Love Never Dies: Opening Sequence

In a world exclusive 'the DAVE network' presents the Opening Sequence of Love Never Dies - 'The Coney Island Waltz'.
Performed by the full Australian ensemble cast.
A special thank you to Howie & Taylor Publicity.
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[@theLadySpies]

This spectacle is amazing and very tim Burton-esque. I love the costumes and scenery, but being a loyal fan of the original Phantom, I'm having a hard time accepting this musical was created in the first place.

[@darkangelw8472]

Yes and Comedia De L'arte. Love this show so much, exceeds the London productions. Im a goth musical lover

[@Pheebs77]

OMG it's just fabulous and the music is stunning, I actually prefer it over the original!

[@ivyrose2276]

that is one of the coolest stages I've ever seen

[@koolkat104]

The opening sequence is phenomenal. I love where Phantom is.

[@newelizad4776]

I have the dvd which I love so much but seeing this it's just amazing! It has a energy which on dvd hasn't.

[@koala4775]

@NewElizaD i have the dvd too but i really wish i could have watches this in real life but i was only 2 years at that time but i have the dvd and this version is amazing

[@phaineinTV]

As much as I hate Love Never Dies (fOR MANY REASONS), the stage direction really is mind-blowing. If it had a better story, this would defs be my fave musical.

[@snakemanjanuslepotato9394]

What!? It's amazing! (Except for the end) but I guess that's your opinion....

[@sgmarks82]

The unfortunate thing is that people are way too precious about the original phantom to give this a chance. I am a HUUUGE phantom fan - and I have to say that I 100% feel that this show lived up to the expectations in EVERY way - I saw it just a few days ago (the Australian Production) - and it was phenomenal

[@LePhantome273]

@OushGisher 'Like yellow parchment is his skin' was a direct reference to the original source material, Gaston Leroux's novel. In it, Erik is described as having skin as dry and yellowed as old parchment. As well, that song added levels of tension to the overall plot, showing how monstrous the Phantom appeared to the opera company, and foreshadowing the death of Buquet, which would be the catalyst to drive Christine into Raoul's arms. It had its place in the overall story in the end.

[@HappyGrump]

ALW sent me tickets to see this show, long story, and it was outstanding! I love org phantom dont get me wrong but this show had so much depth!!!! The actual staging and effects were really amazing!!!

[@DarkJoker7]

this scene to me has a very...Tim Burtonish feel to me.

[@RealAngelOfMusic]

most of the musical has a very Tim Burton styled to it actually, now that I think of it

[@lalas181]

This sequence was AMAZING in the US Touring Production. I still don't really _like_ LND, but I really did enjoy it! For all the objectionable things about the show, the sets, costumes, and songs give it a reason to exist. If you get a chance to, seeing it live is definitely worth the cash!

[@kendrarussell]

@Albusowner the australian version was filmed september 12-15. the uk gets the dvd in march while the other places may get it in february

[@isnormalityareality]

Wow! I can't even begin to tell you how wonderful that was to watch! It was so creative! I loved it all, even though it was just the opening sequence! Thanks for posting this!

[@scootershmoo]

I just wanted to update my post below about purchasing the show on Amazon UK. ONLY THE BLU-RAY VERSION WILL PLAY IN THE USA. The DVD is PAL Region 2 and won't play in the majority of DVD players here. However, you can purchase any Blu-Ray or CD from the UK and they will play just fine. So, if you have a Blu-Ray player, head on over and pre-order your copy if you'd like and get it early. Again, it releases on Blu-Ray on Amazon UK for about the same price - maybe a few bucks more.

[@scootershmoo]

Just to make a correction about my post to purchase Love Never Dies early on March 12th from Amazon UK. This only applies to people purchasing the Blu-Ray version!! The DVD region code in Europe is PAL 2 and won't play here in the USA unless you have a special DVD player that can play DVD's from that region. All Blu-Ray and CD's will play just fine here.

[@singractr]

I'm anxiously waiting for this to come to America and go on tour!! Beautiful!

[@anrobvassallo]

i have seen the london show and i loved it. but this looks beautiful too. i will never see the australian version. but i am happy i have seen the london version as it was excellent value for money.i would gladly go to see it in the future again to.

[@sarahbell1973]

saw this in sydney today and loved every second of it

[@sayounara1232]

somebody pls upload the whole thing LOL its amazing

[@thomasdollins2334]

I like love Never Dies only because I like the lyrics and the music but I don't think it didn't top a notch with the original very well which I'm sorry for Andrew Lloyd Webber and writer Ben Elton for writing a sequel that failed in London but the Australian version though it has great taste. I like it.

[@renlish]

@OushGisher Because the reviews in Broadway were so awful, it needed to be rewritten. Australia (Melbourne) got to test out the newly written version which was received way better than the original. It'll hit London soon now due to the success of the Australian version.

[@CurvesRsexy08]

beautiful absolutely stunning

[@MattDurand96]

@OushGisher the heartless people who made this fantastic show close in London were so called experts critic's of the west end theater, and its not the first time. When the original Phantom of the opera opened, the critic's faulted the production. but luckily for the original phantom the audiences reaction got it through to become one of the greatest peaces of musical theater the world has ever known, it just wasn't to be for the original production of love never dies.:(

[@kilroy8989]

the one thing that people must rember is that the london production had a competiy different look to the australian production

[@BongCrosby]

Holy HECK was that the Phantom standing on top of the Carousel?? I don't think we get to see this in the DVD version

[@PhantomoftheOperaOG]

Yes you do but for a split second; was sad they took it out of the US tour

[@bethlov]

@matthewparsons1996 I cannot wait to see this in US...if you are a true Phantom lover you will love it...at first I was upset...but the music is gorgeous. WHY WHY DID THEY CLOSE IT...IT WOULD HAVE DONE WELL IN USA!!!

[@morwenmur]

I've been thinking. if public opinion forced the show to close in London, couldn't public opinion help to bring it back? Someone start a petition!

[@leilanihanaike]

Obviously the Australian one

[@BraidenAsciak]

@anrobvassallo Well, this will be the production they use for the UK tour and Broadway. Was wondering if they were reopening this on West End but I’m entirely sure they’re closing for UK tour.

[@chaumander1]

Thank you soo much for posting this!!! I was sitting in the front row so I couldn't see everything in this scene properly, especially the people up there.

[@TheMusicRocks53]

its going to be in theaters in Stevenville Texas tomorrow

[@kendrarussell]

@Albusowner it will be on the dvd though

[@kahiohisu]

@OushGisher Allright, if I were to think about it as webber would have hoped everyone in the audience would have(yet not everyone would it would have been something to anticipate and alter as needed)The mold left by the original Phantom he wrote and put for our eyes to beheld many years ago was not filled. No matter what materials you were to put into the mold there were several things that missed. Character inconsistancies, bits of missing information.

[@loathing14]

OMNIGOD... I haven't seen LND, but I've rewatched this clip like three times by now! It looks amazing! The colors are ravishing, the orchestration is just... WOW, the acting is so fun, and it looks like it would be something worth seeing. :3

[@producerpako]

Is this from the Australian production?

[@MsDancingdolphin]

OMG!!! I love it! This is what London should have done! This speaks Coney Island to me!

[@leftyliz140]

Now THIS is what a freak show looks like! Now, if only this version axed out tripe like "Beneath A Moonless Sky", we might have something.

[@chaumander1]

@tassilopes I was sitting to the side a bit so the maestro wasn't a real problem for me. Ending was pretty awesome for the front row except I was sitting to the left of the stage so Gustave covered my view at the very end. I was really pissed off at him. I hope the dvd is coming out soon. I didn't notice missing any special effects just hated the stuff happening above the stage and the gustave thing. ???

[@WylieWatson]

Not sure I like this opening, musically, as much as the original version (as per the album), but the Melbourne production design certainly looks much more intriguing than the London version.

[@kendrarussell]

@PrescriptionDrMcCoy The dvd is of the australian production, so no sierra and ramin. the leads will be ben lewis and anna o byrne

[@Albusowner]

@kendrarussell Dvd? what dvd?! Are they making a movie of the australian company?

[@whowhatwhenwhere97]

Going to see the final Australian show.

[@heyheymister]

This looks friggn' EPIC!!!!!

[@zBoOnerAwSoMeStPeEps]

this isn't the opening sequence i saw it in melb and it started with the phantom singing til i hear you sing

[@sausageyman]

This version of LND is open. The London one closed and it was far less spectacular (set/production wise) than this Australian one :D

[@musicmanaj92]

@CheyFunk21 While I agree it may have been a mistake on the part of the lighting designer to have the conductor lit at this point, what gives you the audacity to insult one the most important people in the entire production? That "bloke waving his arms around" is more important to the show than any of the leads. I respect your opinion, but you have to realize that there are better ways to share it than what you just did.

[@TheDisneygirl211]

@Megararocks I think it sets a great haunting atmosphere, the london version is fab but this is more haunting in my opinion and i love how theyve interpreted it x

[@castalia60able]

@OushGisher - I loved the show and wished I was able to see the live performance. However, best to nothing so I will get the movie and the sequel to this wonderful musical!

[@fuego577]

@MsOctoberstorm no, it's the australian version

[@anrobvassallo]

@sonofstageandpage to be truthful my daughter was thinking of going to see love never dies in 2012 and i was to go with her to london. we come from malta and london is more viable for shows for us. and in all honesty we love the shows staged there. love never dies was incredible and sincerely i would like to see it again. hope it won't close. tks for your post.

[@itsmeehLala]

Excellent production. Much better than the London version - i find the Australian production more colourful and vibrant even the pace is better. The only good thing about the London play is Ramin Karimloo (the best Phantom) but our phantom here is also good:) Kudos to LND Australia!

[@huka0104]

I think the way to make this show seem like the awesome show it is is NOT to look at it as a sequel but as something different than phantom.

[@PrescriptionDrMcCoy]

Man I've listened to all the music so many times and just want the dvd to come out in Canada!! Now just to double check, on the dvd it's just the Australian cast right? No Ramin and Sierra? :(

[@BroadwayFREAK01]

@DarkJoker7 very true!! never saw th till you pointed it out!

[@2012classOdyssey]

That was absolutety SPECATULAR!!! :O Thank you soo much!

[@BooBop1987]

Pretty cool!

[@jmprater]

I've been a skeptic of the staging of this show, and certain parts of the character development. I must say, this opening is absolutely mesmerizing in every way. I hope it comes to New York.

[@ohmyrowling96]

@Quilliant In some ways, I agree with you. Especially the Giry's. I love the Phantom and Christine love story in LND, but Raoul and the Giry's had a total character change from PotP, so much so that they're barely recognisable. I do, however, have to argue if you're going to be dissing the music. Love Never Dies, the song, is quite whiney, yes, but Beneath A Moonless Sky and Till I Hear You Sing are probably among ALW's best efforts.

[@redberry029]

good

[@kendrarussell]

@loathing14 seems like you'll enjoy the dvd then :)

[@LePhantome273]

@OushGisher Beneath the Moonless Sky was the only piece I felt that really fit into the POTO niche. It was perfectly written, describing the pull of two people into a passionate, overwhelmingly imperfect one-night affair where they touched upon the depths of their emotions and feelings for each other, before ending in heartbreak based on the anticipation of the past repeating itself. I think that it describes perfectly what would have happened between the two had it really occurred.

[@JonNoH73]

@huka0104 I have said it before and I will say it again. If they take out all the references of phantom and just make it more of a freak show musical they can keep the whole thing just make it not about the phantom and such. It would have been a fabulous show.

[@DistantCousin]

@naryafaeraine Same here. Love the staging but wish Giry and Meg were in it too.

[@kahiohisu]

@Fullmetal1890P Lol I keep trying to think the music is giid (partially due to me wanting to accept it because its phantom) if the music was stand alone i would like a good chunk of it some is like really? you are singiing a song about your swimsuits.Yep TOTALLY deserves to be on broadway. Though I read the history of where it came from and was very willing to protest it from the start due to it lineage. I did give it a shot but the story just dosen't line up completly or really seem okay.

[@TheVildee]

This freaks me out :S impressive!

[@BTLemming]

@TheMusicRocks53 Going to see it tonight at the Paradiso in Memphis! Sometimes this town has a little culture. =)

[@AiKichune]

what is this O0O!?!? It's so magical *q*!

[@Albusowner]

This song is not on the soundtrack - and its sooo good D:

[@adminofsugas]

Love the opening hope it hits AMERICA

[@whowhatwhenwhere97]

@adam4757 That isn't Matt Lucas it is an Australian Actor.

[@sayounara1232]

@LaurieTombRaiderFan I agree I wanted it to be in paris again

[@sayounara1232]

@PassTheMarmalade1957 well I wouldnt say that the phantoms son wasnt too far fetched XD since christine was dumb struck with the phantom and XD how abt the point of no return XD well XD its very possible to me

[@ohwolfman1]

The carousels in the US don't move in a clockwise path. I don't believe that is historically accurate either.

[@PlasticAstroBoy]

@Megararocks have you seen the melbourne version?

[@zaphod133]

Is that Matt Lucas?

[@LePhantome273]

It's not wrong to be upset over a sequel which, in your eyes, tarnishes your characters. It's not a crime to want & try to expand the characters in sequels, but this show doesn't do ANY of the characters justice. It's also not a crime to be upset & angry at someone who only made the show to begin with to make more money off of a popular franchise; or do you not remember the Star Wars prequels? ALW was inspired by the love for his then-wife Sarah to make POTO, here, it was just money.

[@aceofspades2082]

Who is the big girl?

[@kahiohisu]

@OushGisher Story is important though as without story this would be no more than a great bumbling of brilliant actors on a beautiful set.Yet it would appear that way now.

[@DBMaida]

all i can say is some of you are really crazy. this opening number in the melbourne production is NOTHING like it was was in london. keep your strong opinions to urselves unless you've seen both to compare. as i compare london's opening to this productions opening...there is no comparison. continued........1 of 2

[@Fullmetal1890P]

@kahiohisu THANK you. I could've accepted LND if it wasn't directly compared to Phantom (ALW attempted to say that it was a stand-alone production, then later admitted it was in fact the sequel). Alone, it's an all right musical, and the music is pretty good. However, if you really want to compare the two, Phantom was a masterpiece and as a sequel, this was just Phantom on crack.

[@fatheranthony4pope]

@BlackPearlPirate16 If it makes it to New York...

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

Is this like Tim Burton meets The Devil's Carnival??

[@warjakeboy]

wicked

[@huka0104]

@LitesofBway That whole thing was kinda creepy.

[@MorbidMoonflower]

how the hell did the story get from paris to new york... i cant...this is just....

[@snakemanjanuslepotato9394]

The phantom had to leave because the theater burned down, he moved to New York

[@DBMaida]

2 of 2 london was much more technically hypnotic sung by madame giry. what we see here the aussies have a whole nother take on the show, the whole show. it's been totally re imagined. so it's not the same london show whether you liked that one or not. lot of "haters" out there...

[@LePhantome273]

@LePhantomessa (ctd) The performers had lovely voices and acted well enough, and the scenery and stage direction was impressive. The music is decent, as is the score. But the plot and general mood doesn't fit for Phantom. From the beginning in 1909, POTO has been a dark, gothic horror/romance/tragedy, with very little humor and an overall feeling of desperation, sadness and despair. I just can't see how songs like 'Bathing Beauty' or 'What a Dreadful Place!' fit into that niche.

[@theDAVEnetwork2011]

Lol your welcome @chaumander1 Cheers, Dave

[@VincentoValentine]

A good look doesn't change a stupid OOC storyline, boring songs and raping of the original PotO Soundtrack. Amen.

[@jaychristiaans2177]

I really like the music in lnd

[@TourDriverSean]

As it's own show, I believe it's as good as any other ALW show. However, to tie it on as a sequel to Phantom... it's not the same callaber, doesn't have the flow to be a sequel... And the original didn't NEED a "finisher"

[@Quilliant]

I'm suprised alot of people are nay-saying and decrying those that critique and outright despise the show. I am not a fan of LND, but I appreciate what it attempts. The simple fact is that LND destroys the heartfelt romantic characters of Phantom of the Opera. This is my opinion, I felt almost cheated that Andrew Lloyd Webber took the characters I have come to love to such dark depths, it feels almost like a betrayal of the first story. I think it is suffering from some George Lucas effect.

[@TheMsiaddict]

Did he ride the chandelier?

[@BroadwayFREAK01]

the little person kinda scares me.... idk why she's just a little creepy

[@amyclarke41]

Ok

[@loathing14]

@kendrarussell :) If it comes to America faster than POTO did. :x

[@PlasticAstroBoy]

@PassTheMarmalade1957 oi!!! spoilers mate =[

[@GlindyUpland]

CAN THE LONDON PRODUCTION COME BACK PLEASE???

[@SamSkii14]

Wow ... I really dont know what to say after seeing this! It is absolutely specatacularly done! But, really disturbing! gives me the creeps. I personally feel like they have taken the freak and circus theme way too far! London didnt have enough, and this has too much! But I think that those sets and costumes are absolutely genious and breath taking... just not suited for Love Never Dies!

[@LePhantome273]

@OushGisher I have seen this show. It only inspired feelings of disappointment. Had the show been attached to any other name but Phantom, it might have been decent. Have a show about a young man who ran away to the circus as a teenager and became the manager, who is trying to recapture the heart of the childhood sweetheart he left behind who is married to another with a child, and this would've been an okay musical. But making this a sequel was a mistake, plain and simple.

[@multihappydayz]

@BroadwayFREAK01 to me, its creepy in a good way!!!!

[@ScenemoSweetie]

I prefer the London version personally, the effects for the Coney Island Waltz are amazing. And without Mme Giry and Meg this just feels like a completely different show. I also don't like what they've done to Fleck, she's supposed to be half bird! if you can, go see it in London before it closes, it's better than this, no matter what Webber thinks.