Love Never Dies (musical) original "Phantom of the Opera": "As sequel and original are erected on such different imaginative premises they cannot both be true". Love Never Dies (musical) Love Never Dies is a romantic musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth and Slater. It is a sequel to the long-running musical "The Phantom of the Opera" and was loosely adapted from Forsyth's novel "The Phantom of Manhattan" (1999). The plot is not based on the storyline in the original book by Gaston Leroux. Lloyd Webber stated: "I don't regard
Andrew Lloyd Webber nomination for Best Original Song: "Learn to Be Lonely" from the 2004 motion picture "The Phantom of the Opera" . Plus one nomination for Best Original Song: "Learn to Be Lonely" from the 2004 motion picture "The Phantom of the Opera". "Note: Music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber unless otherwise noted. There have been a number of film adaptations of the Lloyd Webber musicals. "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1973) was directed by Norman Jewison; "Evita" (1996) was directed by Alan Parker; and "The Phantom of the Opera" (2004) was directed by Joel Schumacher and co-produced by Lloyd Webber. "Cats", "Joseph and