“I should say that I have no truck with those ghoulish groupies who’ve seen The Phantom of the Opera 852 times and regard any sequel as equivalent to painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa. No masterpiece has been besmirched. But there is a crucial difference between the two shows.”
Tag: 03.10.10
Brantley: Those Rumors That Phantom Sequel Stinks? True.
“Of course, bad advance word on the Internet has sometimes proved false. (Ever hear of ‘Avatar’?) And I would be delighted to tell you that’s what happened here, especially since ‘Love Never Dies’ is scheduled for Broadway this fall. But how can I, when at every opportunity Mr. Lloyd Webber’s latest sets itself up to be knocked down?”