Some said Wednesday that "Love Never Dies" — a sequel to "Phantom of the Opera" set in a Coney Island fun fair — was a thrilling ride, but others felt it lacked "Phantom""s menace — and its magic.
The Guardian newspaper"s Michael Billington said the show has a seductive score but an underwhelming story line. "What the show lacks, in a nutshell, is narrative tension," he wrote.
The Times agreed the plot was "dismally implausible," and Quentin Letts in the Daily Mail bemoaned its slow pace and "a death scene so long that it may only re-ignite the euthanasia debate."
But The Independent gave "Love Never Dies" a five-star review, and The Daily Telegraph"s Charles Spencer called it Lloyd Webber"s finest show since the original "Phantom," with "a score blessed with superbly haunting melodies
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