The "new" Phantom opens in Pittsbrugh

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The "new" Phantom opens in Pittsbrugh

Posted: 2/25/15 at 7:44am

The Phantom of the Opera at PNC Broadway Across America
The Phantom of the Opera at PNC Broadway Across America

The

Posted: 2/25/15 at 9:19am

Pittsbrugh, huh

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The

Posted: 2/25/15 at 10:28am

"Andrew Lloyd Weber's sweeping score is still here (with a few new unmemorable tunes, though all singers are superb)."

New tunes? What are they talking about?

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The

Posted: 2/25/15 at 10:33am

I guess the tunes were so unmemorable they didn't remember them from the original production!

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The

Posted: 2/25/15 at 10:35am

The theater Benedum (originally was the RKO Stanley) is absolutely gorgeous.

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Updated On: 2/25/15 at 10:35 AM

Except for the unsightly brown wooden "acoustic arch" that was added during renovations in the 1980s. It awkwardly sticks out of the original proscenium, obscuring it from view on the sides. In person it's dark, dreary, and looks so out of place compared to the rest of the auditorium.

The

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Updated On: 2/25/15 at 11:49 AM

The

Posted: 2/25/15 at 11:54am

Ugh

Never saw that view before. At least they did not bastardize it like they did with Powell Hall previously the Loew's Penn

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Updated On: 2/25/15 at 11:54 AM

The

Posted: 2/25/15 at 11:58am

I edited to add one more photo from before a performance... it really shows how dark the arch is compared to the auditorium. Fortunately, the original proscenium is still intact and not destroyed.

"I'm seeing the LuPone in Key West later this week. I'm hoping for great vocals and some sort of insane breakdown..." - BenjaminNicholas2

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