Tortured. Anguished. Frustrated.

This describes the dark, twisted title character at the heart of Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running musical in Broadway history and a production seen by over 130 million people worldwide.

But it also describes playwright/composer Andrew Lloyd Webber during the turbulent process of revising and remounting that shows sequel Love Never Dies, which opened to poor reviews in Londons West End, was revisited before an engagement in Melbourne, Australia and further fine-tuned in Hamburg, Germany before beginning its 25-city U.S. tour this past October.

The new musical, like the original love aff…

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