The Phantom of the Opera, Original London Cast Recording, by Andrew Lloyd Webber The classic Phantom recording, the original cast with Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman and Steve Barton. Opinions on it vary amongst fans - for most of us it was our ...

The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux. 1910 The book that started it all, a Phantom fan must-read. Find out Erik's original background and deepen your understanding of the story. Gaston Leroux's novel was originally published in France in 1910,...

I liked Emmy Rossum, was amazed by Raoul, liked the way they did most things, loved a few; was disappointed by Butler's singing, thought his acting was pretty good overall, at times excellent, too many times not good enough (my husband liked him more than I did); and will never forgive Andrew Lloyd Webber or Joel Schumacher for the dumb moronic offensive awful changes they made to Erik's background and character.

FAIR WARNING: This is a non-fiction article. There will be graphic content of a violent nature and some detail that may cause some degree of discomfort if you are at all squeamish about the technology of killing and death. I will go out of my way to ...

Author and fan Suzy McKee Charnas' review of the Phantom movie is now online.Charnas is a professional writer who has written a number of Phantom pieces, and was also one of the most thought-provoking and interesting posters on Usenet, and the POTO mai...

The current London production of Phantom sets the action of the show in 1881, and the auction scene in 1911, consistent (almost) with Leroux's novel. These dates are now given for most of the productions around the world.The first librettos date the au...

Many fans have seen press articles which mention that Peter Karrie was voted "the world's favourite Phantom," and have wanted more information about the poll.At its height, the Phantom Appreciation Society's magazine, Beneath the Mask, was read by over...

Ken Hill's "Phantom of the Opera" began its life in 1976, ten years before the famous Lloyd Webber musical opened on the West End. It was a stage adaptation which played at a seaside pier theatre, and was then forgotten until eight years later, when Hi...

The Phantom Appreciation Society was dreamt up in 1993 by a naive and innocent Phantom of the Opera fan who had no idea quite how much there was about Phantom that she didn't know. Considering that, it was quite successful.It must have been at the end ...

German Cast Review by Ben Cheng
Austrian Cast review by Laura Edwards
Canadian Cast review by Laura Edwards
Dutch Cast review
Swedish Cast
Long-run Japanese Cast
Original Japanese Cast review by Akane Ochiai
Studio Cast (Graham Bickley, etc.) review by Christine Daae