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Monday, May 20, 1991

The Phantom of the Opera, Pantages Theatre - Toronto (1991)

Cast: Colm Wilkinson (The Phantom of the Opera), Susan Cuthbert (Christine Daae, understudy), Gillian Saunders (Meg Giry, understudy), and many other talented cast members (including Neve Campbell in the Ballet Chorus)

It was a bit strange seeing a man I associate so strongly with Jean Valjean from Les Miserables as the Phantom. It took me a while to get used to it, but he did a wonderful job. It was also odd initially to be thinking that Meg was singing Christine's lines and visa versa. This is probably because of the understudies performing, but I had never seen even a picture of a blonde Christine or a Meg who wasn't blonde, so it just took me by surprise.

The cast was very good and the music and dancing were amazing. Not nearly as big of a fan of The Phantom of the Opera as I was when I first saw it, but it's still an enjoyable show.

Unfortunately, in the production we saw, the trap door didn't work, so the ending was messed up. Apparently, The Phantom of the Opera has at least a minor technical problem in almost every performance, due to the number of special effects. It was still sad for all my friends who hadn't seen the show before, though.

Grade: B

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