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Review: Love Never Dies

17 Jan

Love Never Dies
Capitol Theatre, Sydney

Thursday 12 January 2012

Originally written for and published by Theatrepeople.com.au

Sequels are rarely easy. The temptation to recapture the success of a film, book, game, play or musical is understandable, and can be borne of many desires; financial, creative or benevolent. But regardless of the purpose, the risks are significant.

Unfortunately, sequels rarely reach the heights of their predecessors, failing by either staying too close to the formula of the original or deviating too far from it. It is a difficult line to walk.

For Andrew Lloyd Webber, the desire to create a sequel to not only his most popular musical, but to one of the most popular musicals of all time, is understandable. Up until opening night of Love Never Dies in Sydney, the previously prolific composer hadn’t had a new show open in the harbour city for 20 years.
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What I thought of RENT: my not-a-review

13 Oct

Forward: I went and saw some friends in Whitehorse Musical Theatre Inc’s production of RENT on Monday night. I spent a lot of time talking to these friends after the show about what I thought.

A few of those friends asked me to put my thoughts into writing and, since it’s what I would want were I in their position, I’ve done that.

This isn’t a review. I won’t be discussing the plot, outlining the plight of the show’s late creator or mentioning every cast member/production teamer by name. They’re just my thoughts, for those who care to read them.

Also, they’re overwhelmingly positive. Maybe they got me on the right night, but I stand by my opinions. While the fact that I’ve written this all down might be because of my friends, my opinions haven’t been affected by them.

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