"Last Wednesday I sat for the first time and I thought, you know what? 'Love Never Dies' is a really, really good show." "A musical takes a while to grow and come together," he said Tuesday. Widely read theatre bloggers the West End Whingers dubbed the show "Paint Never Dries." Some say the score has nothing to rival the earlier show's catchy, romantic ballads such as "The Music of the Night" and "All I Ask of You," and the set design has come in for criticism. Many "Phantom" fans have trashed the show in Internet reviews based on preview performances. "Love Never Dies" picks up the story 10 years on, with disfigured genius the Phantom relocated to the bright lights of New York's Coney Island and still besotted with beautiful soprano Christine Daae. It is still playing in London and New York, where it is the longest running show in Broadway history. "Phantom" is a tale of gothic romance set in the Paris Opera that has been seen by 100 million people around the world since it opened in 1986.
The theatre world will make its judgment after Tuesday's premiere in London of "Love Never Dies," the sequel to Lloyd Webber's global hit "Phantom of the Opera."
LONDON - Will the magic of the Phantom strike twice for Andrew Lloyd Webber?
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