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Categories: Phantom Fan StoreThe 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 ...
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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: Stage show - special effects, etcThe mirror, how the Phantom disappears, and others. If you don't want to think they're not magic, don't read on.The MirrorHow does the Phantom suddenly appear in Christine's mirror, which still shows her reflection?This is achieved with a half-silvered...
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Categories: Phantom Fan StoreThe 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,...
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Categories: Phantom FansA fascinating new study by internationally reknowned psychologist, physicist, and historian, Dr E J Trugbild, has revealed personality archetypes which span parallel universes. A Phantom of the Opera fan herself, Dr Trugbild has used these findings to ...
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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 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 - 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 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 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...