What do you think about the details released about the Phantom of the Opera sequel?

Question

Appearantly Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber debuted his tentative first act of the Phantom of the Opera sequel at Sydmonton. Frankly I'm just curious abut what everyone thinks!!

Here is some info and I'll post a link to the story

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The new musical, is set in Coney Island in 1906. The Post describes the musical's first half as such: "The Phantom, having fled Paris, is running a freak show. At night, he crawls into his lair and makes love to an automaton that looks like Christine. Christine, meanwhile, has become a famous opera singer. But she's fallen on hard times because her husband, Raoul, has squandered their fortune. So she's accepted a high-paying gig from a mysterious impresario to open a new amusement park. On her first night in New York, she draws back the curtain in her hotel suite and comes face to face with her new employer , the Phantom! Christine has a child, Gustave, but is his father Raoul or the Phantom?

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http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119528.html

Answer 1

sounds dreadful. dont mess with a classic!!!

Answer 2

I personally don't like the idea at all. I really do like ALW's interpretation of the story, but there are some things that I think he changed too much. Like completely cutting out the Persian, making Christine a dancer, and giving her brown hair instead of blonde. And making Erik WAY too attractive.

I personally don't like the idea of a sequel at all! It's going to ruin the whole story for me, I swear. The changes Andrew made in his first were enough, but this is just too much.

The Phantom is supposed to be a pitiful, lonely creature. Erik and Chris's realtionship in ALW's is way too sexual already, in my opinion.

Answer 3

I feel nuesious.

Raoul has squandered there Fortune. Excuse me, but Raoul is an intelegent Vicount. That would NEVER happen! And according to his musical, it is not possible for it to be the Phantom, thank you very much, but does the cruel world care? NO! grrr, Lord Andrew Lloyd Weber is amazing, but this may become a low point in his career. That is my favorite movie and musical, and if you can't make the sequel as good as or close to the origonal, u should leave it the way it is.