The "Phantom" Chandelier- Page 3

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/7/05 at 2:11pm

I saw the sit down production in LA and thought the chandelier was very slow in hitting the stage. It was almost in slo-mo.

[sassypanz]

Posted: 5/7/05 at 6:33pm

Ive heard the london chandelier falls quickly and then its a blackout and when the light come back up, its already on the stage and its more realistic.This true?

[Joshua488]

Posted: 5/7/05 at 6:56pm

I don't really understand what you mean, but in the Broadway production, the chandelier falls to the stage, the music ends, there is a blackout and the house lights come up and it is laying on the stage. Then at some point during the intermission, it rises back up to the ceiling. Is this what you're thinking of?

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/7/05 at 7:40pm

WISH - what?

I think sassy means that as it falls, the light go out and come back on with the thing on the stage - then the Act ends.

[sassypanz]

Posted: 5/7/05 at 8:02pm

I saw POTO on broadway, but from what I heard on the london production, it falls faster and It looks like the cord has been actually cut. This is only what I heard.

[MusicMan]

Posted: 5/7/05 at 9:09pm

The chandelier 'effect' in NYC is like an old, arthritic and doddering grandmother carefully negotiating her way down a flight of stairs. A complete dud.

[Imchristine4real]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 3:25pm

I saw POTO on tour and the effect was amazing. Maybe just because I wasn't expecting it at that minute. (I had never seen it before)

[sassypanz]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 6:19pm

Broadway was very cheezy!

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 6:34pm

Yeah. I saw it last March on BWay for the first time and had no clue what to expect. I just knew Phantom was like the really famous show. Even for a first timer and not expecting the chandalier to fall, i wasn't all that impressed. I like when the curtain disappears over it and the blankets on the rest of the things in the theater disappear and the overture is playing. I was more impressed with how the phantom is all over the top of the proscenium than i was with the chandlier. I was just, "crash already!". It just went too slow. You'd think now a days they could speed that thing up. I know they have the money for it!

[sassypanz]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 8:58pm

They cant speed it up because of safety reasons.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 10:07pm

well you'd think they could find a better way to do it. i like how they make it go up in the begining, but i dont like the end of ACT 1, just wasn't as amazing

[hyperchet]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 10:55pm

At age 8, it scared the _______ out of me.
For real, I would not walk up the stairs alone, I thought that someone my fall from the ceiling hanging from a rope.

At our community theatre, there is a looong roll of ROPE on the catwalk. It freaks me out EVERYTIME i go backstage!

Phantom is scary...or it scared me in Dallas back in the day on tour!

[Marquise]

Posted: 5/9/05 at 4:04am

>>Be aware of folks who talk about PHANTOM as the "chandelier" show or something like that. It is usually a dead giveaway that in reality, they have never seen it.<<

Interesting. Has some kind of research and/or statistical study been done to prove the above theory? First I ever heard of it.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 5/9/05 at 11:49am

I saw POTO when it was in Denver six years ago, and I wasn't all that impressed by the chandelier drop. I dunno, maybe it's better in its permanent theater. Tour effects are never as good as the original counterparts (think CATS on tour. Ruined!).

[Justin D]

Posted: 5/9/05 at 12:21pm

Ive seen Phantom at 4 different locations, and although Broadway has the biggest chandelier, it is the slowest one to fall, vary graceful, more like a large victorian lady fainting, lol. London is a little better, but all the seats in London are closer to the stage so the chandelier is closer to the audience in the balconies. Toronto had the nicest "fall", it was quick and jerky which made it shake alot.
the guy in the white shirt was a bit obvious.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/10/05 at 3:11am

"Whoever was talking or narrating said that the Australians are braver so their chandelier falls very quickly"

That was Richard Stilgoe, the original lyricist (before they brought in Charles Hart).

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 10/12/14 at 4:57pm

bumped this thread up because i found this video...

geez... some of the European countries have an awesome chandelier crash!
Chandelier Crash Comparisons

[jkl011]

Posted: 10/12/14 at 7:03pm

Wow. Hamburg, Belgium, and Poland were pretty cool.
But Royal Albert Hall was extremely disappointing...

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 10/12/14 at 7:34pm

It is almost comical on Broadway. The Vegas production was spectacular; really embraced the show's true nature and went all-out with the Chandelier. It was suspended at the beginning of the show, broken into pieces, and reassembled itself during the overture. The crash was moved toward the end, and it dropped directly downward into the orchestra seating with a blackout right before it "crashed." If I remember correctly.

[Mr. Nowack]

#69re: The 'Phantom' Chandelier

Posted: 10/12/14 at 9:12pm

Hamburg's was the best! I want to see PHANTOM in another country just so I can see a really great chandelier crash.

Updated On: 10/12/14 at 09:12 PM

[Fantod]

Posted: 10/12/14 at 9:15pm

Why is everything in bold on this thread?

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 10/12/14 at 9:28pm

Truly bizarre! I was on the mobile version and it isn't bold there.

ETA: I fixed it by putting the "end Bold" code at the beginning of mine.

Updated On: 10/12/14 at 09:28 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/12/14 at 9:43pm

I've solved that issue before by doing the same thing. Someone made their text bold and then forgot to close it. Amateurs!

[AHLiebross]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 1:44am

I'm glad this thread has been revived. CATSNY revival's "amateurs" comment made me smile -- for those non-Phans on the board, it's Piangi's comment on the new managers at the beginning of POTO.

The new US tour chandelier is really cool, except that it's already up at the beginning of the show. While I liked the new tour, eliminating the chandelier's rise gets rid of one of the major goosebump moments in the show. On the other hand, the chandelier's fall is spectacular. (Ignore those rumors that it doesn't fall in the new version). I shrieked when it came down, just as I did at the Las Vegas production. I suspect that the main reason the Las Vegas production had the Phantom say, "Bring down the chandelier" was to warn people it was coming. BTW, the Las Vegas production placed the chandelier crash at the end, as in the 2004 movie -- there was no intermission to allow it to fall at the end of Act I.

Audrey, one of the insane "Phans" on the board

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 4:20am

The original Australia production in Melbourne had the Chandelier fall at a great speed