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I did a production of Aida with Caroline in 2005; glad to see she is making it big. She's super talented, and super nice :)

Nothing but best wishes for Jennifer: she is a truly wonderful Christine Daae. I'd be interested to hear news of a replacement as well: perhaps Raab will get promoted to full-time Christine? Orthey'll bring back Julie Hanson? :)

Music of the Night- Phantom of the Opera Highlights CD (aka the one with the better lyrics) Followed closely by Can't Help Falling in Love from All Shook Up, Elaborate Lives from Aida, and One Day More from Les Miz.

You should be fine with a walk-in; Ellen's does take reservations, but that's primarily for large groups.

Thanks for the review! Like you, I saw the NT in 2004, when Mauer and Southard were Phantom and Christine. The tour came back to Baltimore a few months ago, and I was lucky enough to see the show again; the exact same thing happened with the drape getting stuck on the proscenium at our shows too!

Phantom of the Opera- 7 (4 tour, 3 B'way) Hairspray- 2 (1 tour, 1 B'way) The Lion King- 3 (1 tour, 2 B'way) Avenue Q- 2 (1 tour, 1 B'way) CATS- 3 (1 tour, 2 NT) I'm not counting regional and HS theatre productions. Those various repeat productions would include West Side Story, Music Man, Joseph...Dreamcoat, etc.

One of my 4th of July rituals; love this movie-musical!

Billy Elliot- My roommate was obsessed with the show, and played it non-stop, so I was in an even more sour mood when we saw it on a break from school. I just did NOT enjoy the show, nor all the hype around it. Wicked- It's just a big, flashy, multi-million-dollar production to me. And I've said this before but In the Heights isn't my kind of show, either.

Apologies, LC. To answer your question, phantomvegas, John Cudia is quite a good Phantom. I saw him for the first time on Wednesday and, having seen his Raoul, was impressed with his potrayal.

There's such a thing as cheap Phantom tickets? HA what a laugh. In all seriousness, most of the orch. tickets to Phantom are full price, no matter what outlet you go from; Andrew Lloyd Webber is probably the only composer on Broadway whose shows don't offer any sort of discount or special offer. You can try to go to the box office for a day of show, but that might be a little precarious; I did that when I was in the city for a day trip earlier this week, and the best I could find was the rear...

Phantom of the Country Opera!...oh wait...

I'm one of few who enjoys ALW musicals and has high respect for him, but I'm not the least bit surprised by Patti's allegations. I think I'm going to buy the audiobook as well: a great present for my 21st...along with a beer, to appease Mr. Webber.

I think this thread should be renamed "Remember when a bunch of Hollywood people wony Tonys and set Hunter Foster off into a frenzy?" Yeahh...

Anything from CATS. When I listened to it (mind you, this was before I had read the T.S. Eliot work and saw the show), I ws thoroughly and utterly confused, as I'm sure many are still today.

I previewed only the first three tracks; I can't get through the rest of them because I'm laughing so hard.

I don't remember the pun after the initial entrance, but the whole Spiderman gag was hilarious.

I am not that familiar with a lot of Carter's work (having only seen her as crazy mama Hodge on Desperate Housewives), but from what I did see, she was a fantastic actress with a lot of experience to her credit. May she R.I.P.

Well he certainly couldn't play Link... I think he'll do a decent job of the role. I was pleasantly surprised by Lance Bass' turn as Corny Collins on Broadway a few years back, so who knows?

Congrats to Ragtime and to Parker Drown!

Wow, someone is still obsessed with his ex...