MASQUERADE Previews Thread- Page 3

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 11:27am

Someone in the Facebook group posted this breakdown (apparently the pairings are indeed the same for each show, contrary to what someone said earlier), I assume matinees follow the same schedule:

700- Kyle and Eryn 

715 - Telly and Haile

730 - Hugh and Francesca

745 - Nik and Kaily

800- Clay and Riley

815- Jeff and Anna

[Lot666]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 2:15pm

Luscious said: "Anyone on the fence about seeing this, please don’t. The fewer audience members, the better. I’d rather it die early on the vine than become a massive hit. In fact, I wish they were selling at least100 fewer tickets per show. Yes, I know, very selfish of me. But here’s the thing,

I don’t care."

But here's the thing. If you don't care, then why are you here?

Updated On: 8/4/25 at 02:15 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 2:19pm

Luscious said: "Anyone on the fence about seeing this, please don’t. The fewer audience members, the better. I’d rather it die early on the vine than become a massive hit. In fact, I wish they were selling at least100 fewer tickets per show. Yes, I know, very selfish of me. But here’s the thing,

I don’t care."

Then don't attend and let other people enjoy themselves. I just solved your whole problem.

[Lot666]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 2:27pm

witchoftheeast2 said: "I can't help but get annoyed when people complain about age differences. Are they both under 18? No? Then why the eff does it matter? They need to touch grass, as they would most likely say"

Because both the original novel and the libretto of the musical refer to Christine's vacillation between two erroneous assumptions: that the Phantom is an "angel" sent to her by her dead father, or the Phantom is the reincarnation of her dead father. Consequently, the age difference between the actors should plausibly reflect that of a father and daughter.

[ChairinMain]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 3:02pm

So we're concerned that this murderer's privacy-invading, gaslighting attempts to romance and eventually force a girl to love him would come across as too creepy if the age gap is too big?

[Lot666]

Posted: 8/5/25 at 7:50am

ChairinMain said: "So we're concerned that this murderer's privacy-invading, gaslighting attempts to romance and eventually force a girl to love him would come across as too creepy if the age gap is too big?"

If this is intended as a response to me, "too creepy" is your thought. I said "the age difference between the actors should plausibly reflect that of a father and daughter" in order to adhere to the storyline.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 11:42am

A little unusual that Nik Walker is doing both this and Bull Durham and that they’re opening in such close proximity. He’ll have to take a 6-8 week break starting sometime in September…wonder who will fill in?

Updated On: 8/6/25 at 11:42 AM

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 9:30pm

Y’all… I don’t even know where to begin on this. I’ll start with the fact that my feet hurt and if you’re thinking of testing out new dress shoes on this, think again. Ouch.

Anyway, this was garbage. Exactly the kind of sanitized, Disney World nonsense I feared it would be and hoped it wouldn’t. But my god, if there has ever been the definition of anticlimax, it’s this show. Every time a scene starts to pick up momentum (used loosely), we’re rushed off down another hallway. Or a staircase. Or an escalator. And not quickly, mind you. Slooooowly. If we were given something to look at while we went, I might have been less peaved. But given that about 40% of the show is walking from scene to scene for way too long, I expected more stuff to look at. It’s clear my ticket price went to rent and salaries; it sure as hell isn’t in the design.

The chandelier? Anticlimactic, and crashes so slowly, you wonder why they even bothered. Why are “All I Ask of You” and “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” staged on the roof? Not sure, probably a space thing, but it definitely didn’t please the man who shouted out his window “Shut the hell up!” mid-song. Why is there a 15-minute long carnival scene? I guess they needed 50 people out of the way for other audience to pass.

Save your money. The Phans who were primed to live for it were clutching their chest like they were Christine themselves, but I mostly couldn’t wait for it to be over. Also, good luck finding the coat check at the end of the show. I had to run into a stagehand who opened an unlabeled door for a bunch of us to escape the bar.

Updated On: 8/19/25 at 09:30 PM

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 9:44pm

ColorTheHours048 said: "Y’all… I don’t even know where to begin on this. I’ll start with the fact that my feet hurt and if you’re thinking of testing out new dress shoes on this, think again. Ouch.

Anyway, this was garbage. Exactly the kind of sanitized, Disney World nonsense I feared it would be and hoped it wouldn’t. But my god, if there has ever been the definition of anticlimax, it’s this show. Every time a scene starts to pick up momentum (used loosely), we’re rushed off down another hallway. Or a staircase. Or an escalator. And not quickly, mind you. Slooooowly. If we were given something to look at while we went, I might have been less peaved. But given that about 40% of the show is walking from scene to scene for way too long, I expected more stuff to look at. It’s clear my ticket price went to rent and salaries; it sure as hell isn’t in the design.

The chandelier? Anticlimactic, and crashes so slowly, you wonder why they even bothered. Why are“All I Ask of You” and “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” staged on the roof? Not sure, probably a space thing, but it definitely didn’t please the man who shouted out his window “Shut the hell up!” mid-song. Why is there a 15-minute long carnival scene? I guess they needed 50 people out of the way for other audience to pass.

Save your money. The Phans who were primed to live for it were clutching their chest like they were Christine themselves, but I mostly couldn’t wait for it to be over. Also, good luck finding the coat check at the end of the show. I had to run into a stagehand who opened an unlabeled door for a bunch of us to escape the bar."

Wait. So if someone likes “Disney World nonsense”,they will like this? If so, SOLD. 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 9:46pm

As a moderate Disney World fan, I’d say this is on par with a queue line mixed with one of their stage shows.

[bear88]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 9:48pm

ColorTheHours048 said: "Y’all… I don’t even know where to begin on this. I’ll start with the fact that my feet hurt and if you’re thinking of testing out new dress shoes on this, think again. Ouch.

Anyway, this was garbage. Exactly the kind of sanitized, Disney World nonsense I feared it would be and hoped it wouldn’t. But my god, if there has ever been the definition of anticlimax, it’s this show. Every time a scene starts to pick up momentum (used loosely), we’re rushed off down another hallway. Or a staircase. Or an escalator. And not quickly, mind you. Slooooowly. If we were given something to look at while we went, I might have been less peaved. But given that about 40% of the show is walking from scene to scene for way too long, I expected more stuff to look at. It’s clear my ticket price went to rent and salaries; it sure as hell isn’t in the design.

The chandelier? Anticlimactic, and crashes so slowly, you wonder why they even bothered. Why are“All I Ask of You” and “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” staged on the roof? Not sure, probably a space thing, but it definitely didn’t please the man who shouted out his window “Shut the hell up!” mid-song. Why is there a 15-minute long carnival scene? I guess they needed 50 people out of the way for other audience to pass.

Save your money. The Phans who were primed to live for it were clutching their chest like they were Christine themselves, but I mostly couldn’t wait for it to be over. Also, good luck finding the coat check at the end of the show. I had to run into a stagehand who opened an unlabeled door for a bunch of us to escape the bar."

I don’t know if this is a remotely fair review but it’s hilarious.

[Lot666]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 7:34am

ColorTheHours048 said: "Why are “All I Ask of You” and “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” staged on the roof?"

Because both scenes take place outdoors, and "All I Ask of You" is literally set on the roof the opera house.

 

Updated On: 8/20/25 at 07:34 AM

[Lot666]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 7:35am

Updated On: 8/20/25 at 07:35 AM

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 7:37am

Lot666 said: "ColorTheHours048 said: "Why are “All I Ask of You” and “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” staged on the roof?"

Because both scenes take place outdoors, and "All I Ask of You" literally takes place on the roof the opera house.

"

That’s true in the show as written, but why we’re trotted out there in the context of Masquerade is deeply unclear. Especially when the backdrop is an office building and Nordstrom.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 7:57am

☝️

hehehe. 

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 8/20/25 at 8:28am

I guess the tik tok peeps were comped in and praised the show. Good thing I didn’t get a ticket. That sealed the deal. What a shame 

[lastmidnights]

Posted: 8/21/25 at 12:30pm

Color The Hours, who was your Phantom and Christine? How were they? The names are the only thing that interests me with this production right now, outside of sheer curiosity.

And the TikTok people were 100% comped in. Anyone who knows anything about PR nowadays knows that's how things are done. Influencers are not naive to the arrangement either; they see the same firms in their inboxes for every show. Every publicist I know will immediately black out an influencer on their media list if they say something negative about a client. The dynamic has totally shifted in the industry. 

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 8/21/25 at 3:11pm

$400 tickets now to get in front of the line and a mini bottle crazy crazy at least throw in a free t shirt 

Updated On: 8/21/25 at 03:11 PM

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 8/21/25 at 3:19pm

My Christine was Eryn LeCroy (lovely) and Phantom was Cooper Grodin (singing, fine; acting, bad bad). I was in the 7:00 time slot, and I gather that my Phantom should have been Kyle Scatliffe, but he and his wife just had a baby, so I assume he had the evening off.

Updated On: 8/21/25 at 03:19 PM

[Lot666]

Posted: 8/22/25 at 11:12am

ColorTheHours048 said: "Phantom was Cooper Grodin (singing, fine; acting, bad bad)"

I didn't care for him in the touring production.

[qafgenius122]

Posted: 8/27/25 at 12:51am

7pm Show this evening, Kyle and Erin were my pair (so it does seem that pairs are locked to times, but we did have three understudies on, including for Raoul. But the best part, we had a show stop ON THE ROOF. Sounded like her mic/the piped in score was completely just not working. I could hear her fine enough, but I get how it wasn't feasible to continue. It was maybe 5-7 mins in total, but the way the show is staged and timed, they couldn't just restart the scene, Erin had to wait (semi-awkwardly) and essentially pick up where the music track forced her to on a cue.

While we waited and she stayed "on stage" waiting on a stage manager's direction she made a cute joke about this being the best place to have a show stop, and she maybe wasn't wrong haha.

Also, the Phantom touched me, twice... NBD!

Review in short, I don't love the price tag, but once you get over that, get dressed in your finest clothes and are in the world I think it's an experience worth having. I'd absolutely go again...if only because I NEED to see Hugh Panaro do this.

[ER765]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 3:08pm

What’s the consensus on clothing? I’m going soon and I really don’t want to dress up like crazy LOL

I’ll likely wear a nice top and shorts - casual, but still somewhat dressy. Will I stick out like a sore thumb…? 

[bwaylyric]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 3:21pm

ER765 said: "What’s the consensus on clothing? I’m going soon and I really don’t want to dress up like crazy LOL

I’ll likely wear a nice top and shorts - casual, but still somewhat dressy. Will I stick out like a sore thumb…?"

Dress comfortably but don't look like a slob.  At least try to attempt to adhere to the color code.

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 3:42pm

ER765 said: "What’s the consensus on clothing? I’m going soon and I really don’t want to dress up like crazy LOL

I’ll likely wear a nice top and shorts - casual, but still somewhat dressy. Will I stick out like a sore thumb…?"

 

The website pretty much gives you the guidelines for dress. For what they are charging, go with it and have fun. It may enhance the experience.  JMO

 

[windowwaving]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 4:11pm

ER765 said: "What’s the consensus on clothing? I’m going soon and I really don’t want to dress up like crazy LOL

I’ll likely wear a nice top and shorts - casual, but still somewhat dressy. Will I stick out like a sore thumb…?"

They will put a black cape over you to cover your outfit if they don’t deem it appropriate. I saw it happen with a gentleman in my group. He looked like he wore a bright blue polo and khakis. 

I did see someone wear pretty much all very light blues and was kind of shocked they didn’t make him wear the cape. Maybe it was close enough to white?