Love Never Dies (musical) be difficult to adapt for a stage musical. Forsyth went on to publish some of the ideas he had worked on with Lloyd Webber in 1999 as a novel entitled "The Phantom of Manhattan". Lloyd Webber returned to the project in 2006, collaborating with a number of writers and directors. However, he still did not feel the ideas he had were adaptable into a piece of musical theatre. Finally, in early 2007, Lloyd Webber approached Ben Elton (who had served as the librettist for Lloyd Webber's "The Beautiful Game") to help shape a synopsis for a sequel, based on Lloyd
The Beautiful Game (musical) boys, when John arrives having remembered who he really is ("All The Love I Have"). Then the finale begins ("The Beautiful Game" finale) and the screen that had been used throughout the play reveals the bright futures that awaited everyone including John, who, despite his not making the national team did become the coach of his school's team. Sean grew up hating football and went into fine arts while his younger sister did make a national team and that the division did eventually end after 30 years. (*= Songs added for The Boys in the Photograph) The Beautiful Game (musical)