Frederick Forsyth News

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, has hit the road, making recent stops in Durham, NC, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Orlando, FL, Atlanta, GA, Ft. Myers, FL, Tampa, FL, and is currently playing in Providence, RI. Let's see what the critics are saying!

LOVE NEVER DIES, Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to the hit Broadway phenomenon THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, has made its way to The Fox Theatre for the Atlanta leg of the national tour. In this production, the audience was reminded why they fell in love with PHANTOM in the first place and why they yearned to see more of the lives of these characters, no matter how strange their lives became.

Broadway's longest running musical, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has a sequel and this week it is in Orlando. With music written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, one would hope that the mysteries from the original finally resolve themselves. With every fiber of my being, I wanted to like this show; however, this production left me shaking my head.

LOVE NEVER DIES: The Phantom Returns is very high on my list to see. Based off a sequel novel, The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth, LOVE NEVER DIES continues the luxurious love story that will be soon celebrating 30 years on Broadway.

The talent in this production of Love Never Dies is unquestionably top-notch, and both of the leads truly seem to be pouring 110% of themselves into their performances - unquestionably focused and committed to each other, to the moment, and to the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

LOVE NEVER DIES is a very misunderstood musical, much like the charactor 'Phantom of the Opera.' This show is the sequel to 'THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA', and it turns PHANTOM upside down. If you watched The Wizard of Oz on television for many years, then went to see WICKED, you were probably in shock that two sides to the same story can be so radically different. What we thought we were seeing in PHANTOM, was Raoul's view. The new show is from Christine's perspective.

Food is my favorite thing. Theater is my second favorite thing. Combine those together and it's a sure way to ensure I will appear. Thursday's FAIRWINDS Broadway in Orlando 2017 - 2018 season announcement was met with a lot of excitement. Unlike year's past, there was no formal event to announce the new season. (I pulled my car over on I-4 by Disney to read the press release.)

The Story: In the Bering Sea, Bennkah, the largest oil tanker ever built, newly commissioned in Vladivostok, Russia, is on its maiden voyage. Well respected Captain Nicholas Borodin is at the helm, and for a reason only he knows, his agitation is palpable.

CTM Publishing's display at the 2016 Alabama Book Festival will feature the new fiction trilogy 'The Pray-ers' by Mark S Mirza. The 11th annual Alabama Book Festival will be held at Old Alabama Town in downtown Montgomery on Saturday, April 23, 2016. The Festival is the state's premier literary event and attracts thousands of people from around the State and the Southeast.

Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce, as we celebrate the 207 th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, the Nominees for the 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2015.

A few days ago Steven Nester -- well-know host of 'The Poets of Tabloid Murder,' a weekly Internet radio show heard on the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) -- picked his five favorite crime fiction titles of this year. Along with The Killing Kind by Chris Holm, The Redeemers by Ace Atkins (he writes the new Robert B. Parker books), Serpents of the Goldby Thomas O'Malley and Douglas Graham Purdy, and The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue by master novelist Frederick Forsyth, he also choseVoluntary Madness by Vicki Hendricks.

Copyhouse Press Ltd of London is pleased to announce its updated schedule of upcoming releases, which is as follows: September 1st, 2015 -'Taking Back September' by Sammie Smith... September 15th, 2015 -'Nightingale' by Jyri Hamalainen... September 15th, 2015 -'Land of Fire' by Jyri Hamalainen... October 5th, 2015 -'To Bathe in Eden's Glory' by Christopher Cass... March 1st, 2016 -'Atharon:Exordium' by Argent Hellion Novels by Tommie Lee Thomas and Jordyn Burlot are currently in preparation and are expected in Q4 of 2015. 'Taking Back September' is a coming of age romance by UK author Sammie Smith, and will appeal to every reader who picks up a book in order to feel young and breathless again. 'Nightingale' and 'Land of Fire' are a brace of action adventure novels by Johannesburg-based Finnish expatriate Jyri Hamalainen and will appeal to fans of such writers as Frederick Forsyth, Clive Cussler as well as such franchises as James Bond and Indiana Jones. 'To Bathe in Eden's Glory' is an acclaimed epic romance set against the backdrop of the First World War and comes from the pen of UK musical legend Chris Baker, writing as Christopher Cass. 'Atharon:Exordium' is an epic fantasy. It is the debut of Bosnian author Argent Hellion and has been compared in style to George R. R. Martin, J. R. R. Tolkien and Mervyn Peake - with added darkness. It is already attracting interest in the Asian and Oriental Fantasy market. All releases will follow in the footsteps of the successful launches of 'Played' by Jessica McWilliams (Young Adult romance) and 'The Olive Tree' by Deborah Anderson (Literary Fiction). Additionally, Copyhouse always has room in its schedule for authors interested in quality publishing and distribution.

'Les Mis' star Hugh Jackman was among the top picks under consideration to star in a proposed film sequel to the classic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.

Earlier this week (Monday 10 March), Andrew Lloyd Webber visited the Nissay Theatre in Tokyo, Japan for the Japanese premiere of Love Never Dies. He was joined by the cast, led by Masachika Ichimura as the Phantom and Ayaka Hirahira as Christine, on stage at the curtain call.

iUniverse, an Author Solutions, LLC, imprint and a leading supported self-publishing provider, announced Wednesday that foreign publishing rights to 'My Mother's Secret' have been sold after being acquired and republished by G.P. Putnam's Sons, one of the world's leading trade imprints.

A new novel, 'Killing Sharks: De Profundis,' is informed by the experiences of U.S. Navy veteran Eric Wentz, who worked as an interrogator and linguist at Guantanamo Bay military prison and believes that chivalry isn't dead - at least not in the military.

Mandarin Oriental celebrated the 50th anniversary of its flagship Hong Kong property with a glamorous gala party yesterday.

Die Vereinigten Buhnen Wien freuen sich sehr, Musicalstar und Publikumsliebling Drew Sarich in der Rolle des „Phantoms' in LOVE NEVER DIES - der Folgeshow zu DAS PHANTOM DER OPER - in konzertanter Fassung fur 8 Termine nach Wien ins Ronacher holen zu konnen.

Today we are talking to one of the busiest lyricists in show business, Glenn Slater, all about today's movie theater showing of his collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber, LOVE NEVER DIES - a continuation of the world's most successful show, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - and the spectacular Simon Phillips-directed Australian production of it filmed for the ages and presented in hundreds of movie theaters across the country, with an encore cinema showing on March 7 prior to its DVD/Blu-ray release in the Spring. Besides discussing all aspects of the writing of the show and its West End debut, Slater also elaborates on the rewriting of the show and how this new production and unprecedented in-theater presentation is the ultimate realization of Lloyd Webber's dream vision for the musical drama - something the Lord shared with me himself when he recently did this column.

Broadway's longest-running production of all time celebrates a triumphant quarter century on stage with The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, coming to Blu-rayTM - with perfect hi-def picture and perfect hi-def sound- DVD, On Demand and Digital Download on February 7, 2012 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. On October 2, 2011, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and producer Cameron Mackintosh marked the 25th anniversary of their beloved musical extravaganza, "The Phantom of the Opera," with a lavishly staged production at London's legendary Royal Albert Hall that was beamed live via satellite to cinemas across the globe.The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall marks the first time a live performance of the blockbuster musical has been made available for home viewing, making it a must-have anniversary release for fans everywhere.