Legalism vs. Faith

Few stories are as moving as Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. The story of a convict on the run from a fanatical officer of the law, it is one of the most profound illustrations of professed faith vs. life-altering faith that I have ever seen. It is less about the evils of early Victorian society as...

Love Never Dies

[ how Love Never Dies came to be ] “Okay, so I’ve been thinking about the sequel to Phantom—” “Wait, what sequel to Phantom?” “The one I’m working on. It’s great, you’re going to love it! So the Phantom is now at Coney Island.” “Why Coney Island?” “Because it’s cool, and that’s where his freak...

Review: Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

Once in a lifetime, something incredible comes along. One of those things is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. Loosely inspired by the Gaston Leroux novel, it follows the tragic story of a man forced by his deformity to dwell beneath the Paris Opera House, and the woman he loves. The Opera House...

Phangasm – Phantom of the Opera

Normally this goes around as a 30 day challenge, but I figured I might test the patience of everyone reading this blog by only answering one question a day for 30 days, so you get all the answers in one shot! How you first learned about Phantom. My aunt first told me about it, and...

Phantom of the Opera: Lust & Love

It has been a long six months since the official release of The Phantom of the Opera live performance at the Royal Albert Hall was announced for 2012. It finally hits American distributors on Tuesday and all I can say is, it’s about time! Many of my obsessions have come and go, but my love...

The Phantom of the Opera

This past weekend, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Phantom of the Opera turned 25 years old. No one knew when the show opened that it would become one of the most profitable shows in the history of live theater, nor that it would become the longest continuing run, surpassing even Cats. It has...