Dear Old Friend | Love Never Dies, London

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4 жыл бұрын

Love Never Dies in London's West End, 2011.
Sierra Boggess (Christine)
Dean Chisnall (understudy Raoul)
Summer Strallen (Meg)
Liz Robertson (Madame Giry)
Harry Polden (Gustave)

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@huttmuttbutt 4 жыл бұрын

This is the most passive-aggressive song I've ever heard.

@SaulaDemily011 4 жыл бұрын

Ahahahha yes 😂😂

@AvaMarie-ij4jl 4 жыл бұрын

I completely agree!! I was listening to the soundtrack on Spotify and it got to what would be around 1:37 in this video and I was CACKLING ITS SO PASSIVE-AGGRESIVE 😂

@radic888 4 жыл бұрын

Gino Sanchez One of the first passive-aggressive songs for theatre would have to be Mozart’s ‘Via resti servita’ from THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO.

@clockwork2581 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha This comment made me laugh LOL

@SereneGohSH 4 жыл бұрын

but the acting here also helps - the passive aggressiveness and meg's insincere warmth was not very obvious in the australian production, which made it a bit more shocking when meg and her mom were revealed to hate christine here in this production, meg very obviously rolls her eyes in annoyance at christine HAHA very effective

@faifto6626 4 жыл бұрын

i genuinely love how passive aggressive this whole song is, and the fact that christine probably was actually quite sincere

@psionicdreamer3302 4 жыл бұрын

Especially when she sang "hope it extends" then read the room and was like "no? Okay-"

@SpiderTNT. 4 жыл бұрын

@@psionicdreamer3302 honestly christine always seems like she has no idea whats going on in this song its so funny

@faifto6626 4 жыл бұрын

@@SpiderTNT. i suppose shes still kept some of the innocence from her phantom days

@schparky2000 4 жыл бұрын

You look sublime, you look the same....

@carolinerose8411 4 жыл бұрын

I love how Meg is the whole reason Christine shared her voice with the world to begin with, and now Meg is jealous of the fame Christine has and then attention she captured from Phantom.

@quackity-4035 Жыл бұрын

I’d be jealous of having the phantoms attention too 💀

@britneyyy2436 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone’s chill until they find out Christines singing too 😂

@neveelizabeth6226 3 жыл бұрын

it's the fact Christine is actually being genuinely lovely then the others are putting it on so much

@thelonelyarchon 4 жыл бұрын

This is the song from Love Never Dies that makes me want to be there arguing with them. I mean the harmonies in the near end, I just can’t

@quimeyrodriguez4242 4 жыл бұрын

Christine: "You look sublime!" Meg: "You look the same." Christine: "You are a star" Meg: "And you are... wife" lmaooooo this bitch

@pip1278 3 жыл бұрын

I love the "hope it extends. No ?!" at 4:11

@sureyeahwhynotamiright8226 4 жыл бұрын

This stage design looks like a high school production 😳

@jamies9040 4 жыл бұрын

That’s probably because there are so many different sets in this show, so they don’t pay as much attention to the more minor scenes.

@bigbori8716 4 жыл бұрын

That’s WHAT I SAID

@dargonfrot Жыл бұрын

@@jamies9040 oh no trust me the sets in the london production suck even in the major scenes

@jamies9040 Жыл бұрын

@@dargonfrot ugh that sucks🤦‍♀️

@dargonfrot Жыл бұрын

@@jamies9040 yupp

@Jazzzzyyyy__ 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else notice the way Raoul looked at Meg? Up and down, stared at her chest with a grin. It’s hard to believe that he changed that much.

@georgewashingmachine3957 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly the costume for the London version were pretty amazing imo, they didn’t really have to change it. The only crime here is the set.

@georgewashingmachine3957 3 жыл бұрын

@Meg Giry oh hi Meg.... U ok? How's everything...? And where are you after, you know, what happened?

@rosemont2283 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never been able to see full footage of the West End production EVER! Let alone, HD! Thank you so much for posting these videos!

@thisistheatrekid Жыл бұрын

I love how Madame Giry is all like "he who pays the bills" like NO "he who put his family in thousands of dollars in debt and is now a child neglecting raging alcoholic"

@janetchan2748 4 жыл бұрын

This version of Meg is taller than Christine! (my perception of Meg is that she's very short and petite for some reason)...

@vicsy6888 4 жыл бұрын

Janet Chan same here

@kammo1976 4 жыл бұрын

Her heels are awfully high though, plus lets not forget its a 10 year difference here

@berber2889 4 жыл бұрын

Any clips you have and can post for us is very much appreciated! We are all Phantom lovers and appreciate you and doing this for us

@eristineforever6934 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting more of LND.

@RavenSutcliffe 4 жыл бұрын

This is even cattier than the Australian version lmaoooo

@saixenophase 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. But I would love the Australian Meg to be here

@cm_0011 2 жыл бұрын

I like this so much better than the Australian one, the passive aggressiveness of the Giry's and Raoul and Christine being totally oblivious 😂 I'm kind of shocked that the Raoul that played with Sierra for Phantom actually ended up in the Australian production instead.

@PaulAndrew92891 2 жыл бұрын

I really love this music from the musical

@kjlynne1191 4 жыл бұрын

yes! i absolutely love this song and all it’s passive/aggressiveness lol

@clockwork2581 4 жыл бұрын

hhahahaha LOL yes

@rabelosss 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!😍

@megw7024 2 жыл бұрын

Wish they kept this version in the Australian production. So much more venom

@faifto6626 4 жыл бұрын

wait i just noticed- christine and raoul looks at each other when the sang "so i pretend" does that mean anything hm

@corapalanski3189 4 жыл бұрын

time stamp?

@faifto6626 4 жыл бұрын

3:20

@syddieuh 3 жыл бұрын

they have to pretend they are a happy couple in order to keep the fact that they are in debt a secret.

@cm_0011 2 жыл бұрын

I think they are pretending to be a happy couple and not having marital issues.

@Lunastar1407 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@CandyDiababa 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

@kaceydonnelly4821 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@christinewells-leddon9287 6 ай бұрын

I love this version of the song...you can *hear* the daggers in their words. Yes, everything is very polite and restrained...but you can feel the tension and animosity. I agree with @SereneGohSH: this interpretation makes the ending make much more sense than the Australian version does.

@amandasax1 4 жыл бұрын

Perfeito !

@andialberto3450 4 жыл бұрын

Though i love the cast, im really disappointed with the stage design. It seems zuch a downgrade from the australian version where everything looked more extravagant, and it really looked like you were in another place.☹

@operaghost7381 4 жыл бұрын

Andi Alberto That (besides the story, obviously) was the biggest complain about the London production.

@Ronariverah 4 жыл бұрын

I loved it. It fell great when I was there.

@ruairibyrne377 4 жыл бұрын

@@operaghost7381 is there any chance you could upload the coney Island waltz and only for you? Would love to see them!

@corvusdelicti8853 4 жыл бұрын

Andi Alberto: The London version was not a downgrade, it was more a dress rehearsal. The Australian version came later, and, with it, came many upgrades, including improvements on the song Dear Old Friends.

@andialberto3450 4 жыл бұрын

@@corvusdelicti8853 ooooh i actually thought that the australian cast came first!😅 thanks for telling me! I appreciate the london production a lot more now!

@sandrinegardas1773 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!❤️ this is a real treat in those hard times ' Do you happen to have Welcome to Coney Island or Bathing Beauty? Stay safe!

@rainierflores3815 4 жыл бұрын

I just noticed even the lyrics have been slightly changed compared to the LND of Australia.

@ausername5410 4 жыл бұрын

Rainier Flores Yep, like in this version Christine says “You look sublime” while Meg says “You look the same” while it’s the other way around in the Australian

@Chris-kb5dj 4 жыл бұрын

@@ausername5410 I think Australian Production didnt want to create the Evil Meg. Meg here was so mean.

@maurifick7471 4 жыл бұрын

Chris yeah I noticed that in this version Meg *SPOILERS* seems to purposely shoot Christine, while I’m the Australian version it looks very much like an accident caused by the Phantom reaches for the gun.

@cm_0011 2 жыл бұрын

In fact, these were the original ones and the Australian ones were changed

@dagobruh1 2 жыл бұрын

I just noticed in 3:12 Christine pushes Madam Giry’s hand away from her, then continues to refrain from touching her even though she has no problem with touching anyone else. Weird detail since Madam Giry kinda raised her, and they didn’t end on a bad note in POTO?

@jaybonn5973 3 жыл бұрын

This is a passive aggressive reunion inside of a sweat bar with all the windows closed and the jukebox barely works and we have to stay here for 6 hours...

@holyterrorterrier 3 жыл бұрын

i wonder how long it will take for everyone to realize this was a play not a huge movie production and secondly this isnt a different version of the original this is continuing after the fire ..... its 10 years later soooo yuh characters wont stay the same just saying also Happy Halloween :)

@fatak5106 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think it's 10 years.... Timeline's confusion 😔

@keetard 2 жыл бұрын

@Christine Daaé Ten years for LND but definitely not for POTO

@sunflower-xi5ct 2 ай бұрын

The interesting thing about this song is how it showcases how both Christine and Meg have changed over the past 10 years…and how they are both completely miserable but trying to hide it from each other. Christine may look ‘Regal as a Queen’ but she is trapped in a failing marriage separated from music which she loves. And Meg might be a ‘Star’ but she’s a star of a vaudeville show trying to get the attention of a Man who will never want her. I also find it funny how Christine is the only one in this song who actually seems sincere like she’s not trying to ruin it for Meg, she’s just trying to appease the Phantom so she can go home (with some money). Later on we know she does it because she wants to sing for him, but her attention was never to steal the spotlight from Meg…but Meg has been so beaten down at this point and is just so desperate for some recognition from Erik she sees the writing on the wall right away and then the jealousy sets in.

@hefinrosser8685 9 ай бұрын

I saw it in London before the changes. I NEVER want to see it again!!!

@eugenegriffin4400 4 жыл бұрын

ooooh the design is is different to the Australian production!

@yuchenglai2581 4 жыл бұрын

People: coughs Everyone freezes*

@giovannacassu1361 4 жыл бұрын

🤩

@Annesglitter 4 жыл бұрын

*you look the same.* _GEE THANKS I HAVEN’T AGED AT ALL AHAHAHAHAHAHA!_

@catahlersmeyer6192 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have a full bootleg?

@evae.7696 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a full boot? This was my first ever west end musical, during a school trip. I'm willing to trade :)

@kailraider1307 4 жыл бұрын

Please please! Do you have the aerie?

@psionicdreamer3302 4 жыл бұрын

They do, if you look up the playlist from this youtuber there should be i think 12 videos including the title song

@springdayisnottoday371 4 жыл бұрын

Is this the 2011 nft video?

@danapamelasalasmendoza1179 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Can you upload madame giry confronts the phantom? Please

@psionicdreamer3302 4 жыл бұрын

Haha in the american version giry doesnt confront him, she sings to meg complaining about erik and saying meg should get everything she deserves and meg is like mom calm down

@maurifick7471 4 жыл бұрын

daecromancer I believe this is the London version.

@psionicdreamer3302 4 жыл бұрын

@@maurifick7471 yes this is, I was talking about the american version as a comparison

@kaitlynkait1yn Жыл бұрын

do u have the full show?

@descalante64 4 жыл бұрын

What does Meg say at 3:25 In the orginal and other. "You musn't stay!" "Why would I leave/Go?" "Why are we here?" "Don't play naive!" "Other Lyric!"

@Malo3447 4 жыл бұрын

I think she says "like you don't know."

@k_chels 3 жыл бұрын

descalante64 I hear why won’t you go

@rayany29 4 жыл бұрын

Anna O'Byrne has a beautiful, stunning voice but her acting skills are not that great. I didn't felt the emotion needed in her performance. Sierra have it all, she is just brilliant!!!

@cosplaysbygus 4 жыл бұрын

True. Totally true.

@emiliess12 4 жыл бұрын

Truee

@michaelcarroll7883 4 жыл бұрын

I respectfully disagree. I think that Anna is a better singer and actor than Sierra. But we all have different opinions.

@potternutmania 4 жыл бұрын

I dont see why people say this, her acting was more subtle than sierra but did justice to the character

@maurifick7471 4 жыл бұрын

Rayany Rocha honestly, Sierra is my favorite for both LND and Phantom, but at the same time Anna is my favorite in LND If that makes sense.

@larissaprates1384 4 жыл бұрын

the song is good the harmonies are great BUT THE CHARACTERS ARE NOT THE CHARACTERS! if you link this to phantom of the opera, you need to at least mantain the character development that started there. Or maybe explain??????????? Like when did meg started hating Christine??????????? because of jealousy?????????? oh andrew what did you do

@southernstar2412 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, then maybe you should check out Meg from the Aussie version, I like her there more in terms of character and vocals. In the Aussie version, Meg has a segment where she sings about how excited she is to hear that Christine would come to Coney Island, even says she'll show her the amusement park and many other beautiful sights; also in the finale, Aussie Meg is more mentally unstable, jealous sure, but in that version, she didn't meant to shoot her beloved friend, is was an accident, Erik tried to snatch the gun and she pulled the trigger reflexively, she seem very heartbroken and regret about it too, at least that's what I've gathered; which I think fits much more into Meg's character. But still, this version has Ramin and Sierra, so I still love it much more.

@larissaprates1384 4 жыл бұрын

* SouthernStar I will definitely give it a try. I also looked up the German version of the show and it looks beautiful! Rachel Anne More is my second favorite Christine and shes in that too! I mean there were so many changes in the original one, and then the Australian one... I feel that even ten years later, if it still hits the broadway theaters it will be different from what we’ve seen

@psionicdreamer3302 4 жыл бұрын

@@larissaprates1384 oh it already came through america, I saw it in rhode island and it was good though "beauty underneath" was changed entirely. But yes the whole things with meg (that was mostly cut from the play but is important to know) that for 10 years the whole reason phantom got phantasma and was able to grow so big so fast was because Meg was sleeping with the press, cops and tax men. She literally gave her body blood and soul to phantom and grew to love and respect him, not caring about his face. But he never once SAW her. Which is why when he sings to her at the end she so easily stops freaking out and listens to him. She loves him, she just wants attention and recognition then christine comes back and ruins everything. It literally broke her. It's not just jealousy, it's self hatred and abandonment.

@larissaprates1384 4 жыл бұрын

daecromancer ahhh this enlightens everything else! At the end she mentions something about all the man, but I didn’t know it was in that magnitude. Do they explain it better in the us tour? And what changed in beauty underneath?

@psionicdreamer3302 4 жыл бұрын

@@larissaprates1384 unfortunately they didnt explain it better in the u.s tour. It was a much better known plot point in the original london script. In one of the original cast recorded songs you hear madame giry say something like "there is a man looking for you, a mister- *name i forget*" and meg looks up and says "is he important?" Cuz in the original london recording what shes done is more apparent but it also requires reading subtext. Well in the u.s beauty underneath, id just look it up to listen to the song. They put in different lyrics and the notes are all a lower pitch, darker and more metal. Its jarring to listen to the old version then the U.s version but it grows on you.

@clubsnatcher 4 жыл бұрын

Man they're singing it so much slower

@robbie8708 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have a full show? I’d give absolutely anything for a copy! :)

@clockwork2581 4 жыл бұрын

Have you got a copy already? Been looking for this. I've seen one but it wasnt recorded well

@ej3016 10 ай бұрын

I much prefer the Australian staging / choreography but if we could have Sierra and Ramin then I’d be truly happy

@juliadeoliveirasp 2 жыл бұрын

What makes me hate LND is the character betrayal of Meg. She was so sweet and then became an angry and vingative woman. It' doesn't fit her for me.

@kelavia2112 Жыл бұрын

I think you can see her obsession with Erik kind of start at the end of Phantom, when she holds up the mask

@jackieheavner3766 4 жыл бұрын

This isn't the 25 anniversary mme giry is it

@starlightglimglam3559 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Liz robertson

@fatak5106 3 жыл бұрын

It is, her portrayal in RAH is actually better than this

@kristinbrunst1109 Жыл бұрын

Who is that playing raoul?

@operaghost7381 Жыл бұрын

Dean Chisnall (understudy Raoul)

@ohboi4107 3 жыл бұрын

2:15

@kerstinwerner9903 2 жыл бұрын

Ich sehe gerade ihr habt Musicals da ich glaube auch ihr habt das Phantom der Opera wo das Phantom mit der Frau singt mit dem Lied träum mich denn immer noch ganz nah das Phantom der Oper da wenn ihr das Musical habt mit dem Lied würdet ihr es bitte einsetzen bitte bitte ich mag das Lied unheimlich gern bin Fan von Phantom der Oper Gruß unbekannt Kerstin Werner Wünsche schönen Sonntag eins noch die Frau singt erst tief dann sind sie für das Phantom höher ich glaube das Lied kennt ihr

@andreahuynh4855 4 жыл бұрын

is devil take the hindmost up?

@lifethroughcoraslenses36 4 жыл бұрын

It is.

@FortunaGloxinia 2 жыл бұрын

Phantom should have married Meg. Period!

@capullete1 4 жыл бұрын

The stage setting, the singing, and the acting of all of them compare with the Austrian version. This video is a very poor performance. It looks like a production from a high school performance. I can not believe it is from the London West End cast.

@ryxeene9071 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, the London production came earlier than the Australian one, and with it came more extravagant changes.

@baeseungmincutie6600 4 жыл бұрын

These are some damn good highschoolers then... 😂😂😂 I'm only kidding the set is lacking but you've got to admit the voices are great