Musical theater titan Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies, a sequel to his West End and Broadway juggernaut The Phantom of the Opera, will be given everlasting life on film, according to the New York Times.
Love Never Dies continues the story of the Phantom, who has moved from his lair in the Paris Opera House to haunt the fairgrounds of Coney Island, far across the Atlantic. Set 10 years after the mysterious disappearance of the Phantom from Paris, the show is described as a rollercoaster ride of obsession and intrigue.
The musical, directed by Jack O’Brien and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, had its world premiere at the West End’s Adelphi Theatre on February 22, 2010, starring Sierra Boggess and Ramin Karimloo. That production was revised and re-reviewed, but is slated to close on August 27, 2011. An Australian production of the show, with a different creative team attached, opened to warm reviews at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne in May 2011. With Broadway plans uncertain, it will be the Australian production that will be filmed for distribution on DVD.
“I think that we’re all realistic," Lloyd Webber said of filming the show, "and I think ...
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