NYTimes.com: “Phantom,” now playing at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport, is not “The Phantom of the Opera,” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s version of the same story set in the Paris opera house. Both are based on a French novel by Gaston Leroux that started life in 1909 as a newspaper serialization.
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This production sounds very interesting. I have enjoyed seeing Phantom of the Opera each time and honestly this production sounds quiet interesting. The constant success is a large indicator, I think they should push for bigger stages. Also constantly being successful over the years with the new tour or new showing. I think a different prospective that audiences would greatly enjoy. At least in movies today, retelling of old stories has become a popular thing. Even though this play has been around for a while, I imagine most people have never heard of it and they could use that to market it. I am very intrigued and would love to see it.
I would really like to see "Phantom." I've already seen the Lloyd Webber version, and I've read Gaston Leroux's novel in french. Of course, the Webber version is overly commercialized and became a different story from the original novel. "Phantom" probably does not have the rock music, which would again bring it closer to the Leroux's idea. I'm very interested in Eric. First of all, this production gives him an identity, helping the audience relate and pity his deformity. Second, his personal struggle to show Christine his face is more interesting than the action-packed Webber production. I feel that Eric's actions will evoke a more powerful emotion from the audience; there's just something so interesting about watching a character with an inner conflict.
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