Set a decade after its predecessor, musical delivers the spectacle its builtin fan base is likely to adore. With ben lewis, anna obyrne, maria mercedes, simon gleeson. It takes place ten years after the original on coney island, where the phantom now controls a fairground attraction called phantasma, having escaped his wouldbe captors in europe with the help of madame giry and her daughter, meg. Here you will find the latest on the new show, including videos, photos, information on. Buy tickets online now or find out more with london theatreland. Andrew lloyd webbers latest musical revisits the tragic love triangle of the phantom of the opera 10 years later, in turnofthecentury coney island. Who knows when love begins who knows what makes it start one day its simply there alive inside your. The phantom of the opera at the royal albert hall 2011. Ten long years, wasting my time with smoke and noise.
Following the phantom of the opera, andrew lloyd webbers love. It was everything i had expectedit was terrible, and i had a wonderful time. It was showing in a local theater, and two friends and i went. Set ten years after the events of the first installment, the phantom has lured his muse from paris to new york city for a. Only bathing beauty survived the post concept album cuts to be performed on. With francis ng, julian chen, liping lu, dahong ni. Then the theatrical moved to sydney, where stayed on the scene for another three months. It is 10 years after his disappearance from the paris opera house and the phantom has escaped to a new life in new york where he lives amongst.
Showing of musical lasted for seven months in 2011. In a sense, that is no bad thing because its a combination that some fine musicals have laid claim to and succeeded. But the lovers reunion and the ending make it worth watching once. Jeff busby ten long years, the phantom bemoans, living a mere facade of life.
That said, so many of the characters are not true to their original characters that there is much to dislike. The legendary composer made an onstage appearance at the opening night of. Ben lewis, anna o byrne, maria mercedes, simon gleeson, sharon millerchip, brett sullivan, clayton jacobsen, brett sullivan. He slowly reaches up and holds the phantoms scarred face in his hand, showing him the love he so needed from his son. As the love story continues in coney island, ny, the phantoms undying love has grown for the soprano singer, christine daae. This time, instead of reacting in fear, gustave obeys his mothers advice and looks with his heart, not his eyes. It is a sequel to the longrunning 1986 musical the phantom of the opera and was loosely adapted from forsyths 1999 novel the phantom of manhattan the plot is not based on the storyline in the original 1910 book by gaston leroux.
Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Its at one and the same time a modern musical with stunning visual effects and a rather oldfashioned kind of show which tends towards the melodramatic and sentimental. Planned premiere in shanghai was moved to melbourne. The musical did, however, make a successful transition to australia, opening in melbourne in may 2011 the first production of the show outside of the uk. Of course, it is no where near the quality of the highly polished korean dramas, the drama expertise of taiwanese dramas and the creativity of japanese dramas.
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