Wednesday, July 16

Please Let This Come to the States...

So far here's the synopsis of Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to Phantom of the Opera. Also known as Phantom of the Opera: Once Upon Another Time. It speaks for itself, but I highlighted my favorite descriptive plot point that I hope to see on stage:

The Phantom, having fled Paris, is running a freak show. At night, he crawls into his lair and makes love to an automaton that looks like Christine. Christine, meanwhile, has become a famous opera singer. But she's fallen on hard times because her husband, Raoul, has squandered their fortune. So she's accepted a high-paying gig from a mysterious impresario to open a new amusement park. On her first night in New York, she draws back the curtain in her hotel suite and comes face to face with her new employer — flash of lightning, crash of chords — the Phantom! Christine has a child, Gustave, but is his father Raoul or the Phantom?
I'm buying my tickets now. Please God don't let this deter it's way to Broadway. I pity and envy any person who works on this show.

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