Phantom Las Vegas
Phantom Las Vegas
#0Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 5/17/06 at 1:50amIs there any news on how the new theater is coming? Any pictures of the construction? Is It even finished?
#1re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 5/17/06 at 2:03am
There have been pictures for a while. This was posted in various Phantom forums in February. I believe it's from Entertainment Weekly.
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You'll have to paste the URL into your browser; it wouldn't link properly.
#2re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 5/17/06 at 2:04am
More here:
http://www.umbridge.com/feb3update.html
#3re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 5/17/06 at 12:18pmAnd: http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/do/2006/apr/09/566615781.html
#4re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 5/17/06 at 3:44pmOMG! I can't believe the shot of the theater and the stage! It's incredible.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#5re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 5/27/06 at 3:13am
Phantom: Las Vegas Spectacular...90 minutes? I don't know. I was never a huge fan of this show, and God knows it could use some trimming, but to cut over an hour of a show, particularly one that ran for so long just seems tacky.
Kind of like the Reader's Digest Condensed Novels...can't really say you read the book after only reading 2/3 of what the author actually wrote. I assume with the word "Spectacular" in the title they will cut out all the book scenes and just concentrate on the chandelier, masquerade and the lair. Come to think of it, doesn't Masquerade last about 90 minutes all by itself?
COOOOLkid
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#6re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 5/27/06 at 3:40amI heard that every single song will be remaining in the show, so I'm guessing some versus are just cut.
#7re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/3/06 at 10:08pmHave you read the name of it (according to The Broadway Pulse)? Phantom: The Las Vegas Spetacular. All I have to say it this: what complete and utter crap. (Not to mention that "Phantom" is a completely different show.)
#8re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/4/06 at 12:18am
Brianne Kelly Morgan (Vegas Meg) is answering questions over at PhansOnline.net, if any of you are interested...
http://www.phansonline.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1066
#9re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/4/06 at 4:31pm
Check this out:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=10103
latheatrelover
Stand-by Joined: 5/28/06
#10re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/4/06 at 4:59pmI wonder if the June 12th delay could be - possibly, hopefully - really so Harold Prince could fly back for the Tonys on the 11th to get his award in person? I think that would be great.
COOOOLkid
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#11re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/4/06 at 5:05pmI read it in that PhansLink provided above, that Harold Prince will be receiving the award at the Venetian, if he was to win.
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#12re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/4/06 at 5:43pmI think shortening the show down to 90 minutes is what needs to be done to the Broadway version, if you ask me...
VegasLady
Swing Joined: 3/29/06
#13re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/7/06 at 8:48pmThe chandelier, was delivered to the theater today . . all four parts of it. It was made here in Vegas, and was quite a sight going down the strip in all four pieces. It won't be long now!
#14re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/7/06 at 9:13pmIt has to be finished considering previews start Monday!
Dover
Leading Actor Joined: 4/29/06
#15re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/8/06 at 1:31amI don't know how much has changed lately, but the cuts they had made as of about six months ago were very good. It's a verse here and there, and a surprisingly large chunk of Masquerade, and somehow it comes down to 90 minutes without feeling like anything's really missing. The basic structure of combining the two acts is similar to the movie (i.e. the chandelier drops during Don Juan). I know they were planning further changes (one of which I thought was brilliant but I don't know if they went with it), but I really liked what I saw.
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#17re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/11/06 at 1:29pmDELETED
JustChillin8908
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/06
#18re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/11/06 at 1:35pm
Wow, what a great contribution to this thread. Especially the way you managed NOT to explain your reasoning.
I'm excited and hope it does well in Vegas. Is anyone going to any of the previews?
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#19re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/11/06 at 1:48pmDELTED
JustChillin8908
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/06
#20re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/11/06 at 1:59pm
Well my main problem with your comment was that this is not an opinion thread, but rather an information thread. To come in with the intent to simply bash the Las Vegas production is rude and simply uncalled for, especially since it has yet to even premiere and you are not even giving it a chance.
Updated On: 6/11/06 at 01:59 PM
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#21re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/11/06 at 2:03pmDELETED
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#22re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/11/06 at 4:59pm
It's the creator's integrity, not the show's... because the show didn't just cut itself.
But obviously their creators approved and established this "version" of their piece...so, I would criticize them more than anything, because after all, it is their play and they can do a 2 minute version for pre-schoolers of it if they wanted.
So, hard to find it disrespectful because the show itself has no feelings, and obviously everyone else approves.
cirqueboyvegas
Swing Joined: 6/11/06
#23re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:36pmI have seen some of the dress rehersals and will be there this evening.
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#24re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/12/06 at 1:15pm
The producers had to turn the entire audience of the invited dress last night AWAY because they didn't have the appropriate permits! So the 1200 invited guests, friends, family, media, whatever, stood out in the lobby and never got to see the show.
It's been a bad week for theater in Vegas.
#25re: Phantom Las Vegas
Posted: 6/12/06 at 5:18pmhttp://reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-09-Fri-2006/weekly/7755766.html
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