Phantom of the Opera Archive

  • Love Never Dies Destined For Broadway?

    Love Never Dies Destined For Broadway?

    It opened to some very harsh reviews in London where it eventually closed prematurely. Then a planned Broadway debut was cancelled. But famed composer Andrew Lloyd Webber says he’s “sure” that Love Never Dies will eventually make its way to The Great White Way. Love Never Dies is the sequel to Webber’s long-running Phantom Of [...]

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  • Love Never Dies Not Coming To Broadway

    Love Never Dies Not Coming To Broadway

    After weeks of speculation, a spokesman for the production has confirmed that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies will not be coming to Broadway this Spring as previously announced. The musical, which is a sequel to Phantom of the Opera, had originally planned to make its Broadway debut in November of this year. Lloyd Webber’s [...]

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  • Love Never Dies Delayed Due to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Health

    Love Never Dies Delayed Due to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Health

    It’s the sequel to Phantom of the Opera. And Andrew Lloyd’s Webber’s Love Never Dies was scheduled to make it’s Broadway debut later this year in November. Now there’s word that the opening will be delayed until Spring of 2011, owing to issues with the famed composer’s health. You may recall that we reported Lloyd [...]

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  • Good News & Bad News from Broadway

    Good News & Bad News from Broadway

    Neil Simon Revivals Closed & Canceled Call it a sign of the times – the tough economic times, that is. After opening on Broadway barely a week ago, the new revival of Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs is already history. According to the New York Times, the show, which opened on October 25th, played its [...]

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  • Coming to Broadway…

    Coming to Broadway…

    FELA! After a rousing off-Broadway reception in 2008, the new musical Fela! is now Broadway bound. Fela! uses stirring Afrobeat music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), to tell the story of Fela Anikupalo Kuti’s controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician. Here’s a little sneak preview of what [...]

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  • The ShowBus Buzz

    The ShowBus Buzz

    Wishful Drinking September 22nd marks the start of previews for Carrie Fisher’s autobiographical show, Wishful Drinking. In the production, Fisher recounts the true and intoxicating tale of her life as a Hollywood legend, told with the same wry wit she poured into bestsellers like ‘Postcards from the Edge.’  The daughter of Hollywood legends Eddie Fisher [...]

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