| Totally agree about how well-written PHANTOM's opening is. | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 03:59 pm EDT 04/19/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Streaming PHANTOM — can we start a petition to fix Ramin Karimloo’s vowels? - mikem 08:08 pm EDT 04/18/20 | |
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| I actually read the Gaston Leroux when I was in high school, and while I don't remember much of it now, I remember at the time being so surprised to learn how much the opening of the musical was its own unique creation. I agree. It really is quite, quite strong. Coming in, knowing nothing, I think you'd expect that the show would open with a whole lot of music and an introduction to scary dude who you follow as he finds his way to an opera house where he's bound to wreak havoc. Or, we'd open on some sort of horror movie cliche, with the banality of the day interrupted by a freaky jump scare. The entire first act up through "Music of the Night" really is pretty darn terrific. It could have easily gone very, very differently. (And indeed in Maury Yeston's version, it did!) - GMB |
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