Profile for Phantom4ever

Prior to about 2011, I would always have to go with someone to a Broadway show. I would ask current friends, former friends, exes; I would look up people I haven’t spoken to you in years. Then, I finally just ran out of people willing to keep seeing shows with me.  Too many people I knew saw theater as a once-a-year thing, not a constant thing like me. So, I finally went by myself. I felt like everyone was staring at me and feeling sorry for the friendless loser. But then I realize

I just saw the show over Labor Day weekend and the audience was like a rock concert from the moment the show started. I see the show frequently (38 times over 19 years) and it’s more common now to see crazed audiences than it used to be. The only time the audience isn’t nuts is when a stunt cast is in the show, like when Erika Jayne was in it, you could just tell all her fans absolutely hated the show and they brought the energy down quite a bit.  But when it’s just two

Well, I finally saw Masquerade and since I don't know how to use the spoilers tab thing, 

Overall, it was exciting, fast paced, emotional, and entertaining. 

Absolute highlight: During Music of the Night, having Telly Leung litereally push my legs out of the way so he can access Christine.  

 

****MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD****

Now as someone who saw the original 1988 production at the Majestic 90 times, this production had me nervous:

Saw the show at the Ambassador for the 38th time last night.

First time seeing Bianca as Velma! I definitely like her better as Roxie. The best way to describe her way of singing All that Jazz was goofy? She used her silly voice (like the one when she mocks Billy before the trial) It pains me to say that because I adore her as Roxie and I'm alway so thrilled when she comes back to the role. She threw a rose at me too and it bounced off my hand and the girl next to me grabbed i

My top three are 

1. Phantom of the Opera

2. Les Miserables

3. Rent

I thoroughly enjoy the late 90s early 2000s era when all three were on Broadway at the same time. I went back and forth between those three many many MANY times in those years. 
My other faves 

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Chicago

Spring Awakening

West Side Story

The Music Man

Book of Mormon 

Hamilton

A

The first thing this play made me think of is how, around the age of 11, I had to go home and find a dictionary with that word in it to understand what the other boys were calling me. I didn't know what the word meant. 

I am all for provocative, insane, offensive theater but I do feel awful for Prince George. HIs classmates, or more likely the adults around his classmates, will catch word of this play and mention it to them, who will mention it to Prince George, who will have

You can bet on New York getting that cheap copy sooner or later, as CamMack is clearly following his Les Miz playbook of replacing the original and trotting out the new version to the rest of the world. This time, he gets to use such bizarre marketing phrases like "it's the brilliant original--better than ever!"   Hmmmm.  I'm sure the new tour will be on the road for a year or two and then get dumped on Broadway with same nonsense marketing, and somehow being

This is all anecdotal since we don't have any way of measuring audience behavior today vs any other time. My audiences have been good other than the women at CHICAGO who made me get up to let them out of the row 13 times during the show. 

I try to sit in the first few rows of the orchestra at every show I go to, and a big part of the reason I do that is beause there will be fewer people to deal with and potential bad behavior to annoy me. Of course, I've had plenty of