Love Never Dies continues into 2012
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
SIR ANDREW Lloyd Webber’s new musical, Love Never Dies, has once again extended its booking period at the Adelphi Theatre, this time by eight months – until January 14, 2012.
The production, which received mixed reviews when it opened in March 2010, has been nominated for seven Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical, while its stars Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess and Summer Strallen are all in line for acting prizes.
It has also been nominated for best lighting, set and costume design.
Previously Posted: Final casting has been announced for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical, Love Never Dies, which opens at the Adelphi Theatre on March 9, 2010 (previews from February 20).
Playing Fleck will be former I’d Do Anything contestant Niamh Perry, who is currently appearing in the West End production of Mamma Mia!
Love Never Dies will also feature Adam Pearce (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) and Jami Reid-Quarrell (Equus) as Squelch and Gangle.
The rest of the company comprises: Dean Chisnall, Helen Dixon, Lucie Downer, Paul Farrell, Charlene Ford, Chris Gage, Lucy van Gasse, Celia Graham, Simon Ray Harvey, Jack Horner, Erin Anna Jameson, Pip Jordan, Jessica Kirton, Louise Madison, Janet Mooney, Colette Morrow, Tam Mutu, Ashley Nottingham, Tom Oakley, Mark Skipper, Jonathan Stewart, Tim Walton and Annette Yeo.
Not simply a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera but “a completely stand alone piece”, Love Never Dies picks up the story ten years after The Phantom (Ramin Karimloo) mysteriously disappeared from his lair beneath the Paris Opera House.
Now haunting the fairgrounds of New York’s Coney Island, he still cannot forget his one true love, the singer Christine Daaé (Sierra Boggess), who has become a huge star and is married to his old adversary – Raoul, the Vicomte de Chagny (Joseph Millson). Yet undeterred, The Phantom sets out to prove by whatever means that, indeed – Love Never Dies.
With a score by Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Glenn Slater, Love Never Dies is directed by Jack O’Brien and designed by Bob Crowley, with choreography by Jerry Mitchell and lighting by Paule Constable.
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