Something tells me there's a fan script floating around out there, culled from Phantom Phans who have seen the show enough to be able to transcribe the entire script (Wicked fans have done this too, from what I've heard). Just a guess, but if this fan script was to make its way in to the hands of high school directors who also have access to the vocal score material that's already available... bingo, illegal production on your hands.
A high school near me was just busted for trying to pull off Phantom of the Opera, too. All I can figure is, MAYBE they DID get the rights to Yeston's "Phantom" and decided that they could use that as a cover for putting on Webber's instead?
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