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DETAILS CRITICOPIA BROADWAY
| Show Title: |
Phantom Of The Opera, The |
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| Total Rating: |
*** |
| Previews: |
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| Opened: |
January 26, 1988 |
| Ended: |
open run |
| Other Dates: |
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| Country: |
USA |
| State: |
New York |
| City: |
New York |
| Theater Type: |
Broadway |
| Company / Producers: |
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| Theater: |
Majestic Theater |
| Theater Address: |
247 West 44th Street |
| Phone: |
(212) 239-6200 |
| Website: |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs, 30 min |
| Genre: |
Musical Thriller |
| Author: |
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics: Charles Hart; Add'l Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe; Book: Richard Stilgoe & Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Director: |
Harold Prince |
| Choreographer: |
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| Review: |
Late in the first act, there are fifteen glorious minutes when everything comes together: music (the title song, "The Music Of The Night"), set (candelabras rising from the mist as the Phantom and Christine gondola their way across the prettiest sewer you ever saw), performance -- everything. When the Phantom first brings Christine down to his lair, the show is transported to the realm of legend. The rest of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical extravaganza simply can't top this high point, though the "Masquerade" sequence remains gorgeous, and the finale, though breathlessly paced, nonetheless leaves room for a lump in the throat. If the production has declined in any way since Phantom'spremiere eight years ago, it's in the ensemble singing, where words are indecipherable. Otherwise, the reasons for the Phantom's juggernaut success remain as clear as the mask on his face.
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| Parental: |
gunshot |
| Other Critics: |
TOTALTHEATER Ellis Nassour +
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| Miscellaneous: |
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| Awards: |
1988 Outer Critics: Musical
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| Cast: |
Marilyn Caskey (Carlotta), Jeff Keller (Andre), George Lee Andrews (Firmin), Leila Martin (Giry), etc.
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| Technical: |
Choreography: Gillian Lynne; Design: Maria Bjornson; Lighting: Andrew Bridge; Sound: Martin Levan; Musical Superv/Dir: David Caddick; Orchest: David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber; Casting: Johnson-Liff & Zerman.
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| Critic: |
David Lefkowitz |
| Date Reviewed: |
September 1994 |
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