Broadway legend Norm Lewis (Les Misérables twenty fifth Anniversary Concert, Jesus Christ Superstar) stars as The Phantom after a vastly profitable run as the primary African-American Phantom within the Broadway manufacturing of The Phantom of the Opera. Celinde Schoenmaker (Guys & Dolls, Rocketman) stars alongside him as Christine, following her look in London’s West End for the thirtieth anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera. Shaun Kerrison (My Fair Lady, A Christmas Carol) directs. Further casting and creatives to be introduced.
Love Never Dies In Concert, which options the sensational ‘Til I Hear You Sing and the heart-breaking Love Never Dies, is accompanied by the 27-piece London Musical Theatre Orchestra (LMTO), and can run at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on twenty first (7.30pm) and twenty second August (2.30pm).
This live performance comes as The Phantom of the Opera in London’s West End continues to interrupt data on the field workplace, 36 years after opening on the recently-renamed His Majesty’s Theatre on Haymarket.
Described by The Daily Telegraph as “one of the greatest of all Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musicals”, Love Never Dies returns to the story of The Phantom of the Opera 10 years after the Phantom’s disappearance from the Paris Opera House. Escaped to a brand new life in New York, he has lastly discovered a spot for his music to soar. All that’s lacking is his love – Christine Daaé. In a last bid to win her again, the Phantom lures Christine, her husband, and their younger son Gustave to America to carry out one last time. As previous wounds are reopened and forgotten recollections unlocked, The Phantom units out to show that, certainly, Love Never Dies.