So as a "theatre rat", I of course love all things Broadway, and as a self-proclaimed 'weirdo', I seriously dig The Phantom of the Opera. In summer, particularly- I saw it just before we moved to Tuckahoe, and listened to it all summer. Now I'm moving again, (and am really trying to see it before I go!) and as I was googling Phantom, the music, pictures, etc...I found this.
At first, I was thrilled. I LOVE PHANTOM! Then I was like....wait. Seriously? A sequel, to Phantom? Is that....possible? That cannot be a good story. And it's set in...Coney Island?! Dude, that place is nasty! I mean I guess Parisian catacombs aren't too glamorous either, but....I have a personal vendetta against sand. It's so....unsexy. And Erik is....so sexy. Okay, horribly disfigured, but.....here. (For those of you who can't speak Randian, what she's saying is that love is an attraction to the mind, and the mind's accomplishments, not merely the physical.) And if you count out the 'disfigurement' --
Yeah. Go on, stare at that a while. Also, his voice makes me die a little every time I hear it. And not like Rebecca Black die, but like...die and go to Stovokor die. My new favorite tenor!! (And yes, Theatre rats have those.)
I listened to the whole soundtrack today- it's okay (what I'd expect from a sequel) but there are a few standouts that are just as beautiful as the originals. "Til I Hear You Sing" (LOVE. IT.) "Beneath a Moonless Sky" (had me cheering, Erik and Christine finally got it on!!! Haha) "Beautiful", "The Beauty Underneath" (which I wasn't too sure about the electric guitar, but warmed up to) "Devil Take The Hindmost", and "The Coney Island Waltz" (which I would LOVE to choreograph something too).
The ending made me mostly happy (can you NEVER cut him a break, Andrew Lloyd Webber?!?) and I enjoyed it all the same. I've heard that they have a movie in the works. Who knows?
Seriously. Go ahead. Stare.
....I will. :p
Also, I love love love love love this video- (My best friend pointed out that he seems like a total creeper, and yeah, but....so saaaaaaaaaaad.)
At first, I was thrilled. I LOVE PHANTOM! Then I was like....wait. Seriously? A sequel, to Phantom? Is that....possible? That cannot be a good story. And it's set in...Coney Island?! Dude, that place is nasty! I mean I guess Parisian catacombs aren't too glamorous either, but....I have a personal vendetta against sand. It's so....unsexy. And Erik is....so sexy. Okay, horribly disfigured, but.....here. (For those of you who can't speak Randian, what she's saying is that love is an attraction to the mind, and the mind's accomplishments, not merely the physical.) And if you count out the 'disfigurement' --
Yeah. Go on, stare at that a while. Also, his voice makes me die a little every time I hear it. And not like Rebecca Black die, but like...die and go to Stovokor die. My new favorite tenor!! (And yes, Theatre rats have those.)
I listened to the whole soundtrack today- it's okay (what I'd expect from a sequel) but there are a few standouts that are just as beautiful as the originals. "Til I Hear You Sing" (LOVE. IT.) "Beneath a Moonless Sky" (had me cheering, Erik and Christine finally got it on!!! Haha) "Beautiful", "The Beauty Underneath" (which I wasn't too sure about the electric guitar, but warmed up to) "Devil Take The Hindmost", and "The Coney Island Waltz" (which I would LOVE to choreograph something too).
The ending made me mostly happy (can you NEVER cut him a break, Andrew Lloyd Webber?!?) and I enjoyed it all the same. I've heard that they have a movie in the works. Who knows?
Seriously. Go ahead. Stare.
....I will. :p
Also, I love love love love love this video- (My best friend pointed out that he seems like a total creeper, and yeah, but....so saaaaaaaaaaad.)
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