Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
#1Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 6:50am
Well, only act I. Apparently word is good, but it just sounds more and more ridiculous to me:
"As for "Phantom . . . Once Upon Another Time": It's set in 1906 in Coney Island. The Phantom, having fled Paris, is running a freak show. At night, he crawls into his lair and makes love to an automaton that looks like Christine.
Christine, meanwhile, has become a famous opera singer. But she's fallen on hard times because her husband, Raoul, has squandered their fortune. So she's accepted a high-paying gig from a mysterious impresario to open a new amusement park. On her first night in New York, she draws back the curtain in her hotel suite and comes face to face with her new employer - flash of lightning, crash of chords - the Phantom!
Christine has a child, Gustave, but is his father Raoul or the Phantom? I can't tell you because no one's seen the second act yet."
Riedel on Sydmonton Festival
ladybegood
Stand-by Joined: 1/4/08
#2re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 7:10am
Much as I am interested to hear a bit more about it, real slapped wrists to those who blabbed! Very out of order.
Had already seen a couple of other comments from Baz Bamigboye (who wasn't there but had obviously heard a lot about it) and Janet Street Porter who was. And they were very encouraging when they didn't need to be.
#2re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 7:26am
That's hilariously awful. Maybe Lloyd Webber's going for out and out comedy with this one?
#3re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 7:31am
I know 3 people who were invited to Sydenham for the performance. They were bored, bored, bored. Nothing new in Lloyd Webber's music box and a very bland evening was had by all.
A lot of work lies ahead for this production.
Most were saying 'get rid of Ben Elton'!
#4re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 8:46amThey're saying this isn't based on the novel "The Phantom of Manhattan" and yet many of the elements are the same. I guess it was too difficult to come up with something original so ALW decided to rape the novel instead. If it follows of the novel I know the paternity of the child.
#5re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 9:00am
It sounds... good.
Why does it sound good?
Oh yeah. Because Raul finally has a bit of character.
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#6re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 9:01am
This sounds realllllly lousy...
Sir ALW needs to not do this.
#7re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 9:07am
Oh this sounds so bad its gonna be brilliant
I predict it will be the biggest hit since Carrie
#8re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 9:15am
Fellow UK dwellers - wanna get drunk on gin and go a-heckling on opening night? Definitely sounds like a camp classic of some kind!
#9re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 9:20am
Sounds divine Weez!
Sounds like you want to revive the long lost club of 'Gallery Of First Nighters'!!! Anyone remember them? I just about remember 3 or 4 of their opening night antics!
#10re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 9:52am
Weez, Wicked Boy, lets do it
We can laugh and throw Bon Bons lol
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#11re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 9:53am
If I'd been married to a twerp like Christine, I'd have become an alcoholic a long time ago.
On a "serious" level (if that's possible), why doesn't ALW wake up and realize that his day is past. He's pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars. No British pop opera has really had any kind of success since Miss Saigon, awful though that show was. It's over, man, it's over. The public doesn't want any more.
#12re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 10:20am
"Oh yeah. Because Raul finally has a bit of character."
Well, if ALW is raping the novel Raoul isn't even there.
#13re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 10:22am
18 years ago when I had a close working relationship with RUG, Lloyd Webber had a brilliant project that was to be premiered in London at his, then newly acquired Palace Theatre, that was certain to have been a huge hit. This project was suddenly put on the back burner for 'Sunset Blvd' and was never toyed with again. I wish he would just forget about all thse vanity projects such as 'Phantom 2' etc etc and just get on with that 1992/3 project --'A STAR IS BORN- The Musical'! He was practicaly handed the rights from Warner Bros. on a plate!
#14re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 11:24am
Did this part make anybody else crack up just out of the sheer ridiculousness of the concept??
"It's set in 1906 in Coney Island. The Phantom, having fled Paris, is running a freak show. At night, he crawls into his lair and makes love to an automaton that looks like Christine. "
So he's making out with a Christine android?! Is he going to have a song that he sings to the robot??
#15re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 11:34am
HA. this sounds sooo bad! Unless, of course, they are going for camp value, in which case it's GENIUS. somehow i don't think that's the case.
Ridiculous? definitely. Pathetic? that too.....
Do we think ALW makes love to an automaton of Sarah Brightman somewhere on his Sydmonton estate? THAT sounds a lot more believable.
#16re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 11:47am
LOL Hahahahahaha!
Lets not go there!
#17re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 11:48amOh man. I don't understand why he is doing this project, it sounds horrible, why would he want to do this to one of his best shows? And Coney Island?
#18re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 11:59am
I like the last line in the column.
Kev, tried to send you a PM but you don't accept them. Nice Pic of the Ellie/DCPA. I am looking at it as I type!
#19re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:03pmI fixed it
#20re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:14pmThe automaton idea is the part that makes me cringe the most.
#21re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:20pm
I smell burning wax?
mmmmmmmmm
justafan2
Broadway Star Joined: 3/25/04
#22re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:22pmWell, he did have the automaton dressed up in a bridal dress in Phantom --- which scared the, well, which scared Christine. This guy has a thing for androids.
#23re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:24pmYea! look at Norma Desmond!
#24re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)
Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:29pmI'm sure in Weber's mind the Phantom was doing something with the android thing in the first show. He is now just confirming our suspicions
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