"that you have to have seen ""Phantom of the Opera"" to understand ""Love Never Dies""."" Glenn Slater subsequently explained that Lloyd Webber ""didn’t view it as a sequel as much as 'a second story with these characters'"". The musical is set in 1907, which Lloyd Webber states is ""ten years roughly after the end of the original ""Phantom"""", although the events of the original actually took place in 1881. In the show, Christine Daaé is invited by Oscar Hammerstein I for her American debut, until an anonymous impresario contracts her to perform at Phantasma, a new attraction on Coney Island."
"Webber's initial ideas. Elton's treatment of the story focused more on the original characters of ""The Phantom of the Opera"" and omitted new characters that Lloyd Webber and Forsyth had developed. Lloyd Webber was pleased with Elton's treatment and began work on the sequel. In March 2007, he announced he would be moving forward with the project. When Lloyd Webber approached the lyricist Glenn Slater to join the project, Slater's initial thought was that ""it just sounded like a terrible idea"". The ""Daily Mail"" announced in May 2007 that the sequel would be delayed because Lloyd Webber's six-month-old kitten Otto,"
"the Opera"", in 1990. 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 the Phantom live above ground in Manhattan's first penthouse, but he rejected this when he saw a TV documentary about the Coney Island fairground. 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"
"The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film) The Phantom of the Opera is a 2004 British–American musical drama film based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical of the same name, which in turn is based on the French novel ""Le Fantôme de l'Opéra"" by Gaston Leroux. Produced and co-written by Lloyd Webber and directed by Joel Schumacher, it stars Gerard Butler in the title role, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver and Jennifer Ellison. The film was announced in 1989 but production did not start until 2002 due to Lloyd Webber's divorce and Schumacher's busy career. It was"
"with ""Jesus Christ Superstar"", to be ""at the summit of Lloyd Webber's achievement"", Chandler considers ""Love Never Dies"" ""badly judged"" and ""one of the oddest sequels in theatrical history, shaped by a peculiar love-hate relationship to its original. On one hand it shores up the position ""The Phantom of the Opera"" occupies as Lloyd Webber's central, defining musical; on the other it seems intent, in a rather Freudian way, on displacement, on destroying the authority of the earlier work"". Chandler takes issue with the incompatibility of the plot and character motivations expressed in ""Love Never Dies"" ""vis-à-vis"" those in the"
"a rare-breed Turkish Van, climbed onto Lloyd 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. In 2008, Lloyd Webber first announced that the sequel would likely be called ""Phantom: Once Upon Another Time"", and the first act was performed at his annual Sydmonton Festival. The Phantom was played by Ramin Karimloo and Raoul was played by Alistair Robbins. However, in September 2008, during the BBC's ""Birthday in the Park"" concert celebrating his 60th birthday, Lloyd Webber announced"
"""The Phantom of the Opera"" – to compete for the role. Viewers' telephone voting during the series raised more than £500,000 for the BBC's annual ""Children in Need"" charity appeal, according to host Graham Norton on air during the final. In 2007, Lloyd Webber's cat, Otto, leaped onto his Clavinova piano and ""destroyed the entire score for the new 'Phantom' in one fell swoop."" The Phantom in question was The Phantom of Manhattan, a planned sequel to Phantom of the Opera. On 1 July 2007, Lloyd Webber presented excerpts from his musicals as part of the Concert for Diana held"
"The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall is a 2011 British film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical ""The Phantom of the Opera"", which in turn was based on the 1910 French novel ""Le Fantôme de l'Opéra"" by Gaston Leroux. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the musical, three special performances were filmed at the Royal Albert Hall, the third of which was screened live worldwide on 2 October 2011. For further releases, footage from all three performances was edited together. To mark the extraordinary milestone"
"Charles Hart (lyricist) Charles Hart (born 3 June 1961) is a British lyricist, songwriter and musician. He is best known for writing the lyrics to, and contributing to the book of, Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical ""The Phantom of the Opera"" and for writing the lyrics to ""Bend It Like Beckham the Musical"". He also co-wrote (with Don Black) the lyrics to Lloyd Webber's 1989 musical ""Aspects of Love"". Hart also re-wrote Glenn Slater's lyrics for ""Love Never Dies"", the sequel to ""Phantom"". Born in London, Hart was educated at Desborough School, Maidenhead, Robinson College, Cambridge and the Guildhall School"
"reaction: ""How is the new Phantom faring with theatergoers who have seen it in previews? Not so well. ... Elsewhere online, 'Love Never Dies' has even spawned a Facebook protest group called 'Love Should Die', which declares in its mission statement: 'We feel strongly that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest musical ... is a completely misguided venture that is a detriment to the story of the original ""Phantom of the Opera"" novel and musical of the same name'. … Virtually everything about the show strikes us as illogical, irrational, offensive and—frankly—stupid."" A barbed reworking of the show's title from ""Love Never"
"directed by Douglas Rintoul and starring Sadie Frost at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End in 2009. In January 2018, Lloyd Webber, along with Sierra Boggess, participated in a gala performance for the 30th anniversary of ""The Phantom of the Opera"" on Broadway, and publicly interviewed her father for the first time. Imogen Lloyd Webber Imogen Anne Lloyd Webber (born 31 March 1977) is a British broadcaster and author. She is the daughter of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and his first wife, Sarah Hugill. Her mother remarried in 1985 in Kensington and Chelsea, London. Lloyd Webber was educated at"
"Lindsey Stirling did an accompanied instrumental version of the song on her ""Phantom of the Opera"" single in 2012. The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song) ""The Phantom of the Opera"" is a song from the stage musical of the same name. It was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics written by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and additional lyrics by Mike Batt. The song was originally recorded by Sarah Brightman and Steve Harley, which became a UK hit single in 1986, prior to the musical. In its theatrical debut, it was sung by Brightman and Michael"
"In the Autumn of 2011 he staged the opening production of the Wexford Festival Opera's 60th anniversary season - La cour de Célimène by Ambroise Thomas. These were the first performances of the opera since its premiere in Paris in 1855 and this production was nominated for the Irish Times Best Opera Production Award. In 2015 Barlow staged a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera in Bucharest, which was the Romanian premiere of the piece. In 2018 Barlow will direct Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera at Folketeatret in Oslo which will be the Norwegian"
"held discussions with Antonio Banderas, who undertook vocal preparation and sang the role of the Phantom in the TV special ""Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration"". Schumacher and Lloyd Webber restarted development for ""The Phantom of the Opera"" in December 2002. It was then announced in January 2003 that Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group had purchased the film rights from Warner Bros. in an attempt to produce ""The Phantom of the Opera"" independently. As a result, Lloyd Webber invested $6 million of his own money. ""The Phantom of the Opera"" was produced on a $55 million budget. A"
"overseen by Lloyd Webber, and it re-opened with new direction from Bill Kenwright. Set and costume designs were by Bob Crowley. The original London production received mostly negative reviews, but a subsequent Australian production featuring an entirely new design team and heavy revisions was generally better received, although the show finally closed with heavy discounting to tickets. A planned Broadway production, which was to have opened simultaneously with the West End run, was cancelled, the amount of negative press having deterred potential backers. Andrew Lloyd Webber first began plans for a sequel to his 1986 hit musical, ""The Phantom of"
"along with the entire cast and creative teams including Michael Crawford. The production was recorded live and later released on Blu-ray, DVD, CD and digital download. The initial releases were in the UK on 14 November 2011. The digital download format was released three days earlier on 11 November. The North American release followed on 7 February 2012. The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall is a 2011 British film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical ""The Phantom of the Opera"", which in turn was based"
"looks terrific. There wasn't much Schumacher could have done with the story or the music he was handed, but in the areas over which he held sway, he has triumphed."" In contrasting between the popularity of the Broadway musical, Michael Dequina of ""Film Threat"" magazine explained that ""it conjures up this unexplainable spell that leaves audiences sad, sentimental, swooning, smiling—in some way transported and moved. Now, in Schumacher's film, that spell lives on."" The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film) The Phantom of the Opera is a 2004 British–American musical drama film based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical of"
"review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Buoyed by Farrell's recently found fame, the film earned $98.7 million worldwide. In 2002, he directed Cate Blanchett in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced biopic ""Veronica Guerin"". The film is about the eponymous Irish journalist, who was murdered by drug dealers in 1996. Schumacher directed a film version of the musical ""The Phantom of the Opera"" in 2004, an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's original stage musical. Despite mixed reviews, the film earned $154.6 million worldwide (Schumacher's biggest hit of the 21st century to date) and was nominated for three Academy Awards, as well as three Golden Globes,"
"house next to the subterranean lake beneath the Paris Opera. In ""The Phantom of the Opera"" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, ""Don Juan Triumphant"" figures prominently in the second act as an opera within a musical. It is, as stated before, a thinly veiled adaptation of Mozart's ""Don Giovanni"" which premiered in Prague in 1787, only told from Don Juan's point of view. In this version, the Phantom forces the opera company to stage his work and orders Christine, a Swedish soprano and his protege with whom he is in love, to be cast in the lead role. She reluctantly agrees"
"The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song) ""The Phantom of the Opera"" is a song from the stage musical of the same name. It was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics written by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and additional lyrics by Mike Batt. The song was originally recorded by Sarah Brightman and Steve Harley, which became a UK hit single in 1986, prior to the musical. In its theatrical debut, it was sung by Brightman and Michael Crawford in their roles as Christine Daaé and the Phantom. The song is performed in Act I after the"
"Still, I can easily imagine a more dashing, charismatic Phantom than Butler's. Rest assured, however, Lloyd Webber's neo-Puccinian songs are reprised and reprised and reprised until you're guaranteed to go out humming."" Owen Gleiberman of ""Entertainment Weekly"" believed Schumacher did not add enough dimension in adapting ""The Phantom of the Opera"". ""Schumacher, the man who added nipples to Batman's suit, has staged Phantom chastely, as if his job were to adhere the audience to every note"". Roger Ebert reasoned that ""part of the pleasure of movie-going is pure spectacle—of just sitting there and looking at great stuff and knowing it"
"die-hard Phantom fan."" She also said, ""Lloyd Webber's score (conducted skilfully by Guy Simpson) intermittently and elegantly reprises the original Phantom, connecting the two stories"" but she did feel that, ""several songs, with trite lyrics, lack punch. A bigger problem is the unsatisfying story. There are unnecessary Red Herrings and too many villains."" William Yeoman of ""The West Australian"" wrote, ""With book by Ben Elton and lyrics by Glenn Slater and Charles Hart, ""Love Never Dies"" is a curious mixture of gothic romance, vaudeville and verismo, with Lloyd Webber's lush, romantic score spinning like a fairground ride from Puccini to"
"of ""The Music of the Night"", from the play ""The Phantom of the Opera"". In 2007, D'Ambrosio introduced his show, ""Franc D'Ambrosio's Hollywood"", which was billed as is one man's humorous, nostalgic look at America's ""Dream Factories"" and the songs they immortalized. After debuting March 13, 2007, at the world-famous Empire Plush Room in San Francisco, the show toured the US. Franc D'Ambrosio Franc D'Ambrosio (born August 11, 1962 in Bronx, New York), is an American singer and actor, best known for his role in the stage version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ""The Phantom of the Opera."" He also played"
"2008, Lloyd Webber announced he would not work on another talent show in 2009, so that he could work on the musical ""Love Never Dies"", the sequel to ""The Phantom of the Opera"", but that he would, however, return in 2010 to find a performer to play Dorothy Gale for a production of ""The Wizard of Oz"". In July 2009, it was reported that the 2010 series had been dropped and would not take place until at least 2011, so that Lloyd Webber would not be criticised for promoting ""Love Never Dies"", and that the series would be taken to"
"Melbourne run ended on 12 December 2011 the production moved to the Capitol Theatre in Sydney where it played from January to April 2012. The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical) The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart. Richard Stilgoe and Lloyd Webber wrote the musical's book together. Stilgoe also provided additional lyrics. Based on the eponymous French novel by Gaston Leroux, its central plot revolves around a beautiful soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, disfigured musical genius living in the subterranean labyrinth beneath"
"these had consisted of lower budget straight-to-video versions of the shows (notably ""Cats"", ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" and ""Joseph""), but 2004 saw Really Useful Films complete the major motion picture ""The Phantom of the Opera"", directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum, which was nominated for three Academy Awards and three Golden Globes. The film was a commercial success. It has also released DVD and video versions of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th birthday concert at the Royal Albert Hall, the 2001 ""Masterpiece – Andrew Lloyd Webber in China"" concert, and a musical version of the Gruffalo, with"
"of ""A Tale of Two Cities"", which opened for preview on August 19, 2008, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York. He also starred on Broadway in such Tony Award-winning and nominated shows as Disney's ""Beauty and the Beast"", ""Carousel"", ""Jane Eyre"" (for which he was nominated for a Drama League Award), ""Urinetown"", and Stephen Sondheim's ""Assassins"". From February 9, 2015 til December 23, 2017, he performed the title role in ""The Phantom of the Opera"" on Broadway. He was succeeded by Peter Jöback. He started a holiday-concert series in 2008, launching it at Sardis restaurant in New York"
"sequel, ""Love Never Dies"", alongside Sierra Boggess, performing the role until the show closed on August 27, 2011. On October 3, 2010, Karimloo played the role of Enjolras in the 25th anniversary concert of ""Les Misérables"" at The O2 Arena in London. In 2011, he sang Andrew Lloyd Webber's ""Music of the Night"" from ""The Phantom of the Opera"" at the Miss World Competition, which took place in London. On October 1 and 2, 2011, he played the Phantom for three performances alongside ""Love Never Dies"" co-star Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé in the 25th anniversary production of ""The Phantom"
"Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. Several of his songs have been widely recorded and were hits outside of their parent musicals, notably ""The Music of the Night"" and ""All I Ask of You"" from ""The Phantom of the Opera"", ""I Don't Know How to Love"
"numerous successful productions, most notably the long-running Toronto production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ""The Phantom of the Opera"". He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1995. In 2009, he was found guilty of fraud and forgery in Ontario and has been a fugitive from American law for related crimes. With the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling on March 29, 2012, not to hear his appeal or grant a new trial, Drabinsky has apparently exhausted his opportunities to have his convictions overturned and is serving the balance of his reduced sentence. On November 29, 2012, the"
"The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical) The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart. Richard Stilgoe and Lloyd Webber wrote the musical's book together. Stilgoe also provided additional lyrics. Based on the eponymous French novel by Gaston Leroux, its central plot revolves around a beautiful soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, disfigured musical genius living in the subterranean labyrinth beneath the Paris Opéra House. The musical opened in London's West End in 1986, and on Broadway in 1988. It won the 1986 Olivier Award"
"and 12, 2018 at Roy Thomson Hall alongside Stephanie J. Block. He reprised the role of the Phantom in May 2018 in a series of The Phantom of the Opera concerts held at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul, Korea alongside Anna O´Byrne, as part of the celebration for Andrew Lloyd Webber´s 70th anniversary. He has also performed in Gold Coast, Australia June 16, 2018, Melbourne, Australia June 20, 2018, and in Sydney, Australia on June 23, 2018 again alongside Anna O'Byrne, followed by a special run of ""Evita"" in Tokyo, Japan from July 4 to the"
"purchased the film rights to ""The Phantom of the Opera"" in early 1989, granting Andrew Lloyd Webber total artistic control. Despite interest from A-list directors, Lloyd Webber and Warner Bros. instantly hired Joel Schumacher to direct; Lloyd Webber had been impressed with Schumacher's use of music in ""The Lost Boys"". The duo wrote the screenplay that same year, while Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman were cast to reprise their roles from the original stage production. Filming was set to begin at Pinewood Studios in England in July 1990, under a $25 million budget. However, the start date was pushed to"