Andrew Lloyd Webber's Revamped Love Never Dies Will Bow in Hamburg, Germany

Another step closer to Broadway? Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s megahit The Phantom of the Opera, is heading to Hamburg, Germany, as Liebe Stirbt Nie. The production is based on the Australian reworked incarnation of the musical, directed by Simon Phillips, which was later filmed. Liebe Stirbt Nie will play the Stage Operettenhaus this fall.

Love Never Dies follows the Phantom to Coney Island, New York, where he begins a new life among the side shows, but still pines over Christine. When the Phantom lures Christine and her family across the world, their love story continues. The tuner features music by Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, a book by Lloyd Webber, Slater and Ben Elton, and additional lyrics by Charles Hart.

The original West End production of Love Never Dies opened in March 2010, directed by Jack O’Brien and starring Broadway faves Les Miz's Ramin Karimloo and It Shoulda Been You's Sierra Boggess. The show closed after a year's run and Main Stem plans were officially scrapped, although Lloyd Webber later said he was "sure" the subsequent revamped Australian version would hit the Great White Way.

Watch Broadway.com’s exclusive interview with Lloyd Webber and Phillips below, as they discuss the 2014 Japanese production.