BroadwayWorld has just learned that the Phantom will soon return to America in the continuation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most beloved musical. Love Never Dies is set to tour North America in 2017.This is the highly acclaimed follow up musical to the 1986 love story The Phantom of the Opera set against the spellbinding backdrop of Coney Island. AGerman production is also set to open in Hamburg this fall.Casting has not yet been announced.
- 5/19/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The feels, you guys! Kelly Clarkson and Josh Groban are crushing it with their rendition of Phantom of the Opera's "All I Ask of You." The stars' cover instantly went viral on Tuesday, April 14, and is being praised by many Broadway lovers. Clarkson and Groban take on the roles of Christine Daaé and Phantom, respectively, for the repeat-worthy duet. Andrew Lloyd Webber's powerful ballad was originally released in 1986 and performed by Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman. Groban and Clarkson's stellar version will be featured on Groban's [...]...
- 4/15/2015
- Us Weekly
The Phantom Of The Opera Gets a New Masked Man- James Barbour Set to Replace Norm Lewis This Winter!
Producers Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group announced today a new leading man for the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber'sTHE Phantom Of The Opera, directed by Harold Prince. The longest-running show in Broadway history, and one of the most successful stage productions of all-time, Phantom will welcome Broadway star James Barbour when he takes over the title role beginning Monday, February 9, 2015.
- 1/12/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Who could have predicted that Phantom of the Opera would suddenly enjoy a spike in popularity this fall? First, we heard that Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry was working on a sexy, musical spin set in the “cutthroat world of the modern-day music business” for ABC, which has been looking for a musical drama to pair with Nashville. And now, an immediately much more interesting project, based more on Gaston Leroux’s novel than the Andrew Lloyd Webber play, has emerged, with French auteur Jean-Pierre Jeunet at the helm.
Jeunet, the director behind such instant classics as Delicatessen, Amelie and City of Lost Children, will develop a Phantom of the Opera series for Endemol Studios, Variety reports. Producer Tony Krantz (NBC’s Dracula, Mulholland Drive), who recently sold his WWII drama spec script Saboteurs to eOne Television, is providing the script.
Krantz’s script is set in 1919 and features “a...
Jeunet, the director behind such instant classics as Delicatessen, Amelie and City of Lost Children, will develop a Phantom of the Opera series for Endemol Studios, Variety reports. Producer Tony Krantz (NBC’s Dracula, Mulholland Drive), who recently sold his WWII drama spec script Saboteurs to eOne Television, is providing the script.
Krantz’s script is set in 1919 and features “a...
- 11/6/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
It's Fright Night on The X Factor this week and boy, wouldn't you know it! Not only are the acts all singing 'Fright Night'-themed songs (or, well, they're supposed to be) but one of them will be booted out before the night is out after Simon Cowell got fed up with them all for not trying hard enough. If that's not all scary enough, The Script will be popping along to perform.
So join us when the show starts at 8pm as we find out who gives us thrills and who gives us chills. And, of course, who's having a right nightmare and will have to leave the competition...
22:12It's not even over - the vote lines are open again, and someone's going to be sent home tomorrow. All your votes still count but we get another free five app ones - hooray! But that's it for...
So join us when the show starts at 8pm as we find out who gives us thrills and who gives us chills. And, of course, who's having a right nightmare and will have to leave the competition...
22:12It's not even over - the vote lines are open again, and someone's going to be sent home tomorrow. All your votes still count but we get another free five app ones - hooray! But that's it for...
- 11/1/2014
- Digital Spy
I generally pay as much attention to the broadcast network development season as I do to the baseball draft. Though the shows that actually survive development are much closer to airing chronologically than most baseball draftees are to the majors, the winnowing process is just as brutal in both cases. On average, a given network will hear 3-400 pitches a year, order scripts for 60-70 of them, make 8-12 pilots and put roughly between a half dozen and a dozen of them on the air. So I’ve usually found development not worth worrying about until shows are actually ordered to series and scheduled. That said, it’s been tough to ignore this fall’s development season, where it seems like every day for the past few weeks, my Twitter feed has blown up a few times an afternoon with news of a familiar movie or TV property being adapted...
- 10/30/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
A modern-day Phantom of the Opera is in the works at ABC. The network is teaming with Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry for Phantom series—but it's not based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit Broadway version. Phantom is described as a drama series with musical elements with producers looking to the original 1909 novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux. The novel was also the basis for the 1925 film version. Per usual, the story is about a ghost who haunts an opera house and helps a budding singer before jealousy gets the better of him. If greenlit to series,...
- 10/23/2014
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
On May 12 of this year, Norm Lewis became the first-ever African-American actor to take on the lead role of The Phantom of the Opera on (ahem) the Great White Way. (Robert Guillaume became the first-ever actor to do it regionally in 1990.)
Lewis, best known as Audra McDonald’s crook-walked would-be suitor in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and Scandal’s broken-up Senator Edison Davis, has been earning plaudits for his smooth take on the tortured night dweller/crooner opposite Sierra Boggess as the lovelorn Christine Daae. Fan favorite Boggess also played Christine in the Phantom sequel musical Love Never Dies...
Lewis, best known as Audra McDonald’s crook-walked would-be suitor in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and Scandal’s broken-up Senator Edison Davis, has been earning plaudits for his smooth take on the tortured night dweller/crooner opposite Sierra Boggess as the lovelorn Christine Daae. Fan favorite Boggess also played Christine in the Phantom sequel musical Love Never Dies...
- 8/20/2014
- by Jason Clark
- EW.com - PopWatch
The movie adaptation of the hit Wing Commander videogame series came out in 1999. We find out whether time's been kind to it...
Feature
It’s easy to forget just how greatly visual effects shifted in the late 1990s. Techniques that had survived more-or-less unchanged since the dawn of cinema - scale models, matte paintings, stop-motion, to name a few - were suddenly joined by a new generation of jaw-dropping computer graphics.
Such groundbreaking movies as Tron, Young Sherlock Holmes and The Abyss paved the way, but the digital revolution pretty much exploded in the 1990s, starting with the eye-popping morph effects of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the dinosaur shots in Jurassic Park and the CG-assisted bullet time of The Matrix in 1999.
In the midst of the CG revolution sweeping through cinemas by the close of the decade - as seen in The Matrix and the year’s other gargantuan release,...
Feature
It’s easy to forget just how greatly visual effects shifted in the late 1990s. Techniques that had survived more-or-less unchanged since the dawn of cinema - scale models, matte paintings, stop-motion, to name a few - were suddenly joined by a new generation of jaw-dropping computer graphics.
Such groundbreaking movies as Tron, Young Sherlock Holmes and The Abyss paved the way, but the digital revolution pretty much exploded in the 1990s, starting with the eye-popping morph effects of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the dinosaur shots in Jurassic Park and the CG-assisted bullet time of The Matrix in 1999.
In the midst of the CG revolution sweeping through cinemas by the close of the decade - as seen in The Matrix and the year’s other gargantuan release,...
- 6/2/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
There's a chance this just might be televised - or, at least taped, and made available to the public at a later date. When I know more on that, I'll update this post. In the meantime, the necessary details follow... (by the way, most will probably know actor Norm Lewis from his brief days on Scandal, as Olivia Pope's ex. He also very recently became the first black actor to play the Phantom on Broadway, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera. He also co-starred with Audra McDonald playing Porgy in the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Porgy & Bess)... Presented by Norm Lewis, Chapman Roberts, and...
- 5/21/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
An historic moment Broadway star Norm Lewis and award-winning composer Andrew Lloyd Webber met for the first time on stage at The Phantom Of The Opera at The Majestic Theatre, yesterday, April 3, 2014. Lewis will make history on May 12, 2014 when he becomes the first African-American performer to assume the title role in the composer's legendary musical. Phantom is the longest-running musical in Broadway history worldwide, it is the highest-grossing theatrical production of all time.Check out photos from the special event below...
- 4/4/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tony-nominated actor Norm Lewis (2012's The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess) will become the first black actor to grace the stage on May 12 in New York as Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical The Phantom of the Opera. Mr. Lewis said that the Phantom character has been a long time "dream role," adding, "First, I love the show. Second, to set a precedent." Lewis is joined onstage by Sierra Bogges, who has performed the role of Christine Daae in the Las Vegas "Phantom" production, and in London and New York for the show's 25th anniversary. The show's producer Cameron Mackintosh said in an official statement that since having worked with Norm Lewis since the 90's, he...
- 3/21/2014
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
Norm Lewis has been tapped to be the next Phantom in the megahit The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, a move that makes him the first African-American to slip behind the famous mask on the Great White Way.
Producers said Thursday the Tony Award nominee, who brought his deep and rich voice to Porgy in the recent Porgy and Bess revival, will make his debut opposite Sierra Boggess, who returns as Christine, beginning May 12.
Lewis played John in Broadway’s Miss Saigon, Javert in Les Miserables on Broadway in 2006, and was in the shows Side Show, The Little Mermaid,...
Producers said Thursday the Tony Award nominee, who brought his deep and rich voice to Porgy in the recent Porgy and Bess revival, will make his debut opposite Sierra Boggess, who returns as Christine, beginning May 12.
Lewis played John in Broadway’s Miss Saigon, Javert in Les Miserables on Broadway in 2006, and was in the shows Side Show, The Little Mermaid,...
- 3/20/2014
- by Associated Press
- EW.com - PopWatch
Which A-list celebrities were dancing, drinking and making merry after the Baftas? Er, none. At least, none that wanted to talk to the Guardian …
• The afterparties – in pictures
War journalists. Investigative journalists. Undercover journalists. There are many kinds of journalism that require a mix of flinty determination, brilliant diplomacy and a toughened soul. But there is no form of journalism that requires these skills to be deployed to such a superhuman extent as entertainment journalism. When I was living in New York, I met a journalist from the New York Times who had recently been embedded with troops in Afghanistan.
"I'm flying back out there next month. Have you got any upcoming jobs?" he asked.
"I'm going to La to cover the Oscar parties," I replied.
"Yikes," he said, eyebrows gently lifted out of concern. "Good luck."
On Sunday night, my editors put my highly varied talents to use by...
• The afterparties – in pictures
War journalists. Investigative journalists. Undercover journalists. There are many kinds of journalism that require a mix of flinty determination, brilliant diplomacy and a toughened soul. But there is no form of journalism that requires these skills to be deployed to such a superhuman extent as entertainment journalism. When I was living in New York, I met a journalist from the New York Times who had recently been embedded with troops in Afghanistan.
"I'm flying back out there next month. Have you got any upcoming jobs?" he asked.
"I'm going to La to cover the Oscar parties," I replied.
"Yikes," he said, eyebrows gently lifted out of concern. "Good luck."
On Sunday night, my editors put my highly varied talents to use by...
- 2/18/2014
- by Hadley Freeman
- The Guardian - Film News
Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group present their spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, which launched a major North American Tour in Providence, R.I. at the Providence Performing Arts Center. With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of Phantom, the most successful musical of all-time, is performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making this one of the largest productions on tour in North America. Below, check out a look back at the opening night festivities with the cast and crew at the Grand Ballroom of The Biltmore Hotel...
- 12/6/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
BroadwayWorld just met the cast and you can check out an exclusive interview with Julia Rose Udine and Ben Jacoby, who play Christine and Raoul, belowOriginally from Southern New Jersey, Julia studied vocally with Melissa Daniels and received ballet training from Andrea Duffin who both gave her the inspiration and courage to pursue her dreams. Theater credits include Jack's Back Jenny, West Side Story Maria. TVLaw and Order Svu, All My Children.Ben has has called Chicago his home for the past year and comes to Phantom directly from the Chicago-area Marriott Theatre South Pacific, Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 and Now and Forever The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Regionally, Ben has appeared at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility, Maine State Music Theatre Fabrizio in The Light in the Piazza and in several productions at the Utah Shakespeare Festival including Tom in The Glass Menagerie and Leartes in Hamlet.
- 11/14/2013
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group present their spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera launching a major North American Tour in Providence, R.I. at the Providence Performing Arts Center. With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of Phantom, the most successful musical of all-time, will be performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making this one of the largest productions on tour in North America.
- 11/7/2013
- by Jennifer Broski
- BroadwayWorld.com
Fans of kooky, over-the-top, costumed TV series are having a very good year. Joining the ranks of Sleepy Hollow, Reign, and Once Upon A Time in Wonderland, Dracula is NBC’s pick for a new series with so many confusing things going on that it must be entertaining! For a show that recalls everything from The Prestige to Captain Planet in its pilot alone, it certainly delivers.
The pilot episode opens with Dracula’s return from suspended animation. A mysterious figure in a Van Helsing hat (Hint!) and henchman-turned-blood-bag free him from a complex, Underworld-like tomb. Flash forward to Dracula,...
The pilot episode opens with Dracula’s return from suspended animation. A mysterious figure in a Van Helsing hat (Hint!) and henchman-turned-blood-bag free him from a complex, Underworld-like tomb. Flash forward to Dracula,...
- 10/26/2013
- by Maricela Gonzalez
- EW.com - PopWatch
Just last week, Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group announced the casting and initial tour schedule for their spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera launching a major North American Tour in Providence, R.I. at the Providence Performing Arts Center. With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of Phantom, the most successful musical of all-time, will be performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making this one of the largest productions on tour in North America. Meet the rest of the cast below...
- 10/15/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Just last week, Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group announced the casting and initial tour schedule for their spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera launching a major North American Tour in Providence, R.I. at the Providence Performing Arts Center. With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of Phantom, the most successful musical of all-time, will be performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making this one of the largest productions on tour in North America. Meet the cast below...
- 10/14/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group just announced the casting and initial tour schedule for their spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom Of The Opera launching a major North American Tour in Providence, R.I. at the Providence Performing Arts Center. With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of Phantom, the most successful musical of all-time, will be performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making this one of the largest productions on tour in North America.
- 10/8/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
This past Friday night, Comedy Bang! Bang! had a pretty fantastic musical episode. The general idea was that Andrew Lloyd Webber (Paul F. Tompkins) wrote a musical version of the show in which Casey Wilson was the guest who was eventually stolen by the Phantom of the Comedy Bang! Bang! Set (Thomas Lennon). They parodied songs from musicals like Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera. The standout had to be Wilson Hathawaying an ad for Cheez-its. Watch her sing "I Snacked a Snack" below. It's all in close-up, don’t worry.
- 9/16/2013
- by Jesse David Fox
- Vulture
Today we are talking to the originator of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables onstage and a preeminent Phantom and the first to actually play the role in The Phantom Of The Opera who has clearly made a major mark with his performances in the theatre - not to mention his work on the original concept albums of Evita and Jekyll amp Hyde - who now makes the leap to the big screen in his featured role in the super-successful feature film iteration of the Claude-Michel SchonbergAlain Boublil musical based on the Victor Hugo novel - the titanically talented Colm Wilkinson. Opening up about his work in the original Royal Shakespeare Company production of Les Miserables and his collaboration with the creative team and cast of actors as well as his association with producer Cameron Mackintosh, director Trevor Nunn and more, Wilkinson details the finer points of creating one of the...
- 4/4/2013
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today we are talking to an internationally celebrated performer who has scaled the highest heights of the music industry over the course of her incredibly impressive career and also inspired and originated a leading role in one of the most famous Broadway musicals of all time in the process, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom Of The Opera - the refreshingly unique and singularly gifted Sarah Brightman. Granting a rare exclusive interview while preparing for the Us debut of her new space-themed studio album, Dreamchaser, Brightman reveals the impetus for the project and shares illuminating insights and opinions on the vast array of musical material, new and old, included on this idiosyncratic and immensely transporting new release - Paul McCartney to Sia and far beyond. Additionally, Brightman reveals plans for a promotional tour in support of Dreamchaser and discusses some of the intriguing bonus tracks - including a song in Japanese.
- 3/30/2013
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
Musicals have long been a favorite for Hollywood. Though not as popular today as they once were, they can still rake in praise and box office returns when done right. The best recent demonstration of this would be Les Misérables’ domination of the Christmas box office (nearly $430 million at the time of this article’s writing), plus its astounding eight Academy Award nominations.
So at this point, in honor of the genre’s newfound modern day success, we’ll review 10 of the best – or in some cases most unique – musicals ever made.
Honorable mentions… clearly we can’t fit all the good musicals, so some that had to be cut out were Grease, Little Shop of Horrors, Les Misérables, and tragically Mary Poppins. Perhaps we’ll make a follow-up to this list?
10. The Phantom Of The Opera (2004)
This was a difficult one to place, because as far as music goes,...
So at this point, in honor of the genre’s newfound modern day success, we’ll review 10 of the best – or in some cases most unique – musicals ever made.
Honorable mentions… clearly we can’t fit all the good musicals, so some that had to be cut out were Grease, Little Shop of Horrors, Les Misérables, and tragically Mary Poppins. Perhaps we’ll make a follow-up to this list?
10. The Phantom Of The Opera (2004)
This was a difficult one to place, because as far as music goes,...
- 3/27/2013
- by J.D. Westfall
- Obsessed with Film
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