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re: Why is THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA /Unexplainable

Posted by:	Duke1979 04:30 pm EDT 10/30/15
In reply to:	re: Why is THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA B'ways longest-running musical? - Mac29 04:06 pm EDT 10/30/15

The phenomenon can't be explained, particularly when you look at shows before Phantom, Cats and LesMiz even megahits did not run for decades. I too saw it with Michael Crawford shortly after opening. He is special, but the show is not--certainly in terms of having any emotional impact. The staging is certainly very clever and fluid and the sets are sumptuous, but the music is drivel other than Music of the Night. Same story with Cats--Buckley was spectacular but it just doesn't add up to much. Of all of the ALW shows, Evita by far had much more of an impact. I have never been tempted to return to Phantom. I feel very sifferently about LesMiz--which frequently gets dumped on but I think has tremendous emotional power. If long runs were based on quality and genius then Sweeney Todd should still be running.

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