Love never dies when does it close

The freaks bring Gustave to the Aerie where he is greeted by the Phantom. Gustave plays a melody on the piano that leads the Phantom to suspect he is Gustave's father "Beautiful". The Phantom questions Gustave while showing him the dark wonders, illusions and freaks of Phantasma and finds they are kindred spirits. He unmasks himself, believing Gustave will accept him "The Beauty Underneath" , but Gustave is horrified and screams.

The Phantom makes Christine promise to never tell Gustave that Raoul is not his real father. The Phantom declares that everything he owns will go to him. Having overheard everything, a furious Madame Giry fears all her work over the years has been for nothing.

He is joined by Meg who tells him he is in "Suicide Hall", the place "where people end up when they don't know where else to go. She tells Raoul that he must leave with Christine and Gustave. Raoul says he is not afraid of the Phantom, who has been behind the bar. As soon as Meg leaves, the Phantom reveals himself and they make a bet. Otherwise, Raoul must return home to Paris alone. That night, Meg performs a strip-tease about her choice of swimming costumes "Bathing Beauty".

As Raoul leaves, the Phantom enters and tells Christine that Raoul's love is not enough and that she must sing for him. In her dressing room, Christine recalls the Opera where she had to decide between Raoul and the Phantom.

Raoul leaves as Christine finishes to thunderous applause. Christine is greeted by the Phantom and a letter from Raoul informing her of his departure "Ah Christine". Gustave is missing, and she becomes worried "Gustave, Gustave". She had previously told him to wait for Raoul backstage and did not want to believe that he had taken the boy.

Furious, the Phantom vows to kill the "drunken fool," but Squeltch informs him that he saw the Vicount leave alone. Then, the Phantom suspects Madame Giry because of her attitude towards him before Christine's number and threatens her as she is brought to him by Squelch and Dr. Madame Giry confesses that she knew about Gustave's true parentage, but denies ever going near him. Fleck reports that she was passing Meg's dressing room when she noticed the mirror had been smashed and Meg is nowhere to be found.

Christine fears for her child's life, but Madame Giry assures her that Meg never hurt Gustave. The Phantom believes he knows where Meg has gone. At Suicide Hall, Meg prepares to drown Gustave, when the others confront her. She holds up a gun so the Phantom will listen as she reveals that the resources Madame Giry has afforded him came from Meg's working as a prostitute to influential men. The Phantom tries to calm her, but on mentioning Christine, she becomes crazied.

The Phantom tries to get the gun, but Meg accidentally shoots Christine. As Madame Giry and Meg are sent to find help, Christine reveals to Gustave that the Phantom is his real father and a shocked Gustave runs off. She tells the Phantom that her love for him will never die.

They have one final kiss and she dies in his arms. Gustave returns with Raoul who looks on silently and sadly, then Gustave goes and joins the Phantom and lays his head on the lap of his deceased mother. Gustave then looks up at the Phantom and takes the Phantom's mask off but does not react as he did before "Love Never Dies" reprise.

Gustave and the Phantom look at each other as the curtain falls. The Original Concept Album was released in March The Original London production opened with all the songs from the Concept Album. However, the show went through several rewrites and many of the songs were rearranged or even removed from the production.

Charles Hart, one of the original lyricists from Phantom of the Opera , was brought in to help in the rewrites. The Original reworked Australian production opened with many of the songs from the reworked London production with new staging.

Staging and musical numbers for the Australian Production:. The Danish production used the reworked tracklist from the Australian Production. The score was translated by Karen Hoffmann. The first song released to the public was "The Coney Island Waltz", on the musical's official site as part of a Love Never Dies' teaser trailer video in September The official site later released "The Coney Island Waltz" as a sample track in and as a complimentary music download for customers pre-ordering the Love Never Dies studio recording album.

The promotional music video was an excerpt of Ramin Karimloo's live performance at the 8 October London press launch and made viewable the same day, with Karimloo singing in a blue-lit set while Sierra Boggess sits quietly on a throne. The official music video features Karimloo undisguised in a flat with a backdrop of projector images and floating appearance of Boggess. The show was broadcast on ITV1 on 31 January Lloyd Webber has stated that Jenkins would not fit the score of his musical Love Never Dies because her vocal range is a mezzo-soprano , not a soprano like Sierra Boggess.

Japanese singer Ayaka Hirahara was chosen to record "Love Never Dies" in Japanese for a bonus track of the soundtrack album's Japanese release. The concept album of Love Never Dies was recorded around —, using an 80—90 piece orchestra. The album was completed in September and scheduled to be released on 10 March , the day after the show's London opening. Both recordings feature the same 19 tracks on Disc 1 and 13 tracks on Disc 2 with each disc matching an act.

A digital version of the double CD album was also made available on the Love Never Dies official online shop. This poor sap of a show feels as eager to be walloped as a clown in a carnival dunking booth.

Why bother, when from beginning to end, Love Never Dies is its very own spoiler. It is a great night out. The score is one of the composer's most seductive. But, as one of the lyrics reminds us, "diamonds never sparkle bright unless they are set just right". With a libretto to match the melodies, this might have been a stunner rather than simply a good night out". Hitchings also commented that the story "is largely predictable — and flimsy. The chief problem is the book. It lacks psychological plausibility.

Worse, it lacks heart. There is also scarcely a moment of humour [the] lyrics are prosaic, and the flickers of light relief are merely confusing. Only a radical rewrite will give it even the remotest chance of emulating its predecessor.

He also criticised the show for lacking in storytelling and romance, stating that it "assumes that we understand the attraction these two dullards [Phantom and Raoul] have for the beautiful Christine.

Could she do no better? In the end you conclude that she simply seeks out suffering to improve her art. He observes: "With its sickening swirls of video imagery, pointless plot, and protracted, repetitive songs, Love Never Dies Dave Itzkoff of The New York Times reported on fan reaction: "How is the new Phantom faring with theatergoers who have seen it in previews? Not so well. Emma J. Hawkins Fleck as Fleck. Paul Tabone Squelch as Squelch. Dean Vince Gangle as Gangle.

Jack Lyall Gustave as Gustave. Brett Sullivan Simon Phillips stage direction. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Christine, her year-old son Gustave, and her husband Raoul, the Vicomte de Changy, travel to Coney Island where Christine is scheduled to sing for Hammerstein, but ends up singing for the mysterious Mister Y.

They don't know what lies ahead. Christine and Erik confess about their past, Christine and Raoul reunite with old friends, and Christine sings for her mysterious masked man once more. Drama Music Musical Romance. Not Rated. Did you know Edit. Andrew Lloyd Webber loved it so much he incorporated it into the Australian production.

Goofs During 'Gustave! Quotes The Phantom : What a child. User reviews 45 Review. Top review. Starts a little rough, but definitely doesn't disappoint. First let me say that the primary review on the IMDb page is pretty much spot on. I agree with everything the author said, particularly about the constant close-ups that deny you the audience's perspective and reveal flaws that the audience would otherwise never notice.

I was particularly irritated by the way the cast's Mics were worn, giving the appearance that each person had a large birth defect at the peak of their forehead. I'm sure the audience couldn't even see the Mics from their seats when worn in this fashion so I understand why they did this for the live stage performances, but the camera close-ups made it particularly unpleasant for me at least.

More importantly though, the close ups and the overhead angles provided a view that was just never meant to be seen, and I can tell it took away from the overall performance even though I've never seen it live. I'm pretty sure the rotating stage and sets would've been much more impressive from the audience perspective, rather than the top down view where you clearly saw the separation in the floor and don't get to see the sets shifting the way you should.

I would've preferred the majority of the shots to be wider with an occasional close-up, so you can take in the sets and scenery not to mention the other cast members. May 4, Popular Entertainment Series. May , June , June 21 - 26, Broadway at the Bass Series.

July 12 - 17, Broadway at the Bass Series. July 26 - 31, Broadway at the Bass Series. Part of the Broadway at the Bass Series. Location: Bass Performance Hall. Accessibility: Wheelchair Accessible, Sign Interpretation. The year is 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 the screaming joy rides and freak shows of Coney Island. The Telegraph.