| "Love Never Dies" is the name of a musical | | | | be seen how much of the storyline for Love |
| theatre sequel to the long running show - The | | | | Never Dies will owe to each of these different |
| Phantom of the Opera. This is a long awaited | | | | novels. The write who has been brought in for |
| development for the Phantom, although it is rare | | | | Love Never Dies however, is none other than |
| for any musical show to have a sequel. In fact I | | | | Mr Ben Elton, who is also a novelist in his own |
| can't really think of any other examples at all right | | | | right but is better known as a stand up comedian, |
| now. The novel on which the phantom is based | | | | and as the writer of "We Will Rock You", the |
| did have a sequel though, and that was called | | | | smash hit London musical based on the songs of |
| "Love Never Dies" as well, so it's logical to assume | | | | Queen. |
| that the new musical will be based partly on that | | | | At one point it was intended to launch Love |
| book. Its not as simple as that though, because | | | | Never Dies in three cities at the same time, an |
| there was also a book written by Frederick | | | | ambitious project indeed which would have seen |
| Forsyth in 1977 which was called "The Phantom | | | | casts taking to the stage in London's West End, |
| of Manhattan" and that is a sequel to Andrew | | | | New York's Broadway and also Singapore but the |
| LLoyd Webber's musical, rather than to the | | | | logistics of such a feat evidently proved too much |
| original novel. | | | | even for the team behind Phantom of the Opera, |
| The long story of bringing this new musical to the | | | | Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat, Sunset |
| stage also involved bringing Fredrick Forsyth, well | | | | Boulevard and many other top musicals, so the |
| known author of "The day of the Jackal" and | | | | expected timing now is for Love Never Dies to |
| "The Odessa File" onboard the original writing | | | | open in London in March 2010 and then on |
| team for the new project but it seems he was | | | | Broadway in November. This continues a trend of |
| subsequently dropped. "The Phantom of | | | | opening in the West End first, where costs are a |
| Manhattan" did not do terribly well, at least not in | | | | little less, as has been pioneered by Sister Act |
| comparison with his other books, so it has stil to | | | | recently at the London Palladium. |