phantom of the opera national tour reveiw 8/16

this show was truly phonominal. the entire cast was fantastic the two standouts of the show were Mani Raab as christine she is an amazeing soprano she will truly shine in the role on broadway. The other being sean maclaughlin who understudied for the role
of raoul he had a beautiful tenor voice. Greg mills understudied for the role of the phantom he allso did a teriffic job. The other two cast members that allso stood out
were nacy hess as madame giry and kim stengel as carlotta. the tour is truly a must see. there were some technical difficulties with the chandelier, during the overture it would not rise instead of stoping. the overture played until the very end but the chandelire was still on stage and then the actress playing carlotta came out singing the
first few bars of the first number. but then she noticed the chandelire was still on stage so she said i'll be right back and ran off stage and finaly they made an announcement and brought up
the houselights but after 5 minutes the show was back up and running. has this ever happened before? but this was truly a magical night for all.

Updated On: 8/17/08 at 02:28 PM

Kim Strengel + Marni Raab really are amazing...wow saw them almost 2 years ago, but nothing tops Kim's Carlotta in my book! I suppose she really likes touring, because otherwise I have no idea why she is not in the B'way cast!

"But can you please use spell check next time?"

I'm not such a stickler for spelling on an informal discussion board (isn't that what this is?) But I will say the Caps Key was a wonderful invention and the use of it might make the post a lot easier to read!

I absolutely adore Kim Stengel's Carlotta.

Lucky you - you got to see Greg Mills as Phantom! I've been dying to hear his Phantom since I first heard his Raoul.

I was NOT a fan of Greg Mills as Raoul, but I'm sure his Phantom was great. For some reason, every Raoul I don't like does a KILLER Phantom.

Kim is just the best.