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''Love Never Dies'' is a romantic musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater with additional lyrics by Charles Hart, and book by Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton, with additional material by Slater and Frederick Forsyth. It is a sequel to Lloyd Webber's long-running musical ''The Phantom of the Opera''. The plot is not based on the storyline in the original book by Gaston Leroux. Lloyd Webber stated: "I don't regard this as a sequel – it's a stand-alone piece."〔see (Lloyd Webber launches Phantom 2 ), ''BBC News'', 8 October 2009〕 He later clarified: "Clearly, it is a sequel, but I really do not believe that you have to have seen ''Phantom of the Opera'' to understand ''Love Never Dies''."〔see (Andrew Lloyd Webber responds to critics, talks 'Phantom' at 25, 'Love Never Dies' ))〕 The musical is set in 1907,〔("Phantom Sequel, ''Love Never Dies'', Now Due in London and on Broadway in March 2010" ). ''Playbill.com''. 18 May 2009.〕 which Lloyd Webber states is "ten years roughly after the end of the original ''Phantom''", although the events of the original actually took place in 1881.〔(''Phantom Las Vegas'': Synopsis of scenes and musical numbers ).〕 Christine Daaé is invited by an anonymous impresario to perform at Phantasma, a new attraction on Coney Island, and, with her husband Raoul and son Gustave in tow, journeys to Brooklyn...unaware that it is actually "The Phantom" who has arranged her appearance in the popular beach resort. Although Lloyd Webber began working on ''Love Never Dies'' in 1990, it was not until 2007 that he began writing its music. The musical opened at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End on 9 March 2010 with previews from 22 February 2010. It was originally directed by Jack O'Brien and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, but the show closed for four days in November 2010 for substantial re-writes, which were overseen by Lloyd Webber, and it re-opened with new direction from Bill Kenwright. Set and costume designs were by Bob Crowley.〔(LoveNeverDies.com The Show: Creative Team )〕 The original London production received mostly negative reviews,〔(New York Times: ‘Love Never Dies’ Looking Less Likely for Broadway This Season' )〕〔 but the subsequent Australian production featuring an entirely new design team and heavy revisions was generally better received. The planned Broadway production, which was to have opened simultaneously with the West End run, was delayed and then indefinitely postponed.〔(The Australian: 'Moonshadow – musical testing ground gets tough ). "The Australian", 16 June 2012.〕 ==Background== Andrew Lloyd Webber first began plans for a sequel to his 1986 hit musical, ''The Phantom of the Opera'', in 1990. Following a conversation with Maria Björnson, the designer of ''The Phantom of the Opera'', Lloyd Webber decided that, were a sequel to come about, it would be set in New York City at the turn of the 20th century. One of his ideas was to have Phantom live above ground in Manhattan's first penthouse, but he rejected this when he saw a TV documentary about the Coney Island fairground.〔 Lloyd Webber began collaborating with author Frederick Forsyth on the project, but it soon fell apart as Lloyd Webber felt the ideas they were developing would be difficult to adapt for a stage musical. Forsyth went on to publish some of the ideas he had worked on with Lloyd Webber in 1999 as a novel entitled ''The Phantom of Manhattan''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=London Theatre Tickets, Theatre News and Reviews - WhatsOnStage )〕 Lloyd Webber returned to the project in 2006, collaborating with a number of writers and directors. However, he still did not feel the ideas he had were adaptable into a piece of musical theatre.〔Lloyd Webber, Andrew. (A Note From The Composer ) ''LoveNeverDies.com''.〕 Finally, in early 2007, Lloyd Webber approached Ben Elton (who had served as the librettist for Lloyd Webber's ''The Beautiful Game'') to help shape a synopsis for a sequel, based on Lloyd Webber's initial ideas. Elton's treatment of the story focused more on the original characters of ''The Phantom of the Opera'' and omitted new characters that Lloyd Webber and Forsyth had developed.〔 Lloyd Webber was pleased with Elton's treatment and began work on the sequel.〔 In March 2007, he announced he would be moving forward with the project. The ''Daily Mail'' announced in May 2007 that the sequel would be delayed, because Lloyd Webber's six-month-old kitten Otto, a rare-breed Turkish Van, climbed onto Lloyd Webber's Clavinova digital piano and managed to delete the entire score. Lloyd Webber was unable to recover any of it from the instrument, but was eventually able to reconstruct the score. In 2008, Lloyd Webber first announced that the sequel would likely be called ''Phantom: Once Upon Another Time'',〔("Lloyd Webber 'names' Opera sequel" ), ''BBC Newsbeat'', 30 May 2008, retrieved 18 July 2008〕 and the first act was performed at Lloyd Webber's annual Sydmonton Festival. The Phantom was played by Ramin Karimloo and Raoul was played by Alistair Robbins.〔Riedel, Michael.("A Really Wine Time: 'Phantom' sequel is unmasked at UK bash" ). ''The New York Post''. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008.〕 However, in September 2008, during the BBC's ''Birthday in the Park'' concert celebrating his 60th birthday, Lloyd Webber announced that the title would be ''Love Never Dies''.〔(Lloyd Webber plans Phantom sequel ) ''LondonNet''. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.〕 In other workshop readings, Raoul and Christine were played by Aaron Lazar and Elena Shaddow.〔 On 3 July 2009, Lloyd Webber announced that Karimloo (who had played the Phantom in the West End) and Sierra Boggess (who had originated the role of Christine in ''Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular'') had been cast as the Phantom and Christine and that the role of Meg Giry would be played by Summer Strallen, Madame Giry by Liz Robertson and Raoul by Joseph Millson.〔Bamigboye, Baz. (Summer Strallen brings little Ohh La La West End ) ''Daily Mail''. 16 October 2009.〕 ''I'd Do Anything'' finalist Niamh Perry was given the role of Fleck.〔Allott, Serena. (It's do-re-me time: Meet the women who are singing their way to self-fulfilment ) ''Mail Online''. 5 December 2009.〕 Lloyd Webber originally intended for ''Love Never Dies'' to open in London, New York and Shanghai simultaneously in the autumn of 2009.〔Chatter, Rialto. (RIALTO CHATTER: Will the PHANTOM 'Sing Once Again' with...Sierra? ) ''Broadway World''. 6 February 2009.〕〔〔 By March 2009, he had decided to open the show at London's Adelphi Theatre, followed by Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre (before transferring to Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre in 2010) and Shanghai.〔 The three casts would rehearse simultaneously in London for three months beginning August 2009.〔 Opening dates were soon announced as 26 October 2009 in London, November in Toronto and February 2010 in Shanghai, with a later transfer to Melbourne, Australia.〔Bamigboye, Baz. ( "Watch out for..." ). ''Daily Mail''. 3 April 2009.〕 Plans were then announced for a separate Broadway production to run concurrently with the Toronto show if Toronto proved successful.〔Bamigboye, Baz. ("Watch out for..." ). ''Daily Mail'', 9 April 2009.〕 In May, the debut of the London production was delayed until March 2010 due to Lloyd Webber re-orchestrating the score and re-recording the album.〔Bamigboye, Baz. (Watch out for... ). ''Daily Mail'', 7 May 2009.〕〔Chatter, Rialto. ("Rialto Chatter: ''Love Never Dies'' Set to 'Haunt' Stages in March 2010" ). ''Broadway World''. 17 May 2009, accessed 13 August 2010〕 Technical issues with the special effects, automaton version of Christine and casting multiple simultaneous productions also contributed to the postponement.〔 By October 2009, Shanghai plans had been dropped in favour of an Australian production.〔Adam Hetrick and Mark Shenton. ("Lloyd Webber's ''Love Never Dies'' to Premiere in London in March 2010; New York, Australia to Follow" ). ''Playbill''. 8 October 2009.〕 On 8 October 2009, Lloyd Webber held a press conference at Her Majesty's Theatre, where the original ''Phantom'' has been running since 1986, confirming the casting of Boggess as Christine and Karimloo as the Phantom. Karimloo sang "Til I Hear You Sing", and "The Coney Island Waltz" was also performed for the journalists, industry insiders and fans who had assembled for the presentation. Lloyd Webber announced that ''Love Never Dies'' would begin previews in London on 20 February 2010 and anticipated that the Broadway production would open on 11 November 2010 (this was later postponed〔Gans, Andrew. ("'Love Never Dies' Postpones Broadway Opening to Spring 2011" ). Playbill.com, 6 April 2010〕 and then indefinitely〔). Rehearsals began in January 2010.〔Bamigboye, Baz. (The Phantom is taking shape... ) ''Daily Mail''. 8 January 2010〕〔Perry, Niamh. ("''Love Never Dies'' Cast Blog: Rehearsal Update by Niamh Perry" ). 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