![]() It generated $18-million in advance sales before its Broadway opening at New York's Majestic Theater in January 1988, and since then has shattered box-office records. ![]() This Phantom opened in London in October 1986 and swept the major British theater awards. To many people, however, the one and only Phantom of the Opera is the Lloyd Webber musical that enters its third season on Broadway. The Al Hirschfeld Theater of Miami Beach added to the confusion with yet a third Phantom, which opened in January with music and lyrics by Paul Schierhorn and Lawrence Rosen and a book by Bruce Falstein. "Phantom II" also played Dade County in fall '89. It has been described by critics as a blend of camp, melodrama and romance. Call (813) 953-3366 for details.Ī second Phantom is subtitled The Play with Music and is billed as a "tribute to the (1925) Lon Chaney film."It was created and staged by producer John Kenley and Robert Thomas Noll, and features a 25-member cast and the music of David Gooding. Performances are at 8:15 nightly, with a 1:30 p.m. ![]() Tickets are $22.50 to $35.50, and are available through TicketMaster. Shows are at 8 nightly, with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 and 1:30 p.m. ![]() The Ken Hill version of Phantom will play seven performances, April 10-15, at Ruth Eckerd Hall. ![]() Hill's version, which has nothing to do with Andrew Lloyd Webber's glitzy pop-opera, features new lyrics to the music of Mozart, Offenbach and Verdi, among other composers. This version, conceived in the mid-'70s by the British playwright/director Ken Hill, will play Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater and Sarasota's Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in mid-April. A version that bills itself "the original London stage musical" opened last fall at Miami's Gusman Center for the Performing Arts. ![]()
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