FIRST LOOK: THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT is back!!! One of Musical Theater’s greatest treasures is set to once again haunt Live Theater…… Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s legendary smash hit The Phantom of the Opera. We are so happy to share with you a brand new trailer for the show’s return to its inaugural home in London’s West End. This is the chance for PHANS to get that early sneak peak of it’s new leads….
Olivier Award nominee Killian Donnelly as the title role
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West End favorite Lucy St. Louis who makes PHANTOM history as the first black actress to play the iconic role of “Christine Daae”.
With PHANTOM’s return to London, it will be a full brand new physical production while still playing tribute to its late original head creators.
The show will be directed by Seth Sklar-Heyn staying true to the original vision of the late & great Hal Prince,
choreography will be done by Chrissie Cartwright recreated and updated still playing tribute to the movement of the late and legendary Gillian Lynne,
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Matt Kinley updating the set and Jill Parker doing the costumes while still honoring the original visual presentation by the late Maria Bjornson.
Other changes to the show’s London production will include the Orchestra now reduced to now 14 musicians in the pit instead of its traditional 27.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA re-haunts London’s Her Majesty’s Theatre beginning next Tuesday, July 27th, 2021. From there, the show will later reopen here in our New York backyard at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre starting September 14th, 2021 along with new companies around the world.
Who is excited?
How thrilling is this trailer?
