“The Phantom of the Opera” is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the 1976 musical, which in turn was based on the book written by the French novelist Gaston Leroux. The music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Charles Hart and additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe directed by Hal Prince, choreographed by Gillian Lynne, lighting by Andrew Bridge and designed by Maria Bjornson. The musical focuses on a beautiful soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, disfigured musical genius known as “The Phantom of the Opera”, who terrorizes the Paris Opera House. Inspired by an earlier musical version of the same story by Ken Hill, The Phantom of the Opera opened at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London on October 9, 1986, where it celebrated its 9000th performance on 31 May 2008. The original cast included Michael Crawford as the titular character, Sarah Brightman as Christine, and Steve Barton as Raoul. It is now the second-longest-running West End musical of all time, behind Les Miserables, and the longest-running Broadway musical of all time, breaking the record held by Lloyd Webber’s Cats on January 9, 2006, with its 7486th performance. The musical won both the Olivier Award and Tony Award as the best musical in its debut years on the West End and Broadway. Despite early negative reviews, including a pan by Frank Rich of the New York Times, both the London and New York productions are still running today. According to the musical’s …
Rod from the Broadway production of Avenue Q threatens to leave the show if he is not selected as Broadway’s Biggest Fan. Come see Broadway on Broadway, Sunday, September 16th at 11:30am in Times Square. This annual free outdoor concert brings together stars and performances from current Broadway productions to celebrate the beginning of the new season. Broadway on Broadway features performances and appearances by cast members from Broadway’s most popular musicals and plays, including recent Tony Award® winners and nominees. The event features a grand finale with a rain of confetti. Fans should arrive early for a good spot in the 50000-plus crowd. The Broadway Fan Zone will also make its debut this year, giving fans an opportunity to enjoy the concert from a VIP area right near the stage. An up-close and personal standing room section will be made available to the first 100 fans that arrive dressed as their favorite Broadway character. Log on to www.BroadwayOnBroadway.com and www.BroadwaysBiggestFan.com for more information.
This one was more of a challenge ^^, to be honest. Not a whole ton of my musicals or disney songs seemed to fit,, but I feel I made a fair judgement. With the way things are going (more songs for each musical).. GOF will be a two-parter! Hah.. songs for Ron are sort of hard to find.. I liked the first part because of the “we read the book and you come out on top”.. hahaha, yeah.. Plus, I discovered the Monty Python musical recently, so, I had to sneak some of those in! Such a funny musical, anybody should see/listen Songs used and intended singer: “Go,Go,Go Joseph” – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Chorus?) “Brave Sir Robin” – Monty Python Spamalot (Hagrid) “Kids” – Bye Bye Birdie (Snape) “Dancing Through Life” – Wicked (Fred and George) “One Short Day” – Wicked (anybody could sing this, really.. it’s for Hogsmeade) “Endless Night” – Lion King (Harry) “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” – Monty Python Spamalot (Lupin) “My New Philosophy” – You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown! (Hermione) “Out There” – Hunchback of Notre Dame (Sirius) Enjoy! ~~All clips property of WB!!~~
I do not own this song, however i DO own the voice you can hear as per usual- i was in a singy mood, and i just came back from seeing this in London. I suggest ‘Wicked’ to anyone who’s into musicals
My 1st song request!!!! Millie teaches Corey what it is to be popular! Still new to puppeteering, but loving it this song was a request from www.youtube.com so check out her channel Thanks Mia, hope you enjoy! Originally sung by Kristine Chenoweth from the Musical Wicked, also starring Idina Menzel
as per usual- i was in a singy mood, and i just came back from seeing this in London. I suggest ‘Wicked’ to anyone who’s into musicals