The Phantom Of Manhattan Update- Page 2
The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
#25re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 3/4/07 at 4:08pmI don't really have a problem with a phantom sequel, but Phantom of Manhattan? Let's take some of the most romantic characters ever written and strip them of all appeal and turn it into a musical! Yeash. ALW could come up with such a better plot, I mean my brother could come up with a better plot and he's 9.
"If we don't live happily ever after at least we survive until the end of the week!" -Kermit the frog "I need the money... it costs a lot to look this cheap!" -Dolly P. "Oh please, Over at 'Gypsy' Patti LuPone hasn't even alienated her first daughter yet!" Mary Testa in "Xanadu" "...Like a drunk Chita Rivera!" Robin de Jesus in "In the Heights"
"B*tch, I don't know your life." -Xanadu After that if he still doesn't understand why you were uncomfortable and are now infuriated, kick him again but this time with Jazz Hands!!! -KillerTofu
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#26re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 3/4/07 at 4:10pm
How about combining Phanton & Cats ?
Have the Phantom , in his lair, operating a shelter for old homeless Cats .
Just a thought
Poster Emeritus
#27re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 3/4/07 at 4:11pmOh goodness! Lol.
"If we don't live happily ever after at least we survive until the end of the week!" -Kermit the frog "I need the money... it costs a lot to look this cheap!" -Dolly P. "Oh please, Over at 'Gypsy' Patti LuPone hasn't even alienated her first daughter yet!" Mary Testa in "Xanadu" "...Like a drunk Chita Rivera!" Robin de Jesus in "In the Heights"
"B*tch, I don't know your life." -Xanadu After that if he still doesn't understand why you were uncomfortable and are now infuriated, kick him again but this time with Jazz Hands!!! -KillerTofu
BDrischBDemented
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/05
#28re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 3/4/07 at 4:28pmMaybe to help recoup from Sunset Blvd. losses, they could also incorporate that with Cats and Phantom, like the Phantom and his Cats all live with Norma Desmond.
"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#29re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 3/4/07 at 4:30pm
Like that even better
We could even teach everyone to skate around the theater
Poster Emeritus
#30re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 3/4/07 at 6:08pmOh I think Disney apparently has the skating around the stage covered with LM... let's not encourage any more of that!
"The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but it is also the return of art to life." -Oscar Wilde
fiyerostwin552
Swing Joined: 4/23/07
#31re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 5/15/07 at 5:32pmhi! guess what people? I am going to audition for ALW'S new musical Phantom of Manhattan! Yay! If u have read the book, I want to be the part of....well.....nvm.... I REALLY WANT THIS PART! I <3 THEATRE!
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#32re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 5/15/07 at 6:56pmSay what? They aren't even casting yet.
#33re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 5/15/07 at 7:05pmI haven't read the book, but I have a problem if it ignores the ending of Leroux's novel. The ending of Leroux's novel clearly states that the Opera Ghost is dead. For someone to just go ahead and not only ignore it but try and twist it to make a sequel doesn't really sit well with me.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
#34re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 5/15/07 at 7:15pmWell, Yeston's version twisted the plot so much that it is not even recognizable to do his version, and a lot of people prefer it to ALW's version.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#35re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 5/15/07 at 7:51pm
OK I think this is such a luicrous idea that I'm almost fascinated to watch. Maybe if it doesn't happen he can get Disney's asian tv studios to crank out a direct to video version of what he's written so far 
(Does anyone else remember in the 90s when Webber briefly discussed a Las Vegas theme park based on his shows???)
Either way though some of you defenders of the original novel are acting liek Leroux woulda given a **** if someone wrote a sequel to his story saying the Phantom didn't die, etc etc. The man CHURNED out these stories--he enjoyed what he did but he didn't seem to care about adaptations of them and faithfulness or anything liek that--he wrote detective fiction to be enjoyed and then forgotten about.
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fiyerostwin552
Swing Joined: 4/23/07
#36re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 5/16/07 at 4:39amwell, I sent in my resume early b/c i heard about the musical on this sie. I knew that there was a part (lead major to the ending!) for my age group.. but i porbably won't get it. i did get an email from ALW'S PA (personal assistant) saying that she was glad to recieve my CV (?) and said that they would keep it on file b/c they r still developing the script... she said they would keep me updated on info for auditions. ok gtg now. Our grade is leaving for Washington DC @ 5:30, and i have to be @ the school. won't be back until friday! see u later!
#37re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 5/16/07 at 6:07amALW confirmed yesterday on his site that after the Joseph TV show is over, he'll go away to work on The Phantom sequel and that he put aside The Master and Margarita for now. Keeping my fingers crossed for the sequel....
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#38re: The Phantom Of Manhattan Update
Posted: 5/16/07 at 8:37pm
>>well, I sent in my resume early b/c i heard about the musical on this sie. I knew that there was a part (lead major to the ending!) for my age group.. but i porbably won't get it. i did get an email from ALW'S PA (personal assistant) saying that she was glad to recieve my CV (?) and said that they would keep it on file b/c they r still developing the script... she said they would keep me updated on info for auditions. ok gtg now. Our grade is leaving for Washington DC @ 5:30, and i have to be @ the school. won't be back until friday! see u later! <<<
A "CV" is the British equivalent of a resume.
I hope it was better written than your posts.
