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...

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.

How 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, ...

How 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...

Are 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...

Descent to the LairA dummy of Christine was to ride down the bridge on a white model horse, being led by the Phantom. It looked lovely but it had to be cut as it had an annoying habit of going down the bridge backwards. It was set up as a skate board, ...

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...

Yes - here you can read which bits, and why.Why does the show use pre-recording?Pre-recording is used in a number of places in the show, most often for the practical reason that the cast members who need to be singing are busy moving about backstage - ...

How 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...

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