i know right

@@cindyrobinson3077 is that Sarah brightman

​@@mehchocolate1257 Sierra Boggess

@@shaunsmith7019 Sarah brightman has a nicer voice

@@mehchocolate1257no she doesn’t 😂

Yeesss when he sings "looove" I immediately well up🥺🥺🥺

Every time!

Same here

Yes.....every time😢😢

I SOBBED.

There will be other Phantom productions, the stage direction and sets will just be different. Phantom itself isn't ending permanently.

During the pandemic, they changed some things for the London production and reopened with changes. I believe that is what they are doing for the Broadway production.

I saw Phantom at the Majestic in February 2017. I had no idea it was closing this year. It was absolutely astounding.

@@LeonorFiniCat That is too bad. Any play where the underlying theme is Ableism should be put away in the same cupboard as Al Jolson and his blackface routine.

Michael Crawford lived next door to aunt and uncle in Bahamas and gave brother and new bride 2 tickets to Phantom in NY at Majestic. For a wedding gift.

For me, ties with Les Miz

Ramin is the beat phantom for me

I got to hear him sing Music of The Night and Til' I Hear You Sing live at one of his NY concerts. I also got to see him play Jean Valjean in Les Mis on Broadway. Absolutely breathtaking!

They ate the best. I had never seen this and listened during lockdown when tye shoes were put online for free. Totally stunning and they've amazing

Best Broadway shows in my opinion: 1. Phantom and Les miz (tie) 2. The King and I 3. Brigadoon 4. Too many great ones to list them all

Thanks! I was wondering who these were.

I.find it a bit sad 😭 I don't.cry tho it warms my heart I love this song

ikr? I have watch the blue ray today and the end has made me cry. Its so touching how christine gives him love and he is just overwhelmed from it. He plays the role so amazing also the other actors too!

Welll, yes, be than you want to take into consideration the Nightwish version with Floor Jansen and Henk Poort as well. However, Ramin might be the most appropriate artist for the phantom.

@Axel Hager I have seen that version. Cool yes! But I prefer the Broadway version!

It is only on Broadway that the show will be closing. It will still be in the West End and Australia with Mandarin Chinese edition coming soon.

@@samuelking9343 I know thank you but all of those are far away from me.

Well he is definitely an antagonist but I will never consider the Phantom to be the ‘Villain’, SOCIETY itself is the Villain of this story. Society that would treat an innocent child like a monster for something he couldn’t control (his face) and in response he grows up feeling like he has to be what the world labeled him as from birth, what his own mother labeled him as from birth…because nobody sees him as anything else 😢 A classic case of ‘since I’m always going to be a monster in the worlds eyes, I might as well embrace it’. And hence why it took Christine showing him love for the first time that allowed him to genuinely show love to her in return…someone saw him as something more then a monster so he could BE something more then a monster. ❤ Society is the villain in this story, not the Phantom. Just my opinion.

THANK YOU IVE BEEN THINKING THIS BUT UNAVLE TO PUT IT INTO WORDS

By this production Love Never Dies was being produced so I think that this staging is giving a nod to the sequel in comparison to how it was originally staged.

Yes! I was saying to myself when Raoul starts singing back, “Dude, she’s not even talking to you” 😂

Andrew Lloyd Webber is so very talented his gifts to music are truly God given.

I agree with you in regard to Gerard Butler. He clearly is not a great singer but he had a decent "stage" voice and his acting chops made his Phantom more of a passionate and sympathetic character than many other portrayals. Add to that Joel Schumacher's excellent and imaginative direction, Emmy Rossum's Christine and the movie version, taken on its own terms, is quite good. I've seen Phantom in San Francisco and the shorter version that Hal Prince restructured for the Las Vegas run and loved both of them (with Frank D'ambrosio in SF and Anthony Crivello in Vegas). This 25th Anniversary version can stand with both of them. The staging is superb and, of course, Ramin and Sierra are as good as it gets. I have the Blu-ray's of this performance and the movie version and never tire of watching them.

that was the takeaway i got from that too. sometimes all people know is to wear masks , like a self preservation thing, which of course is just a part of life. i think this story really does a good job of sharing and embracing the complex and tragic side of life

It’s the whole idea that’s he’s had to hide himself since birth practically since nobody, not even his own Mother, would accept him otherwise. That he could only be accepted so long as he hid himself. Hence why he felt he had to deceive Christine with the ‘Angel of Music’ ruse in order to get close to her, because like everybody else in his life he feared she’d reject him if he approached her for real…it’s heartbreaking 😢 That’s why what Christine does here when she kisses him shakes the very foundation of his worldview about himself…the idea that someone could see past his face floors him, and in a weird way she gave him permission to be a Man and not a Monster ❤ whereas the World had only ever allowed him to be a Monster.

Gives me the chills. It is that good.

Npw I am waiting for the Chinese Phantom of the Opera with Ayunga as lead actor. His prologue is hair raising and tugs at the heart.

I cried at the end every time. This is the best show ever. Absolutely love it😍

I second

Lo mismo pienso 🥺🥺🥺 ojalá que nos escuchen 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Les Miz

Butler's voice is more passionate.😅

Comentário perfeito! Eu tb quero MUITO essa gravação oficial do Hugh com a Sierra. Eu amo o Hugh ❤❤

@@florzinhaw não sei pq eles filmaram profissionalmente e não lançaram ainda. Eu vi trechos da apresentação e o Hugh está simplesmente perfeito como sempre! Eu quero esse dvd logoooooo

Verdade, deveriam lançar