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[night-unfurls-its-splendour]

A small (and by no means complete) collection of phantoms going Above and Beyond the Call of Horny

@meilas this one's for you

Greg Mills (w. Mary Michael Patterson, Broadway 2014)

Davis Gaines (w. Tracy Shayne, Broadway 1995)

Ethan Freeman (w. Anne Görner, Essen 2006)

Michael Crawford (w. Dale Kristien, Broadway 1988)

Michael Crawford (w. Dale Kristien, LA 1989)

Akutagawa Eiji (w. Hanaoka Hisako, Sapporo 1994)

Ian Jon Bourg (w. Olivia Safe, Hamburg 2001)

Scott Davies (w. Meredith Braun, West End 2000)

The same

John Owen Jones (w. Rachel Barrell, West End 2005)

[ilunzaiola]

The Making Of "Sweeney Todd" at the San Francisco Symphony

[ulrichgebert]

Wir hätten natürlich als Gedenkmaßnahme, erstens hat es sich ja sowieso gerade aufgedrängt, und zweitens ist Kunst nicht einfach, und man braucht Ordnung im Chaos, Sunday in the Park with George anschauen sollen, haben es uns dann aber doch lieber wieder, auch angesichts der sowieso vorgesehenen Shepherd’s Pie (without actual shepherd, though) für die gemütliche Variante Saturday evening in the meat pie emporium with Patti and George entschieden. Ich meine mich an ein Interview zu erinnern, in dem Stephens schwärmerische Gesprächspartnerin die außergewöhnliche, völlig neuartige, nie dagewesene Form von Musiktheater pries, die Sondheim für Sweeney Todd erfunden habe. Darauf Sondheim: “Es ist eine Operette.”

[readerviews]

"Radical Business" by David Gaines

A Handy Entrepreneur Handbook #book #bookreview #reading #readerviews

Radical Business David GainesThe Collective Book Studio (2023)ISBN: 978-1685550080Reviewed by Lily Andrews for Reader Views (01/2024) “Radical Business: The Root of Your Work and How It Can Change the World” is a concrete business handbook by David Gaines, an idealist who dreams of a world where all businesses are social enterprises and where people are equally esteemed, served, and empowered.…

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[operafantomet]

Oh man, your post about pre-internet cast reminded me how much I loved Davis Gaines (my first phantom). Are there any pictures floating around from his run?

Oh yes, MUCH love for Davis Gaines!! I’d be happy to make you a photoset. Meanwhile, have a look at these previous ones:

http://operafantomet.tumblr.com/post/92321553897/davies-gaines-phantom-in-los-angeles-1991-93

http://operafantomet.tumblr.com/post/100849591627/strangerthanudreamt-visions-in-red-crawfords

[onewordshy]

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API MT Month Day 27: Shōgun: The Musical

Background:

Shōgun: The Musical premiered in 1990 with a score by Paul Chihara and lyrics and book by John Driver. The show is based off of James Clavell’s 1976 novel of the same name and the 1980 miniseries based off of the novel. The story is complicated, but centers around a 17th century English sea captain who is shipwrecked on Japan and gets caught up in political intrigue and an affair with a married noblewoman. The musical began its life as a show sung through a la Les Miserables, but the incredibly dense plot was difficult to follow, so songs were cut and and dialogue added to make it more accessible. The show had a brief run on Broadway, but was critically panned and closed a flop.

Analysis:

Paul Chihara, the composer for this show, is of Japanese descent, and he claimed that his original score for the show, before it was cut down, was “the best musical since Porgy and Bess.” You can listen to this song from the show and decide whether there’s any validity to that claim, but the show never received an official cast recording (June Angela recorded some of the songs on her solo album [a must have for fans of Asian musicals] but she chose to focus on the love songs primarily) so we’re really in the dark on that one. Most reviews of the show were along the same lines though: it was confusing and the score was weak, but it was pretty. People loved the opening sequence that depicted a shipwreck, and other scenes included an earthquake, a horseback battle in the snow, and a number where dancers danced among green glow sticks held by stagehands that represented fireflies. It’s mostly notable in that June Angela received a Tony Award nomination for her role in the show, which placed her in competition with Lea Salonga, marking the only time (I believe) that two API performers have ever been in competition for a Tony award. This is a mostly forgotten show, and it’s unlikely that we’ll ever really see it again.

[soulsoaringphan]

Katherine Buffaloe- My favorite US Christine (tied with Julie Hanson).

Alternate Christine 1988-Early 1993. 

[operafantomet]

Katharine Buffaloe, Broadway (alt. 1989-91).