My Phantom Universe

since the closing, some Broadway new deformity photos are coming out. This is what i was talking about way back in January 2020, but back then the ‘bone’ on the cheek was a lot more yellow. and IMO the skull part is just too symmetrical to come across as natural

I will miss this production, I would admit that during the overture i started crying my eyes out.

I was in the audience Friday the day they announced the closing, sad day for me as it would be my last time seeing the show in my favourite location. but this happened, just before the end, just before Raoul and Christine rowed off in the boat, there was a loud crash, the show went on as it only had a few minutes untill the end, but then the curtain call took forever to get going, and when the red curtain went up, this black curtain (which I never saw before) was there and everyone had to squeeze infront it to bow. It is a curtain used during intermission behind the red house curtain to stop the onstage lights from shining through that red curtain, which is a light gauze. I am not sure what happened, whatever it was, they would not let anyone back onstage out of caution.

just my opinion.

new Mausoleum also (makes sense if the travelator is also different), looks nice to me

I cant tell but someone please explain, ive heard that these are projections but they seem pretty solid to me, and the backwall of squares (straight out of some of Maria’s sketches)

new deformity on view, I must say it looks nicer in London with this paint job, I do hope Broadway tones down the red when they reopen

I hadn’t known that Her Majesty’s was part of a larger hotel building that was damaged in the war (theatre on the right)

Grant Norman’s London run, with his own London style mask (different to his US style mask), sadly back then (1996) Phantoms didn't get a whole new brochure spread, so these are the only 2 photos of him from his London run (Official ones anyways, plus a really grainy boat photo) He was my second Phantom (and first in London) and at the time I had a hard time with his voice, but I have grown to appreciate it alot over the years. there was also a rather extreme height difference between him and Christine (Niki Ankara here)

More photos of the updated/resesign deformity from London (also used recently on Broadway) excellently painted here. I still prefer the original skull crack section as that looked far more naturalistic, this one looks far too symmetrical with the brain bits dead centre. Here the painting is simple and naturalistic, this time last year I was seeing it on Broadway for the first time and was quite shook, they had it painted much darker, with all the eye socket a dark blood read and the jutting out cheek bone (now it is a bone not just muscle) was a bright yellow.

Phantom title song click track (original version) this is what the orchestra plays over, you can only really tell the difference when you get to the last verse as the interesting violin riffs are gone as those are live. You can also hear Sara’s vocalisations at the end to help sweeten the live singing. do enjoy

someone is selling a chandelier, not quite in pieces. looks like one of the real ones too, perhaps US tour?