"Untitled Immersive Musical Attraction" from POTO LLC — Page 2

Also, the Sleep No More-style immersive shows of Punchdrunk or Third Rail or Emursive don’t use Equity contracts. Equity has no contracts for shows like those, which would basically require bespoke contracts for every production due to their demands (and become wildly cost prohibitive).

oknazevad said: "Scarywarhol said: "Wait what happened in London? The West End production getting stripped down from the Hal Prince original? This seems kind of apples and oranges to me, though of course claims of a show being "immersive" are more often than not comically exaggerated."

In 2020, the London production, like Les Miz the year before, was essentially replaced by the staging of the touring production. "

Either you didn't see the recent touring production, or you haven't seen the London production. There were some changes (none for the better), but the Londond production did not switch to the touring production's staging.

The descending angel was replaced by an on stage statue, which resulted in some changes to the blocking and design of the proscenium. The chandelier was given a bigger redesign, and the lighting was switched to newer LED instruments; otherwise, things look mostly the same as they ever have. The big sin was cutting the size of the orchestra.

You can see how much, or little, was changed Here

Some of the staging changed in New York too. At the top of the title number, The phantom and Christine didn’t go down under the stage anymore. They replaced it with the ballet dancers coming on stage and looking at Raoul, they pass each other. It was bewildering.

There are at least three or four Phantom of the Opera musicials, one of which is one of the most famous and successful musicals in the world. I can’t imagine anyone attempting to make another one. It must be the ALW version.

jakethesnake said: "Why does everyone assume this is the ALW/Cameron MacIntosh Phantom? The show is in the public domain, like Gatsby. Isn't it feasible that this is a totally new and different production? One hint to me is that they are not using Cameron's usual casting director for this immersive production."

Because, as has been mentioned, multiple actors from ALW’s Phantom were involved in the workshop of this new production. That isn’t concrete evidence but it strongly suggests that it’s not an entirely new show.