🎭 Broadway Review~ The Phantom of the Opera

Hi there and thanks for stopping by! I love musical theater and I love NYC so going to Broadway plays is one of my absolute favorite things to do in this world.

David and I scored tickets to The Phantom of the Opera for $35 each during Broadway Week and I was absolutely blown away by the performance.

Phantom is currently the longest running show on Broadway, opening in January of 1988. In the last 31 years Phantom has put on over 13,000 performances! And for good reason-did you know the synopsis is somewhat true?

Before Andrew Lloyd Webber’s fantastic musical adaptation, The Phantom of the Opera, or Le Fantôme de l’Opéra was first published as a series in a French newspaper in 1910 and was written by author Gaston Leroux. Leroux claims that the phantom is real, and even insisted so on his deathbed. While that has never been proven true, there are some factual bits woven into the story.

For example, there really are underground tunnels and even an underground lake underneath the Paris Opera house! To this day local firefighters use the lake for rescue mission training. Also, in 1896 a counterweight from the chandelier in the opera house fell, killing one person.

Aside from the eerie yet romantic story line, one of the best parts of this play is the score. These songs have become part of our pop culture, and 31 years later are still as fresh as ever.

In a time where there are so many technological advancements in stage and set design, I really appreciated the simplicity of Phantom. Lots of candles, some smoke, and one giant chandelier was just enough to keep focus on where it belongs, the raw talent of the cast and their angelic voices.

If you’re in the city and have the chance to see a show, I insist you go see Phantom. That’s “All I Ask of You”. ;-)

Have you seen any good shows lately that you’d care to share? Let me know down below, I love hearing from you. :)

Thanks for reading, have a fabulous day.