Christal Cooper
Phantom of the Opera
At a Theater New You!
Are you looking for a place where you can buy tickets to attend
many special events? You know, we have here at Main Event Specials. We are the
home when you want to search for concert, sport, and theater tickets. So, are you interested in watching a play at the theater? If so,
you definitely should not forget to try watching Phantom of the Opera.
This musical play is widely known around the world. Many people are satisfied
with watching it. Have you known about this before?
If you are not that familiar with this musical play, we will
tell you more about it in this opportunity. You see, the play of the Phantom
of the Opera is based on a French novel called “Le Fantôme de l'opera”.
The plot goes on the story of a perfect soprano who becomes the
mysterious musical genius. However, the play appears to offer more than that.
Passion, desire, and ambition are shown splendidly.
Erik attributed to Chris Rice Cooper
This play has what it takes to be a great classical musical
play. Suspense, horror, love, and heartache are what you will get from watching
it. This play had its premiere on October 9, 1986 at Her Majesty’s Theater,
London. In that year too, it opened in London’s West End.
Phantom of the Opera in London
It then immediately won an Laurence Olivier Award to Michael
Crawford as best actor for his portrayer of Erik.
This play continued
showing on Broadway in 1988. That year too, it gained
another award called Tony Award for Best Musical. Soon, it becomes the most
successful event financially.
An official 1983 publicity photo of the Antoinette Perry Award Medallion known as the Tony Award.
Well, it is not like the story remains the same all years long.
The Phantom
of Opera has experienced over 150 remakes of movies, television shows,
books, comics, documentaries, children shows, translations, and radio
broadcasts so far.
Left: Poster for the 1925 silent movie version of the Phantom of the Opera.
1990 television miniseries Phantom of the Opera
Novel
First Sunday Strip may 28, 1939 attributed to Ray Moore
It just shows that Phantom of the Opera is worth play
to see. This play has its music handled by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by
Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe. Do you want to know more about its plot?
Then, let’s talk more about it below.
Andrew Lloyd Webber in 2007
Charles Hart
Richard Stile
We have said before that this story has been remade over 150
times. The plot in Gaston Leroux’s novel and the musical play might be a bit
different, though. Let us tell you the plot summary of this story from Gaston
Leroux then.
Gaston Leraux
The story is a love triangle between Erik, Christine, and Raoul.
Ever since Christine’s parents died, she has been living with Mamma Valerius.
She then started singing and dancing at the Opera Populaire. She makes her
triumphant debut as Carlotta.
Soon, she meets with Erik, who becomes known to her as the
“Angle of Music.” He gives Christine music lessons, and he falls in love with
her. However, it is not mutual love since Christine falls in love with her
childhood friend, Raoul. That makes Erik so obsessive with her, and Christine hates it.
Even so, after Erik brings her for a fortnight, she begins to have a feeling
for him. Then, he releases her, and Christine tells Raoul what happens all
along. Raoul promises to take her away.
Emily Rossum as Christine and Rauol
Knowing this, Erik kidnaps Christine and forces her to choose
him or Raoul by saying that he will destroy the opera house with the explosives
he has if she chooses Raoul over him. One day to make her choice seems to have
driven her into a corner.
She agrees to marry Erik for the sake of saving the people in
the opera house from the danger of the explosives. However, in the end, Erik
lets her go to choose Raoul instead. Three weeks later, there is news that Erik
is dead because of broken heart.
You see, there have been countless plays of the Phantom
of the Opera in the theater since its premiere.
Micheal Crawford and Sarah Brightman, 1986
In 2009 for example, it was performed at the Denver Center for
the Performing Arts, Champa St, Denver, CO. In that year too, it was performed
at the Detroit Opera House, Detroit, MI
Denver Center for the performing arts
Detroit Opera House
It had also been on its national tour around the UK from
February 27, 2012 to May 4, 2013.
London
Aside from that tour, the story was played at the theaters in
London, New York, Las Vegas, Kyoto, and Budapest. In 2014, this play made more shows in all
sorts of locations too. Among them, there was Dallas TX, Tampa, Orlando, OKC,
Milwaukee, Memphis, Chicago, Philadelphia, etc. Of course, there are all sorts
of theaters used to perform this play, like Boston Opera House, Fox Theater
Atlanta, DPAC, Orpheum Theater, etc.
Meanwhile, 2015 is the year you can expect for its US tour that
will continue to the next year. Even before this tour, there had been various
locations where this play was performed.
The locations included are Seattle, Portland Oregon, Pittsburgh, Tulsa
OK, Phoenix, etc. The theaters used are like ASU Gammage in Tempe, AZ, Wharton
Center for Performing Arts in East Lansing MI, Benedum Center for the
Performing Arts in PIT, etc.
The Phantom of the Opera’s North American Tour has begun on June
11, 2015 at Hollywood Pantages in Los Angeles (LA). It will keep being
performed in various locations and theaters until October 16, 2016 at Saroyan
Theater in Fresno. Those various
locations in that tour are New York City (NYC), San Francisco, Omaha,
Louisville, London, Houston, San Diego, Cleveland, Costa Mesa, Tucson, San
Antonio, Toronto, Baltimore, Jacksonville, Miami, Nashville, and still many
others.
As for the theaters used, there are Majestic Theater, Orpheum
Theater, Princess of Wales, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts,
Landmark Theater, Murat Theater, the Kentucky Center, State Theater, the
Kennedy Center, etc.
Here, at Main Event Specials, we have listed the schedule for
the upcoming live performances of the Phantom of the Opera this year. It
includes the dates and the locations that the play will take place.
There are still many plays to see up ahead, although you might
need to pick the location you can come to. So, are you interested in coming to
see this play after reading these reviews?
Of course, we have provided the Phantom of the Opera tickets for
each date right from the start of the tour to the end of it. We do offer a
discount you can consider if you buy from our website.
By taking advantage of that,
surely you will be able to get a cheap prize for the tickets. Would you ignore
this? Come on, get the tickets now! Don’t miss your chance when the date and
the location are just around the corner! Get them here, at our Main Event
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