Not surprisingly Phantom made it to the big screen in this adaptation but Starlight did not. Andrew Lloyd Webber has taken the Gaston Leroux potboiler about the love-crazed disfigured genius who lives in the. 8 songs, including: All I Ask of You Angel of Music Masquerade The Music of the Night The Phantom of the Opera The Point of No Return Think of Me Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again. Its good for a Broadway run of several years. The online audio player also includes play-back tools to change the tempo without changing pitch or to loop challenging parts for practice help. Andrew Lloyd Webber admits that although he does not regret doing the show he should have marketed it as a "Disney kiddie ride sort of a thing" a special effects extravaganza just for kids, to be performed at amusement parks exclusively, not a serious big budget Broadway musical for the masses where it would be compared to much more critically acclaimed Webber shows like Jesus Christ Superstar Evita Joseph and Phantom. 'The Phantom Of The Opera' is romantic musical theater hokum in the grand manner - hokum cordon blue - and it justifies the feverish buildup that has given it a 16,500,000 advance. But where Phantom got positive reviews and is mostly considered a classic Starlight was slammed by the critics some who say though it was a hit it is one of the worst Broadway and London theater productions of all time focusing as it does on people dressed up like trains and roller skating and featuring a sporting event like race replete with monitors. 'The Phantom Of The Opera' is romantic musical theater hokum in the grand manner - hokum cordon blue - and it justifies the feverish buildup that has given it a 16,500,000 advance. With Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson. This theatrical production premiered in London in 1985-6, the same year Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber rolled out Starlight Express, an adaptation of the Thomas the Tank Engine novels (with all character and place names changed when the rights deal fell through). The Phantom of the Opera: Directed by Joel Schumacher.
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