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
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Original Japanese Cast review by Akane Ochiai
Studio Cast (Graham Bickley, etc.) review by Christine Daae

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.

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...

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 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 ...

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...

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...