Phantom or Phantom? — Page 2

There are a bunch of places in Yeston's Phantom where I seriously feel like I'm listening to Beauty and the Beast. The musical similarity is almost distracting at times, and very weird because I think they were written nearly a decade apart.

Of the Phantom adaptations, I think Ken Hill's version came the closest to capturing the spirit of the original novel. It has the right blend of horror, gothic romance, and tongue-in-cheek poking at its own ridiculousness.

I saw Yeston's Phantom at the Paper Mill Playhouse (an acclaimed production of it) and bought the CD at the time, because I really enjoyed it -

But years later - I can't recall a single tune from it - yet I can sing (and thoroughly love) ALW's Phantom...

So put me in the ALW column