Love Never Dies

I am a Broadway junkie. I will admit it. From Rent, to Wicked, South Pacific, Spring Awakening, West Side Story and my all time favorite has to be The Phantom of the Opera. I still remember at a very young age, getting to stay awake to watch it. NBC had done a miniseries, which I now own. I remember sitting on my parents bed just watching it in awe. I believe I was only 7, but I fell in love with The Phantom and Andrew Lloyd Weber. I remember one Christmas receiving not just The Phantom of the Opera soundtrack but a 4 disc collection of Andrew Lloyd Weber and listening to it non-stop all the way to the East Coast. My favorite all time song had to be "The Phantom of the Opera." Hearing the beginning, the drums playing, I was hooked. Not to mention, in 2004, it came to the Big Screen! I think this is the role that made me fall madly in love with Gerald Butler! The DVD stayed in my 6-Disc changer almost 6 months in my apartment. Along with Mean Girls, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and The Italian Job. I have been fortunate to see it on Broadway. It was breath taking. I, of course, cried like a baby. I never did like the ending. Call me crazy, but I really wish she would have ran off with The Phantom. I always thought Raoul was a wussy little baby that had no macho manly tendencies. Now The Phantom, well he had a powerful voice, he could fight and my heart always went out to him. Last November, I read in an article the Andrew Lloyd Weber actually wrote the sequel, "Love Never Dies". This has been floating in the air for years and I was over the moon excited to hear it. I looked it up on iTunes the day it was released, March 9th. I listening to a few songs and fell in love immediately. I never purchase it b/c it was $29.99 and I thought if I waited, maybe I could find it somewhere cheaper. We have been so busy getting the house ready, I haven't had time to do much of anything for myself. To my surprise, a fellow co-worker had purchased the CD. Can we say lucky? I then proceeded to burn it onto my computer and work and then brought in two CD's to fill up with the amazing music. I am in love, love, love with it. I cannot stop listening to it. First off, the man who does the vocals for The Phantom...can we say gorgeous!!! His voice melts my heart and gives me goosebumps. The feeling you can hear in his voice, wow, just wow. The sequel is also, as I like to say, a little more "rough". It's not so lovely dovey and you find out what has happened in the past 10 years. I just get swept away by this music. The melodies, the symphony, the story, it's just amazing. Just another thing to hope to come our way in about....5 years! Ugh, I'm going to be listening to this for weeks!

The new Phantom = Yes please!

I think he is a Gilles Jr

Here is part of "Beneath the Moonless Sky"