 Melanie’s picture of the Majestic |
Melanie and I sat in a box for this show, and while it was fun to be in a box, it would have been more fun if a) we would have looked like we belonged in a box (rain does not agree with us!), and b) we could actually see what was going on! The view was not the best. However, it’s not as if I’ve never seen this show before! 🙂 So I still enjoyed it quite a bit.
The overture was fabulous as always. Madame Giry was rather animated throughout the show…it was a very different interpretation, and though I did enjoy it at certain points (particularly “Yes, you did well…he would be pleased. And you…you were a disgrace!”), for the most part I think I prefer the traditional interpretation. |
Adrienne McEwan was a decent Christine…I hadn’t noticed in the program that she did Monday nights, so I was a little confused when she first came out…I was just like, “That’s not Sandra!” 🙂 And Gary Mauer was a decent Raoul…as I’ve said time and again, it’s going to take a whole lot to impress me with Raoul. 🙂
| Hugh Panaro as the Phantom…I was kind of torn. On the one hand, he’s got a lovely tenor voice, and acted the part fairly well, though I thought he went a little bit too crazy in the final scene. On the other hand, he *is* a tenor, and, as stupid as this sounds, was just too pretty for the part! 🙂 And though the Erik of the book may have been rather delicate, I’ve just always imagined him to be a little more physically impressive.
At any rate, I did enjoy the show a lot, particularly the final scene, as always. Oh, and the fact that we were sitting at the perfect angle to see Hugh on the angel during the rooftop scene, so I didn’t have to watch “All I Ask of You” at all! 🙂 Read Melanie’s review. |
 Gary Mauer’s autograph (Don’t ask me why I didn’t get a picture…I don’t know |
The Quotes:
“You really want to hang up now…”
Me, trying to send my brainwaves to the conductor, so that he would start the show
“Now I’ve seen a theatre guy in his bathrobe too!”
Melanie, as we passed Hugh Panaro in full makeup and bathrobe!
“She *legally* *changed* her *name*?”
Gary Mauer, when our friend Christine Daae came up in conversation
The cast:
The Phantom of the Opera |
HUGH PANARO |
Christine Daaé |
ADRIENNE MCEWAN |
Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny |
GARY MAUER |
Carlotta Giudicelli |
LIZ McCARTNEY |
Monsieur André |
JEFF KELLER |
Monsieur Firmin |
GEORGE LEE ANDREWS |
Madame Giry |
LEILA MARTIN |
Ubaldo Piangi |
LARRY WAYNE MORBITT |
Meg Giry |
KATE WRAY |
Jeweler (“Il Muto”) |
MICHAEL LACKEY |
Auctioneer |
RICHARD WARREN PUGH |
Monsieur Reyer/Hairdresser (“Il Muto”) |
RICHARD POOLE |
Monsieur Lefèvre/Firechief |
KENNETH H. WALLER |
Joseph Buquet |
JOE GUSTERN |
Don Attilio (“Il Muto”)/Passarino (“Don Juan Triumphant”) |
JOHN KUETHER |
Slave Master (“Hannibal”) |
DAVID SCAMARDO |
Solo Dancer (“Il Muto”) |
PAUL B. SADLER JR. |
Page (“Don Juan Triumphant”) |
PATRICE PICKERING |
Porter/Fireman |
MAURIZIO CORBINO |
Spanish Lady (“Don Juan Triumphant”) |
SALLY WILLIAMS |
Wardrobe Mistress/Confidante (“Il Muto”) |
MARY LEIGH STAHL |
Princess (“Hannibal”) |
SUSAN OWEN |
Madame Firmin |
MELODY JOHNSON |
Inkeeper’s Wife (“Don Juan Triumphant”) |
TERESA ELDH |
The Ballet Chorus of the Opera Populaire |
EMILY ADDONA MARISA CERVERIS TERESA DeROSE NINA GOLDMAN ELIZABETH NACKLEY CHRISTINE SPIZZO |
Dance Captain/Ballet Swing |
HARRIET CLARK |