Las Vegas Phantom casting news??

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 3/25/06 at 8:13pm

Does anyone know if there have been any more cast updates about Phantom in vegas? Thanks

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 1:02pm

Principals have been announced!
http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/poto/news_news_story.php?id=298

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 1:57pm

Oooh I would go see Phantom again just to see Brent Barrett in the role. I really don't like the show, so saying that is big.

[BwayStar]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 2:55pm

Thanks for saying something so big, chinkie azn!

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:16pm

Man, what an ugly website that is. The text is small and the gold on black doesn't make it easy to read. Even the blue text on the black background is impossible to read.

Edit -- I think Crivello and Barrett are great choices for Phantom, though.

Edit 2: YUMMMMY!



DOUBLE YUMMMMY!

Updated On: 3/29/06 at 03:16 PM

[misto625]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 4:47pm

It says Elena Jane Bateman is "direct from Broadway" but she isn't! I don't think she has been Carlotta in like 5 years on Broadway. Am I wrong?

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 5:24pm

They've really puled in some impressive Broadwy talent, haven't they?
Brent gets to do this, at last! Don't know the dates about Batman, but she is/was good. Also thrilled for Rebecca Spencer and Ted Keegan, both so right for this.

Looks like I should check my calender for a business trip in LV.

[thez914]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 5:31pm

“This is a rare chance to go back and re-visit a work of art some 20 years after it was created,” said Prince, the show’s original director and winner of 20 Tony Awards."

20 Tony Awards?!?! Whaa?!?!

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 5:39pm

20:

1995 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Show Boat

1988 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
The Phantom of the Opera

1980 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Evita

1979 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Sweeney Todd

1974 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Candide

1974 Tony Award Special Award
Candide

1973 Tony Award Best Musical
A Little Night Music

1972 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Follies

1972 Tony Award Special Award
Harold Prince

1971 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Company

1971 Tony Award® Best Musical
Company

1967 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Cabaret

1967 Tony Award Best Musical
Cabaret

1965 Tony Award Best Musical
Fiddler on the Roof

1965 Tony Award Best Producer of a Musical
Fiddler on the Roof

1963 Tony Award Best Musical
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1963 Tony Award Best Producer of a Musical
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1960 Tony Award Best Musical
Fiorello!

1956 Tony Award Best Musical
Damn Yankees

1955 Tony Award Best Musical
The Pajama Game

Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:31pm

I was just about to say, Pati! I'm really looking forward to seeing Brent in the role...I love his voice. :)

~Rosalynn

P.S. - Hey Pati, want to meet up in Vegas?

[JP]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:32pm

HELP! I've gone over and over that article and don't see any mention of Ted Keegan . . . is he in the cast and I missed it somehow....I would LOVE to see Ted in this cast.

Thanks!

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:34pm

Thanks BwayStar .

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:02pm

Vegaslady, it's not in the link I included. It's in this one:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=8596

[JP]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:07pm

Thanks LC . . . Ted Keegan AND Tim Martin Gleason reunited . . what a blast that is going to be. And to think the Strip is less the 20 minutes away! Yes, life is good.

[CarolynW]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:08pm

I was just about to post that on here.

The full-casting listing is not on the Official Phantom Las Vegas Website yet. It went out too late for the UK to put it online.

Ted Keegan - Ensemble / "Reyer" / "Phantom" U/S

Also, to the person that sees orange text on black on the official Las Vegas Phantom, I see white text on black background. Are you on the following site or the Official Phantom Musical (CMs) Website?

I am only 5 min. from the Las Vegas Strip. :)


Yours,
Carolyn
Official Las Vegas Phantom Website Updated On: 3/29/06 at 08:08 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:11pm

Wait, the Phantom Vegas site is based in the UK? That doesn't sound very practical.

[AlmostFamous]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:14pm

Hmm...Elizabeth Loyanco from The Woman in White...I wonder if she will make a good Christine...I can't quite imagine her doing the role...but i am sure she will be great!

[CarolynW]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:17pm

ALWs Really Useful Group is based in the UK as is Andrew. So they run the official website. The PR firm is based in Las Vegas as is the General Manager's and Las Vegas Producers.

Apparently the PR firm forgot to send that part of the Press Release to the UK to be included on the official Website.


Yours,

Carolyn
Official Las Vegas Phantom Website

[SnowFire]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:51pm

Yes....I would say....life is very....surprising. And to see Tim and Ted....together. Ted back in his original roles....'Reyer' before he took over the main role? This makes one wonder....Only 5 and 20 minutes away? How marvelous....I must make time to visit.....

Glad I stumbled across this page...and joined....

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 9:02pm

I'm reading your reply and hearing William Shatner...in...my...head.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 9:03pm

This is a bit off topic, but I am not that happy with the marketing for Phantom in Vegas...I mean I guess I can see how it appeals to a tourist, but it looks very commercial, then again, Phantom is a very commercial show. I hope I don't get in any trouble for this.

[CarolynW]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 10:17pm

What marketing? They have not even started advertising it except on the Venetian Website that I know about.

If you mean the logo, well they had to change it from the CamMac production as he is not involved in the Las Vegas production. Only ALW/RUG and Hal Prince are involved here. They also have a Las Vegas Producer and the Venetian Hotel. So most of the Marketing will be done by them I would assume.

All they have done is put out the press release nothing else has gone out.

If you are talking about the wording "The Las Vegas Spectacular" I imagine that was the Venetian and Las Vegas producers that wanted that on it, so it would be considered differnt from the original production.

Anyway, I am not fond of that wording, and I am sure ALW was not...but you have to give in some. He has been trying to get the show in Las Vegas since 1996. But you have to sell shows in Las Vegas.

Hairspray and other shows are newer than Phantom. After 20 years I think they just want to make it sound jazzy. From what Hal Prince has said it is not changed that much. He worked on the set design, and has been very involved in this production. He would not work on it if it were not Theatre. I have seen Chicago, Hairspray and Mamma Mia! they are from all i hear not that different from the original shows, from what I hear. Since I never saw them on Broadway. :)


Yours,

Carolyn

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 3/29/06 at 10:34pm

Carolyn,

Thanks for taking time to update everyone about what's going on in LV. I've learned over the years, that you really know your "stuff" LOL! When you first posted about John Goodman not doing Hairspray, I knew it was solid. All hail Carolyn!

Take care,
PB

[SnowFire]

Posted: 3/30/06 at 6:02pm

That could be very scary, LizzieCurry. Rather hear the Angel of Music in my head.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 3/31/06 at 9:06pm

Carolyn-

Yeah marketing was the wrong word...again I used the wrong word. Like when I called Wicked a cult musical. Laughs.

Thanks for the info. That logo just didn't phase me.

-Conley