Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 'Love Never Dies' To Play In San Jose

SAN JOSE, CA – "Love Never Dies," a production from Andrew Lloyd Webber, which takes audiences on a thrilling roller-coaster ride of intrigue, obsession and romance in its continuation of one of the world’s greatest love stories, will make its San Jose premiere at the Center for the Performing Arts March 13–18 as part of a North American tour.

According to producers: "The year is 1907. It is 10 years after his disappearance from the Paris Opera House and The Phantom has escaped to a new life in New York where he lives amongst the screaming joy rides and freak shows of Coney Island.

"In this new, electrically charged world, he has finally found a place for his music to soar, but he has never stopped yearning for his one true love and musical protégée, Christine Daaé. Now one of the world’s finest sopranos, Christine accepts an invitation to travel from Paris to New York to perform at a renowned opera house. Christine's marriage to Raoul is suffering at the hands of his drinking and gambling and they desperately need the financial rewards that America can give them.

"In a final bid to win back Christine’s love, The Phantom lures her, Raoul, and their young son Gustave, from Manhattan to the glittering and glorious world of Coney Island - not knowing what is in store for them."

Tickets are on-sale now online at www.ticketmaster.com, in-person at the City National Civic Box Office, 150 W. San Carlos St., San Jose, or by calling 800-982-ARTS (2787).

The new touring production reflect an extensive re-working of the material by an Australian creative team for the original Australian premiere in 2011. Described by Chris Boyd in The Australian as “The best thing Lloyd Webber has written in the quarter century since The Phantom of the Opera.”

Showtimes for Love Never Dies are: Tuesday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, March 16 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 17 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.;and Sunday, March 18 at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. More info here.

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PHOTO: Courtesy of Broadway San Jose, a Nederlander Presentation: Gardar Thor Cortes (“The Phantom”) and Meghan Picerno (“Christine Daaé”) star in Love Never Dies. Photocredit: Joan Marcus