| re: Love Never Dies | |
| Last Edit: EvFoDr 01:53 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 01:51 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
| In reply to: Love Never Dies - jeffef 12:07 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
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| This is one of those shows that I don't think anyone will ever argue is well written (plot/book). But in the way you have phrased the question, I think it's worth watching this weekend in lieu of anything else. Honestly I had trouble getting through it the first time. But I saw the tour (based for the most part on the production in this video) when it came to the US and was won over by the music. I like ALW music quite a lot. In fact Evita is my favorite musical. And I like the original Phantom quite a lot too. Even if you just watch the opening number (this production's version of Music of the Night), the title song, and the extended musical sequence in Act One where the Phantmom and Christine are reunited for the first time, I think you will like the music in those numbers. This sequence has the the sort of lush, intense, music where two characters sing to each other so intently, no cheating out to the audience. Reminds of me of Tonight in West Side Story, or Say It Somehow in Light in the Piazza. Someone below called the title song a non starter. I get it. The melody is almost unsultingly simple, which can verge on boring, and the lyrics are ridden with cliches. BUT. When I saw the tour I was gobsmacked. The costume and set in this moment are gorgeous, a major plot point is being played out in juxtaposition which adds some needed drama, and for a moment you just revel in the gloriously sung high notes. This number definitely got the biggest audience response when I saw it. Why not? LOL. It streams all weekend. You can always cleanse your pallet with the Sondheim birthday concert on Sunday night :-) |
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