Love Never Dies, the upcoming sequel to the international musical hit The Phantom of the Opera, appears set to premiere at Toronto's Canon Theatre in October, according to Variety. Featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who co-wrote the book with Ben Elton, and lyrics by Glenn Slater, the show will start rehearsals in London this fall, with direction by ...

Broadway veteran Nancy Hess will join the Broadway cast of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s The Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running show in Broadway history. Hess will step into the role of mysterious ballet mistress Madame Giry, a role she performed in Phantom’s national tour from February through November 2008. Her first performance at the Majestic Theatre is February ...

Further details are leaking about Phantom: Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, which just celebrated its 21st anniversary on Broadway. According to Brit gossip columnist Baz Bamigboye of The Daily Mail, The Little Mermaid star Sierra Boggess has been cast as Christine in the show, with plans afoot to launch the show ... Read More...

Andrew Lloyd Webber has big plans for his most popular character, telling the Times of London that he hopes to open a long-awaited sequel to The Phantom of the Opera simultaneously in London, on Broadway and in an Asian city, possibly Shanghai. Titled Phantom: Love Never Dies, the sequel takes place in Coney Island and will be ready for the ... Read More...

After a summer stint in the Broadway company of The Phantom of the Opera, John Cudia will return to play the title role in the show's national tour, beginning November 14 at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. The hit musical will play Tampa until November 22 and begin a six-week holiday engagement at the Orpheum Theatre in San ... Read More...

Marni Raab will assume the role of Christine in the Broadway company of The Phantom of the Opera on August 20, replacing Jennifer Hope Wills, who will depart for maternity leave on August 16. Wills is expected to return to the company in June 2009. From August 18 to 20, the role will be played by current Christine alternate Elizabeth ... Read More...

The Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera will close down for four performances in August in order to install a $750,000 state-of-the-art Digital Sound System at the Majestic Theatre. The final performance before the change-over will be Saturday, August 23, and the new system's debut performance will be on Thursday, August 28.

The Broadway shut-down follows ...

John Cudia, a nine-year veteran of various companies of The Phantom of the Opera, will become Broadway's new "man behind the mask" on May 22. Cudia will play the title role for 10 weeks, through July 26, while Howard McGillin—who has performed the role a record-breaking 2,000-plus times—pursues other projects. McGillin will depart the Majestic Theatre ... Read More...

Ben Elton has been named as the book writer of the forthcoming sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, marking his first collaboration with composer/impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber since the football-themed musical, The Beautiful Game.

Elton joins already-announced lyricist Glenn Slater Sister Act, director Jack O'Brien Hairspray, and designer Bob Crowley Aida, Tarzan in the venture, which is ...