Profile for Phantom4ever

Yeah I'm a hardened New Yorker who felt uncomfortable on Christophoer Street and doesn't want my visiting six year old nice to see homeless penis. 

And I love Christopher Street as well which is why it sucked to feel that way about it but I was just sharing my feelings on a message board, no more no less so y'all need to calm down. 

And if you think I'm doing any pearl clutching at all then you are seriously mis-read my tone. I don't even have any p

Theaterfan, please settle down. It's not that serious. 

For the 4th time. I. Was. With. Family.  If I were by myself, none of this would even matter in the slightest. Bring on the piss and the needles and the fighting. The more urine in front of my hotel, the better.

My family stayed in a hotel a block away, and they met me and departed from me each day in front of my hotel. Which meant......that they or me or all of us were often standing in front of the hotel wit

Jtoth8922 said: "Sorry I don’t comment a lot, but this post confuses me. I’ve lived in NYC for 25 years, there has always been vagrants and homeless people and none, not one has ever bothered me beside asking for change. I frequent bars in Christopher Street (Ty’s and Rockbar) weekly and NEVER in 20 years have felt unsafe in Christopher Street, EVER, even at 4 am. Cities have crime and people who are sketchy but honestly I have more of a problem with tourists than t

Phantom4Ever complained about "ne'er-do wells" but admittedthey didn't know if these peoplewere "homeless, drug addicts, migrants, a combo, or just young people with nothing to do." This strongly suggests that the posterdidn't witness any actual bad behavior at all, but wasjust uncomfortable with those individualsbeing in a certain place at a certain time."

First of all, I should get points for bringing back n'er-do-wells. S

Yeah honey I know all that, that's why I spent my 20s and 30s practically living at those bars. BUT when I walk down Christopher toward the river, farther from 7th Av near the PATH station, it does not feel safe at all. It never really did, even in the late 2000's, but it was manageable because there were always so many people around, even at 3am. It's not like that lately. 

And I'm not sure where you got the idea that wealthy neighborhoods don't have street cr

Some of you may recall my anecdote of my sister and her family visiting in the most recent thread about NYC crime before this one. If you recall, she reserved a hotel room right at 8th Avenue and 36th Street, which is Junkie Central/Migrant Nightmare/Crime/Hotspot etc. I stayed there too, at 8th Avenue and 38th Street. Her family is staunchy Pro Trump and Fox News and all that, so I expected them to be lamenting the miserable filth that NYC has turned into. 

And it's true

Ouch!  As a fellow 1977 baby, I was shocked to read the press release for this that put Bomer, 46/47, in the same age group as Nathan Lane, 68 with the line "men of a certain age." Ouch again! I was expecting to read something like "two older gentlemen move in with a younger male roommate". Nope. Bomer is one of the older men. I get that Rue McClanahan was 51, only four years older than Bomer is now, at the start of Golden Girls, but the other girls were 12 years olde

I caught the 2pm show today, June 9th. A bit of anniversary for me as it was my 35th time seeing the show at the Ambassador. 

It was my first time seeing Robyn Hurder as Velma and wow she was good. I've never seen "I can't Do It Alone" performed with so much energy and....humor. Bianca Marroquin shined as usual. 

Oh! Sue Anschutz conducted! That was so exciting. I've seen her on the piano many times so it was so cool to see a different conductor.&

Yes I am as shocked as you guys are that they want to come to New York despite all of this negative news coverage they consume. 

Perhaps I mis-spoke. They're not going to lose their minds at the sight of a homeless person but they will if they have to see a homeless guy pleasuring himself or a homeless guy spitting in their 9 year old daughter's face.  Stuff like that is what they don't want to see and WHAT I WAS TRYING TO ASK before people took this thread in ano

stagepotato said: "8th Ave between Moynihan and the 40s has gotten considerably worse. It was bad before, but now it’s littered with homeless and drug addicts. Don’t come at me and say this isn’t true because I travel this street multiple times a month and see it every time. I agree the city needs to get rid of Adamsbut there’s other focus areas that need to be worked on as well."

I saw this post and noticed that ten of you "liked" i

That's what I read too, albeit on other message boards and Phantom fan pages about how CamMack wanted to do exactly what he did to the West End Les Miz (replace the creative team and downsize but ultimately stay open) to Phantom. He succeeded in doing that in London but New York ended up getting a full closure with no downsizing to "save" the show as in London. 

And by the way, who screamed that life ended the day Phantom closed. We can't be upset--really upset--

I know y'all are going to shade the hell out of me for this like only the BWW board can shade somebody, but between the seasons being compared in that article, a little bitty show called Phantom closed, and with it went many theatergoers who made frequent trips to New York just to see the show again, along with a few other shows along the way. 

There is NO WAY to quantify this other than anecdotally. However, the huge surge that accompanied Phantom's reopening in Octo

The Phantom of the Opera, which I saw on Broadway 90 times between 1998 and 2023. The original New York Times review, which features my favorite quote about the show and perfectly summarizes the magic of the show: "the show's most persuasive love story is Mr. Prince's and Ms. Bjornson's unabashed crush on the theater itself, from footlights to dressing rooms, from flies to trap doors."  Yes, Phantom is the theatrical show I have ever seen, and I never got tired of s

A few for me: 

Brooklyn (or however you spell it) I saw this on New Year's Eve matinee in 2003. It was the only show that was playing and wasn't sold out. I was so excited because the ad campaign made it seem like it was the new RENT and I wanted in on the ground floor. Man was I disappointed. The whole show, I tried to force myself to like it and convince myself that I would be seeing this show over and over and playing the recording on repeat. But it just never came toge