I think that really does show up in the music. The thing that happens when you get older too is that you are a little big freer and I think this feels like somebody who is at the peak of their abilities, that there’s no holding back from expressing the beauty of this story, the drama of this story, and the depth of these characters. I have heard people say that Andrew Lloyd Webber feels that this is really one of his finest scores, that this is one of his favorites. Everybody around him has to try to fit into what those plans that he is creating are. He’s still manipulating the situation to get what he wants. At certain performances, Kelly Jeanne Grant plays the role of Christine.įor more information, visit still about the Phantom and his love for Christine.

Anderson (Monsieur Andre), Bruce Winant (Monsieur Firmin), Kim Stengel (Carlotta), Nancy Hess (Madame Giry), David Gaschen (Piangi), and Jessica Bishop (Meg Giry). The tour currently stars Tim Martin Gleason in the title role with Marni Raab as Christine and Sean MacLaughlin as Raoul. Orchestrations are by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Musical staging and choreography is by Gillian Lynne. It has production design by the late Maria Björnson, lighting by Andrew Bridge and sound by Martin Levan. Prior to the show, the cast of the musical's third national tour, called the Music Box Company, held a special pre-show celebration at the venue.īased on the classic novel Le Fantôme de L'Opéra by Gaston Leroux, the show features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe), and book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera became the first consecutive-running national tour ever to reach 7,000 performances, when it played Orlando's Bob Carr Performing Arts Center, on Wednesday, January 27.

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