The Australian
“...the story is as rickety and jerry-rigged as a Coney Island roller coaster...”
The Age
“The songs aren't as memorable ...and there's only so much you can do with recycled goods.”
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The below reviews are unedited and are based on the Melbourne Australia and Sydney Australia versions of Love Never Dies from May 28, 2011 - January 18, 2012.
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Updated: Jan 18, 2012
Australian Production - Press Reviews
Crikey
“banal lyrics...the implausible plot...You can’t build a show on one great song. Or the memories of an old fantastical piece of musical theatre”
Sydney Morning Herald
“An inspired, often ravishing production for sure, though of a sequel that doesn’t make a strong enough musical or narrative argument for its own existence.”
Australia Arts Hub
“At its heart, Love Never Dies has no heart. It is a hollow spectacle, grandly distracting but unengaging, lacking depth, drama and genuine emotion.”
Time Out Melbourne
“Without the bedrock of Leroux, it looks suspiciously like Love Never Dies is simply cannibalising its parent”
Aussie Theatre
“the paper thin story and the utterly unconvincing melodramatic and ridiculous final scene (which brought giggles from many people around me) is still there”
Melbourne Production
Sydney Production
Time Out Sydney
“[Andrew Lloyd Webber] step away from your piano, hang up your crown and quietly exit stage left. Don’t let the door hit you on your way out.”
Theatre People Australia
“There is only a single subplot to speak of, and it’s one which rarely threatens to become engaging.”
Daily Telegraph
“While a steady string of showstoppers helped catapult the original [Phantom] into the musical theatre stratosphere, Phantom Part II boasts a far less remarkable score.”
Stage Noise
“It’s all terrific, aside from the book, lyrics, and music, all of which are mediocre at best and risible the rest of the time.”
Sydney Morning Herald
“The Phan-boys will never come around to loving it...”
“...The story’s climax stutters...”
