The "Phantom" Returns!

Here's a story I almost forgot to share - some recent information about plans to create a sequel to the longest-running show ever on Broadway - Phantom of the Opera!

Here are the details from our pals with the Associated Press:

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber says the long awaited sequel to Phantom of the Opera should be ready at the end of 2009, with a possible simultaneous opening on three continents.

Lloyd Webber told The Times of London that he hopes the new musical, to be called Phantom: Love Never Dies, will open in New York, London and possibly Shanghai or another Asian city.

He said the locale of the celebrated musical will be switched from the Paris Opera to New York's Coney Island. The sequel will be set about 10 years after the original, which has been seen by approximately 80 million theatergoers in 124 cities worldwide.

Coney Island? Really? That Andrew - what a maniac!