Phantom of the Opera Flub Question?

I had the pleasure of seeing Norm Lewis in Phantom of the Opera tonight. (He was INCREDIBLE, by the way!) However, at the end, the chair that the Phantom is supposed to disappear in didn't work, so the Phantom just kind of handed Meg the mask instead of it appearing in the chair. Now, reading past comments on this website, I have noticed that this has happened on more than one occasion with Norm Lewis. Has anyone experienced this? How often has this little "flub" been happening recently? Did they just decide to do away with the trick altogether? Just curious, because I find this interesting.

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Updated On: 6/22/14 at 01:33 AM

My guess is that we're hearing about it now because Norm Lewis going into the show has brought the show a level of scrutiny/interest that it hasn't really gathered much of in recent memory on the message boards. A lot of people who either haven't seen the show in quite a while, or haven't seen it at all, have been in attendance to catch Norm's performance.

That would make sense, too. Norm is a pretty tall guy.

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^I agree! I've seen the show quite a few times over the years (Including recently, with Norm and Sierra where the trick did in fact work!) and it never fails to give me chills, even though by now the surprise factor is gone.

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