The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Spring 2014 issue -LOVE NEVER DIES (2011) – Their Christine

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Australian cast production Their Christine – Anna O’Byrneby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic It was inevitable that at some point in her life opera would catch Anna O’Byrne’s full attention. Having a music teacher for a mother, and being musically inclined from a young age and initially learning violin, she then became involved with

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Spring 2014 issue -LOVE NEVER DIES (2011) – Her Raoul, the Vicomte de Chagny – Simon Gleeson, The Girys – Maria Mercedes and Sharon Millerchip, The Talented, Musical Gustave – Jack Lyall, & The Phantasma Trio – Vince Dean, Paul Tabone and Emma J. Hawkins

Her Raoul, the Vicomte de Chagny – Simon Gleesonby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic Simon Gleeson may have played 15 roles in one stage play, Rupert – the story of media mogul Rupert Murdoch – in Australia and more recently overseas this year in 2014, but playing the one role of Raoul in Love Never Dies (LND) was

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Spring 2014 issue -LOVE NEVER DIES (2011) – Musical Highlights Act One

Musical Highlights from Act Oneby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic If some of the songs in Love Never Dies (LND) sound somewhat familiar, it’s really no surprise. A number of them, such as Beneath a Moonless Sky, were first heard instrumentally as incidental and background music in Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera (2004). The original Phantom

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Spring 2014 issue -LOVE NEVER DIES (2011) – Musical Highlights Act Two

Musical Highlights from Act Twoby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic Why Does She Love Me? Simon Gleeson as Raoul gives his heart and soul to this sincere threnody, touching on crucial yet dismal points of his relationship with Christine. He has failed her throughout their marriage, and now in the cafe over much “devil drink” he expresses

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Spring 2014 issue -LOVE NEVER DIES (2011) – Gabriela Tylesova, Art Design

Gabriela Tylesova, Art Design – Sets and Costumesby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic What a transformation occurred on the stage of Melbourne’s Regent Theatre in Australia during the run of Love Never Dies (LND) and for the filmed 2011 DVD production – one knew that the Phantom had definitely returned. Thanks to Helpmann Award winning set/costume designer

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Spring 2014 issue -LOVE NEVER DIES (2011) – Curtain Call – Links of Interest

Review: ‘Love Never Dies’ | Reviews & Opinions | News & Reviews | Backstage.com | Backstage https://www.playbill.com/article/following-the-phantom-of-the-opera-andrew-lloyd-webbers-love-never-dies-heads-to-youtube Behind the Phantom Mask: Meet Ben Lewis | Stage Whispers LOVE NEVER DIES Special Interview: Ben Lewis Love Never Dies Love Never Dies Stars Ben Lewis & Anna O’Byrne on the Aussie Production’s ‘Thrilling’ Big-Screen Debut | Broadway

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Summer 2007 issue – John Andrew Parks – “Country Eastern” Singer

John Andrew Parks: The unique & brightly shining star of “Country Eastern” John Andrew Parks was destined to become connected to the stars one way or another. From early on, his overall musical talents shone through as bright as the sun, and he would one day write the song “Planet Texas’, which would also become

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Summer 2007 issue – Rocker Richard X. Heyman

The good times are rollin’ for Richard X Heyman: The timeless renaissance groove of a minstrel verity At first glance, you think you’ve just bumped into Ray Davies of the Kinks. You expect a waft of that pleasant Patchouli-Frangipani incense, maybe hear the strains of a Donovan melody lapping in gentle waves behind you from

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Summer 2007 issue – Michael Dimitri: who he is through his music

Even before constantly touring to promote his current CD “This is Me”, life musically for Michael Dimitri has meant being on the road more often than not. From playing Elvis in London’s West End to performing with the Sundance Drum Team to being a member of a UK Blues Brother tribute show for over three

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Summer 2007 issue – Indonesia’s Cannonball Shoots for Success

Cannonball and Dominic C shoot for success:how an Indonesian band went to #1 on the indie charts in Indonesia Take a French music producer and two well-known Indonesian music personalities and load. What results is a hot bullet that shoots up the charts in a region that was hungry for new takes on solid pop.