March 21, 2014

NEW PICTURES FOR LOVE NEVER DIES JAPAN


We will keep posting the Japanese new production's pictures on our facebook page (Love Never Dies Es) as well as the gallery we created on flickr (Love Never Dies Es), you can check both pages, they'll be updated with the new pictures!

March 15, 2014

BROADWAY IS GETTING CLOSER



Love Never Dies premiered at Nissay's Theatre last March 12th in Japan (take a look at the pictures here!) and it brought a big surprise with it. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Simon Phillips attended to the opening night and the evening before the show premiered, they answered a few revealing questions. A possible Broadway production has been in talks for the last years and after this interview, I can only say that the day is getting closer. Read the Broadwayworld article, here!

Webber and Simon Pillips are being interviewed by Broadway.com editor in-chief Paul Wontorek while they are in Tokyo waiting to attend to the last rehearsals of the new production and its premiere. "Extraordinary" says the composer. "It'd be great to get into America now." They're mainly talking about the Australian production and its achievement. That's the reason why the Japanese production and the Broadway to come are based on that one instead of the London original.

The most surprising fact in this interview, though, is that both Webber and Phillips are planning to take Love Never Dies with a brand-new ending to Broadway. Yes! A new ending! "Artistically, we have no problem with the current ending […] It makes completely coherent artistic sense and in many contexts, couldn't be better" clarifies Simon Phillips. 

"People worry about what happens to the child, that's the feedback we've had. If we do change the ending, we could make it more comfortable for people." "It's going to be a shock to the system" says Phillips. After this "brand-new ending", the interviewer asks "So you are telling me that you might kill the Phantom at the end". "We might, we might… but we might not" is the answer Webber gives, with a big laugh shared by Phillips. And here's the best part: "What percent chances of this happening? [the musical going to America]" "Pretty high" answers Webber.

PREMIERE AT NISSAY THEATRE



Love Never Dies premiered at Nissay's Theatre last March 12th in Japan and Andrew Lloyd Webber attended the first show. The first pictures have already come out and we're going to be uploading them on our gallery here!

March 08, 2014

LOVE NEVER DIES HITS 50000 VISITS


Wow, just wow. Thank you so much for making this possible. FOUR YEARS with all of you making this community grow. We started as a little blog sharing news here and there when the musical was premiered for the first time in London. We wanted to share this fantastic story, to make people know the wonders they could find in it, and make it possible to be known to everyone who loved The Phantom of the Opera or those who found out for the very first time the tragic and romantic story behind its notes.

We are very thrilled to have been those responsible to take this "job", watching out and bringing to you as much news as possible for you to enjoy so you can feel and live the musical. We are proud of the community grew here and we just wanted to say how thankful we are, to every one of you and the musical and everyone involved with it, thank you!

We will keep reporting day to day, who knows what awaits to the musical in the future... because, remember, love never dies.