Phantomâ film puts stage musical in new spotlight
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LOS ANGELES - It may be hard to believe that anybody has not seen &quot;The Phantom of the Opera&quot; after more than 65,000 performances in 18 countries since 1988, but on Wednesday the curtain rose on a film version of the hit stage musical.
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NEW YORK -- Minnie Driver can drive a car, but she doesn&#39;t profess to be a race car driver. That&#39;s the analogy she uses to explain why her opera arias were dubbed in Joel Schumacher&#39;s film version of The Phantom of the Opera.
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Master Kishan's film has good performances, a good story and nice music.
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The countless fans of the stage version may prefer to get their music of the night there, but for those without access to a live performance, the film version of &quot;The Phantom of the Opera&quot; offers a solid sense of what the show is.
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If Andrew Lloyd Webber&#39;s florid version of &quot;The Phantom of the Opera,&quot; with its lush &quot;music of the night,&quot; is your idea of romance, you&#39;re getting an early Valentine&#39;s Day gift for Christmas.
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Thereâsa magic in the Broadway musical that seems to transcend cultural styles and circumstances and generations. Whether breaking new ground or reviving a classic
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âOnceâ makes a persuasive case that the real future of the movie musical may lie not in splashy grandeur but in modesty and understatement.
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âFabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitzâ is a modest yet powerfully affecting production that takes puppetry to impressive heights.
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Where&#39;s &quot;Extreme Makeover&quot; when you need it? After all, the mask the Phantom of the Opera wears covers only a quarter of what is an otherwise fetching mug.
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Arts & entertainment: Musical leads the race for this year's theatre awards with a record-breaking 11 nominations
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You probably can&#39;t brag to your friends with much satisfaction that you saw &quot;The Phantom of the Opera&quot; for eight bucks at the mall.
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The Phantom of the Opera is not the first beast who had a crush on 18-year-old Emmy Rossum. When she was 7, a camping trip in Alaska found another hairy creature after her.
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The musical based on a documentary showcases Christine Ebersole's performance of a lifetime
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Playbill - Three troupes are collaborating to bring a modern Japanese play to life on the New York stage.
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It may be hard to believe that  anybody has not seen "The Phantom of the Opera" after more than  65,000 performances in 18 countries since 1988, but on  Wednesday the curtain rose on a film version of the hit stage  musical.
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"The Phantom of the Opera," already  the longest-running musical in Broadway history, will mark its  20th anniversary in New York on Saturday with two performances.
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Latin-themed musicals are a rare  commodity in the theater business.