Love Never Dies Reviews

Adam Tucker from Coventry, UK

DID THE JOB

I saw Love Never Dies yesterday with my wife after reading some very poor reviews. I love the original Phantom show, but went with an open mind. I can see what reviewers are saying - about plotline being contrived, etc, but we both enjoyed the show - it didn't change my life, but there is some lovely music in there - especially 'Til I Hear You Sing. To me if I'm honest it felt like a small show made into something almost too big for it - it doesn't perhaps have as much inventiveness musically as some of ALW's past productions, and is actually quite an intimate story - the fact that it was the Phantom and Christine had very little to do with the piece - it could have been anyone. But I enjoyed it, my wife loved it (and she's not a great fan of musicals) and I can't blame ALW for wanting to return to the scene of one of his greatest triumphs. Does it have the impact of Phantom? No - but what could? It should be taken on it's own merits. I have no doubt however that many will not do so.

Andy from London, UK

FUN BUT NOT GREAT

Good fun, great performances, amazing sets, good atmosphere - but the story weakens in the second act into a poor conclusion and the tunes just aren't nearly as memorable or exciting as Lloyd Webber's 80s fare.

Carol from London & Houston

PHANTOM IS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW

Love Never Dies is not as good as Phantom of The Opera. We felt the story wasn't bad, Ramins singing excellent, some of the special effects(projections?) very good and enjoyed Megs dance/costume change routine but the songs were not memorable and we left the theatre not remembering any of them which was unusual for a Lloyd Webber production. The whole show felt unfinished with the final scene very disappointing. Phantom of The Opera was always going to be a hard act to follow(consider the boat scene, the candelabra crashing etc) but I think people expected more than the show that has opened here.

Rod james from Epsom, Surrey, England

FREEZING

The Show was quite good, not up to the original, or Lez Miz standard, but was spolit for us by the fact that they had air-con on, even though the outside temperatue was well below 60F we kept our coats on, but were still shivering, everyone had their coats on, and several people were complaining. Considering we paid nearly £70 each, it was a farce, and spolit the whole thing. If we were in a local cinema, we would have walked out.

Theatrelover from UK

LOVE NEVER DIES FIRST NIGHT PREVIEW

A much anticipated performance; being a dedicated fan of all things Andrew Lloyd Webber this was a one off chance to be one of the first people to see the sequel to The Phantom. Having been disappointed that the Saturday night performance was cancelled I was lucky enough to have tickets for the Monday evening as well. Delighted to see 'The Lord' in person and quite excited that he stopped the show after the first 10 minutes; obviously he wasn't happy about something but the audience wouldn't have known there was anything amiss. The show continued, the music was superbe and in general the performance of the cast was good, high praise to Ramin, Summer and 'Gustav' for the 1st rate delivery. Sadly the lyrics were sub standard and as much as I wanted and willed the show to be as good as previous productions this does not live up to 'The Phantom'. On a final note, strange that the title song is taken from "The Beautiful Game", another, Webber/Elton production.

Angela from LA,USA

WHERE ARE THE BEAUTIFUL MELODIES?

I have to say, sadly, that Love Never Dies pales in comparison to Phantom of the Opera.If it ever was trying to reach up to its predecessor, it is let down by various important factors that make a musical 'tick'. I was kinda anticipating the new music that Andrew Lloyd Webber would bring to the stage, and being a phanatic phantom fan, I have been loving Phantom music all the time, it's my fav musical. But where are the melodies in LND?? I can't remember any song memorable enough to stick in my mind..in phantom, i can easily recall the many beautiful and haunting songs, like Music of the Night, Think of Me, Wishing you were somehow here again, masquerade..and the title song, The Phantom of the Opera--who can forget its signature opening for an overture? But for LND, the music is choppy,no melodies are as beautiful,there are strings of conversations that should have been replaced by music instead..then the music sounds like it's meant for "clubs"--too fanciful, not so sad n romantic

Anonymous from Anytown, AT 55555

THE AUDIENCE RUINED IT

We went with friends from the US. The production was very good, the story line was bizarre, but that didn't matter since the singing was very good. Which means that we would have loved it if it wasn't for the fact that the audience ruined it for us - yelling after every song, stopping the production half way through the second half with a standing yelling session. This was supposed to be a night out with friends in the West End, not a visit to X factor.

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