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Categories: Phantom Fan StoreLinks are to DVD versions except where only video is available. Please remember that different countries use different formats (PAL in the UK, NTSC in the US for video; different regions for DVD), and make sure you can play the format you're buying. ...
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Categories: Phantom - Other versions, and generalKen 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...
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Categories: The Show in GeneralThe 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...
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Categories: The Show in GeneralMany 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...
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Categories: Phantom FansThe 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 ...
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Categories: The Show in GeneralGerman 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 -
Categories: Interviews with PhantomsHow did you initially land the role of the Phantom? I had played the role of Raoul here in New York for a brief four month period in 1990. From that, the powers that be became familiar with my work. So when an opening came up in the Los Ang...
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Categories: Interviews with PhantomsAre there any differences between London and Vienna - if so, what are they? The general tone of the production in Vienna was slightly more Operetta-like, probably due to the language, the sound of the translation and style of acting of some of...
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Categories: Interviews with PhantomsHow did you get the role of the Phantom? I expressed my interest in wanting to play the role to Hal Prince. How does it feel to play the Phantom, having played Raoul on Broadway? The Phantom is more rewarding than Raoul in terms of acting. No, ...
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Categories: Interviews with PhantomsHow did you get the role of the Phantom? I was playing Jean Valjean in Les Mis between '87 and '90, and then in '90 I got a summons from Howard Harrison saying would I like to go and play the Phantom. I said yes, and he said "Righ...