Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I) — Page 2

#26

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:30pm

After the show, you have lunch, more wine and then, thank God, a nap. Dinner is a lavish, sit-down affair. That night's entertainment: the five women who competed on a British television reality show (Andrew was a judge) to play Nancy in an upcoming revival of "Oliver."

The winner, who was selected by viewers, is on the heavy side, prompting one wag to comment that "As Long as He Needs Me" will have to be changed to "As Long as He Feeds Me."

That was really unnecessarily cruel. She's actually quite stunning and incredibly talented. She was my pick to win the competition from the very first episodes of auditions. I'm hoping to make a special trip to London to see her in the show.

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#27

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:31pm

Raoul has squandered away their fortune? Sounds like a bad fanfic! I bet he bought fancy suits and stuff because he's such a fop, you know??

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#28

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:45pm

$ound$ $en$ational! I $imply can’t wait another $econd to $ee thi$ $how!

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#29

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 1:15pm

"And PHANTOM, which really is just a bunch of hokum, except it all works..."
-Andrew Lloyd Webber on CHARLIE ROSE, 2000

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#30

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 1:26pm

I can tell you for sure that this won't work.

#31

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 1:45pm

This would sound so much more believable if I were drunk.

...Like really, REALLY sh*tfaced.

#32

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 2:08pm

Who his the father in the book?

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#33

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 2:15pm

Quasimodo!

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#34

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 3:10pm

I thought ALW was now aiming to premiere A Star is Born as a movie.

Ever heard the story of a certain inebriated composer sitting on a roadside in the Caribbean, being berated by his wife to sober up? Me neither.

#35

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 3:13pm

it sounds good does not sound boring. I don't think

#36

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 3:15pm

Weez, SADM2, Wicked: count me in for the opening night heckling.

I met one of the Gallery First Nighters on several occasions and he was always very good company. We were at Sondheim shows though so he always behaved himself.

#37

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 3:24pm

How did Raoul eventually buy all that crap at the opera auction if he squandered away his fortune?

#38

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 3:26pm

Calvin, it's ALW. You're not supposed to think or use logic.

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#39

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 3:38pm

just sing the same tune 14 times and hope no one notices it's the same song from his other shows.


And that automaton idea is just wacky. I wonder is she's like a robot, or a Christine blow-up doll. Imagine the marketing possibilities. They cold sell them in the gift shop!

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#40

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 3:42pm

Maybe the auctions are how he squandered his fortune!

I mean, the character was basically the equivalent of today's stage door johnny (he got really excited that he got to see an understudy perform, right?), so maybe he obsessed over getting posters, trinkets and such from every opera production that came along.

#41

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 3:59pm

At the VERY end of the article, it says that Raoul is a drunk! So he must waste their money on booze or something.

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#42

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 6:04pm

Oh my.

That's all I can say after reading the synopsis.

"Do we think ALW makes love to an automaton of Sarah Brightman somewhere on his Sydmonton estate? THAT sounds a lot more believable."

I think that's the most hysterical thing I've read all day!!!!!

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#43

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 6:50pm

That's so silly.
Automatrons were not yet invented in 1906.

#44

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 6:59pm

Erik the Genius probably invented them!

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#45

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 7:27pm

The phantom running around and haunting Coney Island sounds like a bad episode of Scooby Doo. I wonder if Shaggy and Velma will show up midway through act two with the assistance of Phyllis Diller and the Harlem Globetrotters.

#46

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 7:58pm

Psh, I'd pay to see that! haha

#47

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 7/16/08 at 9:37pm

Sounds like POTO meets Metropolis with a little of Annie 2 thrown in

What a mess.

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#48

re: Phantom Of The Opera part II synopsis (only act I)

Posted: 8/3/08 at 6:08pm

My guess is that the only way ALW can get this thing going is to back-up a Brinks truck to Michael Crawford's house. Since POTO 2 is set 20 years later, it is in the realm of possibility the Crawford could be tapped. Michael, please don't answer the door!