How is Phantom done on Tour?

How do they do Phantom on tour? Meaning, how do the candles come up from the floor or do they just come in from the sides? Also, how does Raul jump off of the bridge? Do they have a false proscenium? Does Phantom still fly down in the Angel statue or whatever it was after "All I Ask of You." Is it really scaled back? Do they put the chandlier out over the audience?

Sweet. It's my mom's favorite show and it is coming here next year and I didn't want her to be disappointed. When I saw it on Broadway it was quite a spectacle. Does Raoul (sorry for the spelling) just onto a mattress on Broadway too? It looks like he just goes throught he floor - I guess that's the point.

Are the sets scaled back?
Is there a full orchestra?

I'm seeing in this summer when I visit Vancouver! I am excited!

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The effects on the tour are done so beautifully you will never know they differ at all from the Broadway production.

Cool. Good to know my family won't be let down.

How do the candles come up through the floor? Are they built into the show deck or is it because your theater has traps? I don't think the one here has them.

I saw it last night and it was as much of an expirience as on Broadway.

I saw it in September at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. The Fox is a HUGE theatre (could fit all the seats from about three Broadway houses in its house) and has a high cieling. If your cieling is too high, the chandelier will not go up all the way. At the Fox, it went up rather high and stopped at about the level (maybe higher) it would've stopped in New York. You could still see the proscenium from where I was (nosebleed) so they made sure that it was high. However, the advantage of having a higher drop is that it has to go faster to be in time with the music, meaning that it will most likely plummet to the stage if it's high up enough.

other than that, the biggest difference is the cast. Everything else is done so perfectly that, as someone pointed out, you won't think you're seeing a portable version of the show.

The only thing that the tour has scaled down is its orchestra. It's 13-piece orchestra, where NY's is close to 30. It has two synthesizers, which sound ghastly in certain scenes. POTO is my favorite show (hence the avatar), but the orchestra just isn't up to par on tour.

But to be honest with you, most of the time I wasn't thinking about that (at least this time) bescause the cast and sets were so captivating. It's only in certain moments like AIAOY, Masquerade, and the Entr'act that it really got to me.

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I'm sure you'll have a dandy of a time.

"The only thing that the tour has scaled down is its orchestra. It's 13-piece orchestra, where NY's is close to 30. It has two synthesizers, which sound ghastly in certain scenes. POTO is my favorite show (hence the avatar), but the orchestra just isn't up to par on tour. "

... it may be scaled down but you neglected to mention how fabulous the cello player is :-P

How does that work? How much time in advance to the local people get to work through the music. Just wondering.

Yes, many shows hire local musicians to fill in for people who tour or to merely supplement the touring pit. Most shows travel with a set group of keys, guitar, drums, and other very detailed parts; with well trained, professional musicians, getting advance scores and CDs a few weeks before is sufficient to fill in. But yes, it can be verrrry stressful to learn whole scores in a short amount of time.

~Sam

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Updated On: 5/13/06 at 01:05 PM