ISSUE NO.

MUSICAL ICONIC
THE

PHANTOM
OF THE OPERA

THE PHANTOM IS HERE!

FRESH AND A MILESTONE IN TAKING OVER THE

SPECTACULAR AS AMERICAN THEATRE WORLD
EVER
The longest-running show played in 35 countries and
Breathtaking tunes in Broadway history, 166 cities around the
world!
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FRESH AND
SPECTACULAR AS
EVER
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA IS A MUSICAL
THAT FIRST PERFORMED IN 1986 AND IS STILL
RELEVANT TODAY, BASED ON A NOVEL
WRITTEN IN 1909. ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S
MEGA-HIT HAS BEEN A PART OF THE CULTURAL
DEBATE AS BROADWAY'S LONGEST-RUNNING
MUSICAL—IT HAS WELL OVER 12,000 CURTAIN
CALLS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD UNDER ITS
BELT. FOR DECADES, PEOPLE HAVE WORN
THAT WHITE HALF-MASK WHILE SINGING "THE
MUSIC OF THE NIGHT." HOW CAN A CULTURAL
MAINSTAY SUDDENLY SEEM BRAND NEW?
IT`S THAT FINAL NOTE THAT MAKES THEATER
PHANTOM ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF 2019,
ALTHOUGH IN THIS CASE THE GENDERS ARE
REVERSED. ONE OF THE FIVE BEST
CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND MOVIES OF THE
YEAR, ALEX ROSS PERRY'S SCENT OF HERS,
SEES FADING PUNK ICON BECKY SOMETHING
(ELISABETH MOSS) STALK THE BASEMENT
HALLWAYS OF A CLUB DARK SET,
MANIPULATING THOSE IN HER ORBIT, ALMOST
ALL OF THEM TOLERATING HER BECAUSE SHE
IS A FORCE OF NATURE AND, PERHAPS,
SOMETHING OF A GENIUS
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AT'S NEW?
WH
THE REVELATION THAT THE FAMED PHANTOM
ORCHESTRA WILL BE DOWNSIZED FROM 27 TO
ONLY 14 MUSICIANS WAS THE FIRST TO GET WEST
END TONGUES CHURNING. THE OBOE, HARP,
PERCUSSION, TRUMPETS, AND HORNS HAVE ALL
BEEN ELIMINATED, AND THE VIOLIN SECTION WILL
BE REDUCED.
THE SHOW'S ORCHESTRA AND ITS SUPERB
SYMPHONIC SOUND HAVE LONG BEEN A SOURCE
OF PRIDE FOR THE COMPOSER AND PRODUCER,
SO IT'S A BIT OF A SHOCK TO LEARN THAT THE
ORCHESTRATIONS WILL BE ALTERED (PROBABLY)
TO BE PLAYED BY A SMALLER LINE UP.
THE MUSICAL IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING,
WITH AROUND 120 CAST, CREW, AND
ORCHESTRA MEMBERS ACTIVELY
PARTICIPATING IN EACH PERFORMANCE.
EACH PERFORMANCE INVOLVES A TOTAL
OF 130 CAST, CREW, AND ORCHESTRA
PERSONNEL.
230 OUTFITS, 14 DRESSERS, 120 AUTOMATIC
CUES, 22 SCENE CHANGES, 281 CANDLES,
250 KG OF DRY ICE, AND 10 FOG AND HAZE
MACHINES ARE USED IN EACH
PERFORMANCE.

BUT I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE, GHOST OR HUMAN,

SHOULD BE CONCERNED. THE SYMPHONIC
EFFECTS THAT KEYBOARDS CAN PRODUCE THESE
DAYS ARE REALLY BREATHTAKING.

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LEADING ACTRESS
OF CHRISTINE DAAE
BOGGESS, SIERRA FOR MANY PEOPLE, SIERRA
BOGGESS IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL CHRISTINE.
BOGGESS AND RAMIN KARIMLOO, HER CO-STAR,
HAVE BEEN ACCLAIMED FOR THEIR ON-STAGE
CHEMISTRY AND EMOTIVE PERFORMANCES.

BOGGESS IS BEST KNOWN FOR RE-INVENTING THE

COVETED ROLE OF 'CHRISTINE DAAE' IN LORD
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S THE PHANTOM OF THE
OPERA, AND FOR LORD WEBBER HIMSELF
DECLARING, "SHE'S THE BEST, THE BEST
CHRISTINE CERTAINLY." BOGGESS PORTRAYED
THE ROLE ON BROADWAY, THE WEST END, AND IN
THE TELEVISED 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
PRODUCTIONS OF PHANTOM.

SIERRA BOGGESS IS ONE OF TODAY'S MOST

GIFTED AND CEREBRAL MUSICAL THEATRE
PERFORMERS, ACCORDING TO HAL PRINCE. SHE
HAS AN INCREDIBLE RANGE, INCLUDING A
CRYSTAL-CLEAR SOPRANO AND THE ABILITY TO
BELT WITH THE BEST OF THEM. ADD IN THE FACT
THAT SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED
ACTRESSES I'VE EVER WORKED WITH, AND
EVERYTHING COMES TOGETHER IN A STUNNING
PACKAGE. HER DEBUT CD, A LIVE PERFORMANCE,
INCLUDING SONGS BY RICHARD RODGERS,
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, STEPHEN SONDHEIM,
GIACOMO PUCCINI, KANDER AND EBB, JEROME
KERN, AND "I DON'T CARE," WHICH I'M SORRY I'M
TOO LAZY TO FIGURE OUT WHO COMPOSED.
SIERRA BOGGESS IS THE FINEST, IN A NUTSHELL.

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HITS THE REALLY USEFUL GROUP AND CAMERON MACKINTOSH

A
HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT BROADWAY'S SMASH SUCCESS,
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA,
DIRECTED BY HAROLD PRINCE, WILL SET TWO NEW RECORDS.
THE PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO HIT AN ALL-TIME HIGH OF

MAJE
13,000 PERFORMANCES. NO OTHER BROADWAY PRODUCTION
HAS ACCOMPLISHED ANY OF THESE THINGS.

PHANTOM HAS PERFORMED APPROXIMATELY 13,000 TIMES IN

STIC
FRONT OF 18.5 MILLION PEOPLE, GROSSING MORE THAN $1.1
BILLION. IT CONTINUES TO BE A BOX OFFICE SUCCESS AND
HAS NO END IN SIGHT. PHANTOM HAS PERFORMED FOR OVER

NEW
A DECADE LONGER THAN ANY OTHER PRODUCTION, WITH
APPROXIMATELY 4,000 MORE PERFORMANCES THAN
BROADWAY'S CURRENT SECOND LONGEST-RUNNING
MUSICAL. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, WHICH DEBUTED IN

MILES
2014, WAS THE FIRST THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE IN HISTORY
TO MAKE $6 BILLION GLOBALLY. THE FILM SIGNIFICANTLY
OUTPERFORMS THE WORLD'S HIGHEST-GROSSING PICTURE,
AVATAR ($2.8 BILLION), AS WELL AS OTHER BLOCKBUSTERS

TONE
LIKE TITANIC, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, JURASSIC PARK, AND
STAR WARS ALL OF WHICH HAVE GROSSED BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.

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MICHAEL CRAWFORD ROSE TO FAME AS
THE PHANTOM IN COMPOSER ANDREW
LLOYD WEBBER'S PRODUCTION OF THE
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA IN THE LATE
1980S AFTER A LONG CAREER AS A
SUCCESSFUL BRITISH ACTOR IN FILMS,
TELEVISION SHOWS, AND STAGE
MUSICALS. DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT
CONTINUES TO SELL OUT, THE
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA IS ALREADY
ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
MUSICALS IN HISTORY, AND IT WOULD
HAVE DONE WELL EVEN WITHOUT
CRAWFORD. HOWEVER, BOTH
AUDIENCES AND REVIEWERS SEEM TO
AGREE THAT CRAWFORD IS TAILOR-
MADE FOR THE CHARACTER, AS IF HE
WAS BORN AND RAISED TO PORTRAY
THE PHANTOM.
GREATEST
PHANTOM
MICHAEL CRAWFORD, THE FIRST
PHANTOM. CRAWFORD WON THE 1986
OLIVIER AWARD FOR BEST
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A
MUSICAL FOR HIS PERFORMANCE
OPPOSITE SARAH BRIGHTMAN AS
CHRISTINE DAAÉ, WHICH HE
ORIGINATED IN 1986 AT HER MAJESTY'S
THEATRE IN LONDON. CRAWFORD WAS
NOMINATED FOR A TONY AWARD FOR
HIS PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY IN
1988.
MICHAEL CRAWFORD DEPARTED THE
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA IN 1991, AFTER
1,300 PERFORMANCES AND THREE AND
A HALF YEARS. FANS OF THE SHOW WILL
ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM AS THE FIRST
AND FINEST PHANTOM
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WORKS
CITED

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 THE PHANTOM OF THE
OPERA HAS BEEN MAKING
MAGIC ON BROADWAY FOR
OVER 26 YEARS! TAKE A
LOOK BEHIND THE MASK
AT THE TALENTED GENT
MICHAEL CRAWFORD PART
IN THE WEST END IN 1987,
AND CONTINUED TO
PERFORM IT ON AND OFF
UNTIL 1991.

THE
PHANTOM
THROUGH
THE YEARS