How could I think it wouldn't run?
First, I figured that the Puccini Estate would take legal action regarding the music--which is a total rip-off from the Italian Maestro.
Second, the script never tells the audience how the Phantom got to be so scarred and deformed. (Luckily I'd read the original novel in my French classes!)
Third, the staging is ludicrous. Where does the Phantom's bedroom begin and the underground lake leave off? Perhaps his bed merely floats in at high tide!
Fourth. Does the Phantom light all those floating candles every night, or does he just do that on special occasions?
Fifth. When was the last time you saw any object--let alone a chandelier--fall at a 90 degree angle?
Sixth. I saw Sarah Brighman as Christine. She looked like a raccoon and sang through her sinuses. Now two men were willing to kill for her? Give me a break!
Seventh. I saw Michael Crawford play the Phantom. He had all the grace of a wounded hippo and was phoning in his performance.
Eighth. Why doesn't the script explain why people have to cover their eyes when they are walking down to the Phantom's lair?
Ninth. Those lyrics were typical of the rhymes I get from my ninth grade students.
Tenth. It was over amplified, but Broadway audiences seem to like having their hearing impaired.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
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