded the part of Raoul on the concept album but was replaced by Joseph Millson, who had been cast as Raoul for the stage production, when the album was re-orchestrated and re-recorded.[36][37]The album was completed in September 2009 and scheduled to be released on 10 March 2010, the day after the London world premiere.[38]

A cast recording of the original production was released on 8 March 2010 by Polydor Records in the UK and on 9 March 2010 by Decca Records in North America.

It debuted at #82 on the Billboard 200, #1 on the Billboard Cast Album chart, and #10 on the UK National charts. It also charted #1 in Greece, #14 in Taiwan, #8 in New Zealand, and #15 in Denmark.[39][40]

Albums

Love Never Dies Deluxe Edition [Original Cast Recording]
Release Date: 8 March 2010 (UK), 9 March 2010 (North America)
Number of Discs: 2 Audio CD's, 1 DVD-Video
Extras include: "Bonus DVD with interviews and filmed footage & nicely bound 40 page booklet with full libretto"

Love Never Dies [Soundtrack]
Release Date: 8 March 2010 (UK), 9 March 2010 (North America)
Number of Discs: 2 Audio CD's

Both recordings feature the same 19 tracks on Disc 1 and 13 tracks on Disc 2 with each disc matching an act.
A digital version of the Double CD Album was also made available at Love Never Dies official online shop.

Love Never Dies: Asian Edition
Release Date: 30 March 2010 (North America)
Number of Discs: 2 Audio CD's
Extras include: 2 bonus tracks, "Love Never Dies" (Mandarin Language Version) by Liping Zhang and "Love Never Dies" (Korean Language Version) by Sumi Jo.[32]

Reception

The world premiere of the musical was on the night of 9 March 2010 at Adelphi Theatre in London. The show received very mixed reviews, some giving it very positive reviews and some panning it completely. Some thought that it was Lloyd Webber's best musical since the original Phantom, though some called Love Never Dies disappointing and lacking in drama.[41]

Ben Brantley of the New York Times panned the show by saying, "this poor sap of a show feels as eager to be walloped as a clown in a carnival dunking booth. Why bother, when from beginning to end, Love Never Dies is its very own spoiler."[42]

In The Times, critic Benedict Nightingale gave the show two out of five stars and said, "Where’s the menace, the horror, the psychological darkness? For that I recommend a trip to Her Majesty’s, not the Adelphi."[43]

Another unenthusiastic review appeared in the the London Evening Standard, where critic Henry Hitchings wrote that "while Lloyd Webber’s music is at times lavishly operatic, the tone is uneven. There are no more than a couple of songs that promise to live in the memory, the duets don’t soar, and the ending is insipid. Admirers of Phantom are likely to be disappointed, and there’s not enough here to entice a new generation of fans". Hitchings also commented that the story "is largely predictable — and flimsy. The chief problem is the book, which is the work of Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater and Frederick Forsyth but above all Ben Elton. It lacks psychological plausibility. Worse, it lacks heart. There’s little pathos or emotional tension. There is also scarcely a moment of humour; earnestness is the keynote, Slater’s lyrics are prosaic, and the flickers of light relief are merely confusing."[44]

David Benedict of Variety wrote, "The trouble with Love Never Dies is that while a couple of melodies deliver, the show doesn't. Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to The Phantom of the Opera wants to be a tragic romance, but it's simply torpid. Only a radical rewrite will give it even the remotest chance of emulating its predecessor."[45]

In The Guardian, Michael Billington gave the show a positive review by saying, "There is much to enjoy in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical. The score is one of the composer's most seductive." However, Billington said that, "The problems lie within the book, chiefly credited to Lloyd Webber himself and Ben Elton, which lacks the weight to support the imaginative superstructure."[46]

Tim Walker of The Sunday Telegraph praised the production for "what are undoubtedly the most impressive special effects to be had in the West End" and said the principals sung with "with gusto, charisma and sexiness." Still, he added that he found himself "yearning after a while for the big showstopper - the number that would still be reverberating around my head when I got home - but it never came."[47]

Quentin Letts of The Daily Mail gave the show a negative review, stating that Love Never Dies "is as slow to motor as a lawnmower at spring’s first cut". He also criticised the show for lacking in storytelling and romance, stating that it "assumes that we understand the attraction these two dullards [Phantom and Raoul] have for the beautiful Christine. Could she do no better? That core justification — the romantic gubbins — is badly lacking. In the end you conclude that she simply seeks out suffering to improve her art." Letts praised the cast performance and the orchestration but concluded that the show was not a hit, "It is too much an also-ran to the prequel, and its opening is too stodgy. But if it is a miss, it is — like Christine — a noble miss, noble because Lloyd Webber’s increasingly operatic music tries to lift us to a higher plane."[48]

Susannah Clapp of The Observer called the show "drab", in which "nearly every dramatic climax is muffed" and that the "tug of love over Christine is about as tension-filled as winding wool." Clapp states, "The problem begins with the book, to which Ben Elton has lent his hand but not his humour. It's hyper-muddling if you haven't seen Phantom (the most commercially successful musical ever), and disappointing if you have." The musical numbers also "never meld with the visual splendours, never give the effect, which is Lloyd Webber's gift, of the music delivering the scenery." [49]

Sam Marlowe of Time Out London gave the show one out of five stars, calling it "ghastly" and "an interminable musical monstrosity". He describes the show by saying, "With its sickening swirls of video imagery, pointless plot, and protracted, repetitive songs, Love Never Dies, directed by Jack O'Brien, is punishingly wearisome."[50]

Due to the poor reviews and harsh reaction from Phantom fans, an executive producer of the show tells to Patrick Healy of The New York Times that the show, before its bow on Broadway at the possible Neil Simon Theatre this fall, supposedly, "will most likely go through some changes". [51]

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  51. ^ Love Never Dies, But It Can Be Revised - Vulture
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