[NEohioPAL] Review of touring "Love Never Dies" at Playhouse Square

[Bob Abelman]

Touring ‘Love Never Dies’ puts the see in sequel



Bob Abelman

Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal

Member, International Association of Theatre Critics



Tortured.  Anguished.  Frustrated.  



This describes the dark, twisted title character at the heart of “Phantom of the Opera,” the longest-running musical in Broadway history and a production seen by over 130 million people worldwide. 



But it also describes playwright/composer Andrew Lloyd Webber during the turbulent process of revising and remounting that show’s sequel “Love Never Dies,” which opened to poor reviews in London’s West End, was revisited before an engagement in Melbourne, Australia and further fine-tuned in Hamburg, Germany before beginning its 25-city U.S. tour this past October.



The new musical, like the original love affair between Christine Daaé and her Angel of Music, The Phantom, was passionate but incomplete.  



It’s complete now, leaving the opening night Playhouse Square audience anything but tortured or anguished, though some faithful fans may well be a tad frustrated by the direction this sequel has taken.



For more of this article, go to https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/touring-love-never-dies-puts-the-see-in-sequel/article_768532ae-f7d3-11e7-998b-ab89c80b12ce.html
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