Sean Thompson (Raoul): “We’ll be out for a little more than a year and close on December 2 in Austin, Texas. The producers are looking at Broadway. That’s no secret. They’re also looking at Asia and another National Tour. This tour has put the numbers up. I don’t think they expected it to do as well as it’s done."
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"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene" - Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
With Anastasia closing at the Broadhurst - any speculation that Love Never Dies could end up there? I thought I had read that was one theatre they were eyeing for it to end up at?
LOVE NEVER DIES premiered in Melbourne Australia decades ago. It's that production that is seen on the DVD. The show has never worked or been a drawcard. It had a nickname SHOW NEVER SELLS.
Footlight Parade said: "LOVE NEVER DIES premiered in Melbourne Australia decades ago. It's that production that is seen on the DVD. The show has never worked or been a drawcard. It had a nickname SHOW NEVER SELLS."
I feel like it’d work better as a 1-2 Month Limited Engagement.
Just to be picky, as if it does go into the Broadhurst no one will probably care....but it still bugs me that the tour cut all the FOH scenery (namely the 2 towers and upper level of roller coaster track). if this goes into the Broadhurst it probably will remain cut as there is not a whole lot of room above their proscenium for this.
that being said, as much as I like some aspects of the show (set and music) I do think it should stay away from Broadway.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27199361@N08/ Phantom at the Royal Empire Theatre
SHOW NEVER SELLS was what the front of house staff called it. Yes I'd agree with a limited engagement...it would sell to the diehard PHANTOM fans. Another story about when the show premiered in Melbourne. Andrew Lloyd Webber's name was incorrectly spelled and all programs had to be recalled.
I actually love this show. I've loved it since the original production in London and seeing the tour was a beautiful experience. I'd love to see it in NY.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to his record-breaking smash “Phantom of the Opera,” is showing signs of life on the road in the U.S., where the title is turning heads at the box office after a dispiritingly brief premiere engagement on the West End eight years ago.
“We’ve got eight shows on the road right now, and ‘Love Never Dies’ is outselling them all,” said Randy Buck, CEO of Troika Entertainment, the touring musical producer with road versions of “An American in Paris” and “On Your Feet!” among its stable. “Love” is doing so well, in fact, that Buck cops to bigger dreams for the show.