The Phantom of the Opera has been the subject of many adaptations. One of them is of course, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's spectacular stage production. Old friends Frederick Forsyth and Andrew Lloyd Webber discussed how the Phantom's story might continue: what happened to the Phantom and Christine? It is 1906. Erik, the creature with the hideous face but poetic heart, has escaped to America, to a life that begins in misery, but in time makes him

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In an effort to advance his career, a struggling musical composer from New York enters into a homosexual affair with a world-renowned conductor. But he has to be careful that neither the woman he wants to marry, nor the conductor's boyfriend find out.