Music
and Lyrics by Maury Yeston
Book by Arthur Kopit, Original novel
by Gaston Leroux
July
7,8,9,10,15,16,17,22,23
Synopsis:
Gaston
Leroux's story of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs
beneath the Paris Opera. One critic has observed: “This mesmerizing
“Phantom” is traditional musical theatre in the finest sense.
The Tony Award-winning authors of “Nine” have transformed Gaston
Leroux' The Phantom of the Opera into a sensation that enraptures
audiences and critics with beautiful songs and an expertly crafted
book. It is constructed around characters more richly developed
than in any other version, including the original novel.”
Other
Reviews
"Everything
is first rate."-- N.Y. Daily News
"Rhapsodic
music that entrances, moves and haunts.... A welcome link to musical
theatre's golden past."-- N.Y. Times
"Has
glory all its own."-- Boston Globe
"Phantom's
love story-- and the passionately soaring music it prompts ...
jerk enough tears to fill that Paris Opera Lagoon."-- San Diego
Union.
"A
rich, ripe, rewarding evening."-- Chicago Tribune
"One
of those musicals you thought they just didn't write anymore."--
Chicago Sun Times
"Music
that can break your heart.... This is a score in the grand manner."--
Gannett Newspapers
"One
of the most appealing America musicals of recent years."-- Dallas
Morning News
Photos
by Kerry Long
KerryLongPhoto@hotmail.com
Original Production:
Produced
by Heidi Landesman, Rocco Landesman, Rick Steiner, M. Anthony
Fisher, Frederic Mayerson, Jujamcyn Theatres
Directed by James Lapine
November 5, 1987 at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 764 performances.
Original
Cast included: Jack Dabdoub, Paul Schoeffler, Meg Bussert, Richard
White, Glory Crampton, Lyle Garrett, Allen Kendall, James van
Treuren
Song
List
Overture Melodie
De Paris Paris
Is A Tomb Dressing
For The Night Where
In The World This
Place Is Mine Home Music
Lessons, The / Phantom Fugue
You
Are Music
Bistro,
The Who
Could Ever Have Dreamed Up You Entr'acte Without
Your Music My
True Love My
Mother Bore Me You
Are My Own
