Today: Phantom of the Opera part 2: The Reckoning

Is Andrew Lloyd Weber feeling the pinch? Did he think making a sequel would bring in the big bucks? I don't know how I feel about this. I am ashamed to admit I like Phantom (my theater friends would scoff for it being too mainstream Broadway and all my other friends would sneer that I like musicals). But a Phantom sequel set in Coney Island? This might be good/bad for everyone! The new musical will be called Love Never Dies. It is due to open in London in March. It x will be staged also in New York beginning in November 2010 and will open in Australia in 2011.

from Crains

Movie: Where the Wild Things Are

Okay, this just officially got too hip for me: Opening Ceremony's Where the Wild Things Are collection

I almost cry every time I see the preview but I'm beginning to worry that this may turn out like "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius," where expectations are raised to the level they can't be met.

Musical (?????): Spiderman, Turn Off the Dark

Julie Taymor is directing a Spiderman musical???? My mind is blown on so many levels. Number 1, I love Julie Taymor but...Spiderman? Number 2, what will he sing about?

from Wired.

Music and lyrics by Bono! What?

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