The Phan Lair
Some of you may recall the strange affair of The Phantom Of The Opera...
News
Andrew Lloyd Webber Diagnosed With Cancer- The press office of Andrew Lloyd Webber has today announced that the composer has been diagnosed with the early stages of prostate cancer. It is said to be in the early stages and is treatable. Sir Lloyd Webber was admitted to an un-named private hospital on Saturday evening (24th of October 2009) to begin his treatment. He is expected to return to work by the end of the year. He vowed; "I will beat this cancer." upon his arrival at hospital.
Our thoughts are with him and the family and wish him a quick recovery. We will keep you up-dated as much as possible on this situation as it develops.
Love Never Dies News Arrives!- So it turns out the information was true and loveneverdies has been updated with a whole new look displaying the official poster, some casting news, a video with the press release filmed at Her Majesty's Theatre this morning and, most exciting of all clips of the new overture AND a full song from the show named "Till I Hear You Sing" Go on over to our Love Never Dies page (see nav bar) and www.loveneverdies.com for more information!
Love Never Dies News Coming Soon?- I have been informed by a source within RUG that we can expect news regarding Love Never Dies within the next few weeks. It will be posted on the website and will answer a lot of our questions. EXCITING! Keep posted for updates!
No new updates :( - loveneverdies.com is still a hive of phan related activity, but there is very little progress on offically released information. Rumours are still flying around regarding casting for the show, and the Love Never Dies page of this website (see link in nav bar) has been updated with all the most recent. If you hear anything then drop us a line on the Contact Us page (see link in nav bar)
Love Never Dies.Com LIVE!- www.loveneverdies.com has launched this morning. At the moment it is simply an elaborate twitter account via which phans all around the world can post Phantom related "tweets" in waiting for the offcial page's launch soon. Log on and get communicating!
Phantom- Love Never Dies Page- The page will be open for use in the next few days, check back and let me know what you think. Like I said bellow, it wont have very much to begin with but will expand of the comming months.
***EDIT- THE PAGE IS NOW OPEN (14th November 2008)***
ALW's 60th Birthday In The Park REVIEW- I'm just back from the concert and have to say that it wsa amazing. I loved every second of it. Some of the best performances actually came from those who I Was expecting to give the worst! Duncan James' (former boy band Blue member) sang Mr Mistoffelees and was fantastic at it. Idina Menzel sang two songs, the best of these being Don't Cry For Me Argentina. Big news in the form of an announcement by Mr Webber! The final title of Phantom 2. It's been rumoured for a while now, but we can confirm that the title of The Phantom Of The Opera sequal which is to open in London next year is; Phantom- Love Never Dies.
The performance concluded with a chorus of "Happy Birthday" by all involved in the concert and the audience before a massive firework finale closed the show.
Now that we have the title, hopefully more details on Phantom 2 will begin to appear therefore a page will soon be created which will at first contain only the essentials but will expand as more information about the project appears.
ALW's 60th Birthday In The Park- As most of you may have heard ALW is marking his 60th Birthday with a massive concert in Hyde Park this Sunday. Among those performing are Lee Mead, Idina Menzel, The finalists of I'd Do Anything and the legendary Elaine Paige among others with John Barrowman presenting. Two of the team have been lucky enough to secure tickets for the event and have promised a full report of the day and we will try to take some sound/video clips. We hope everyone else who has managed to get tickets has a good day, we're sure it will be a day to remember.
NOTE- for those of you who are not able to make the concert, it will be broadcast over BBC Radio 2 in the comming weeks. We shall post more details nearer to the time.
Reminder- For our Australian fans, please remember that Anthony Warlow has had to reduce his performance schedule on doctors advice recently and is not performing as The Phantom on every show. Head over to the Current Productions Info and select The Australian Touring Production for more details.
Casting changes- There have been a few recent changes to Phantom casts around the world. Please head over to the Current Productions Info page to check them out. The productions affected are the London Production & The New York Production, new cast memebers are highlighted bold to make it easier to view.
Welcome back!- The new site is up and running, as is the new email address. Please feel free to check over the website for any mistakes and to have a look at the new features. Among them, the Performance Bloopers page has some new additions. Explore the stage magic of Phantom on the newly revised How do they F.A.Q page which has been updated. Every production now has a section of its own in the Current Productions Info page from it's opening date to details on the current casts, as well as this any touring productions (currently only the US Tour as the Australian Tour is drawing to a close) have a calander set up showing how long Phantom is staying at each venue. You can reach this page through The US National Tour section on the Current Productions page. Please also check the Join In page for details on how to use the new email address correctly.
There are still some minor updates and changes which will be taking place throughout the next few weeks so keep checking back!