The Phantom of the Opera- Not to be Missed!

Note: If you want to hear some of the music that we heard live from stage, please press the play button on the music player below this post

I waited anxiously, pacing the house and doing whatever my hands found to do. Slowly, the hours ticked by. Would it ever be time?

As a birthday celebration, Mom and Dad bought three tickets to one of Broadway's most famed plays, The Phantom of the Opera, which just happened to be showing at the Majestic Theater in downtown San Antonio. Many of my friends had gone, and even those who had hated the movie came back with raging accolades. Needless to say, I was excited.

Based on Gaston Leroux's Le Fantome de L'Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera spotlights an opera composer who, haunted by his deformed appearance, cowers behind a mask and writes his music from the depths of his lair. When he hears the voice of aspiring opera singer Miss Christine Daae, however, he ventures into the world above to coax her into returning with him and becoming his bride. But when Miss Daae's childhood sweetheart Raoul appears on the love scene, will the Phantom's enraged schemes endanger the lives of all? What awaits Christine if she crosses " the point of no return"? Will she continue to love her "angel of music" or leave this lonely man to his fate?

Now the longest running Broadway play in history, The Phantom of the Opera is truly a visual and auditory treat. I've seen the movie as well, and I must say that the play is even better. The characters are more real, the emotions crisper, the orchestra comes to life, and the singing is superb. Combine that with breathtaking special effects and you've got a play that is every bit as spectacular as the critics write it off as. Aka, if it comes to a stage near you, it is not to be missed!

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