Hi, I'm Christopher Rokosz. Actor, director both stage and screen. And I want to share
with you some information about one of my favorite musicals. The Phantom of the Opera.
It was, the music written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. And adapted from the 1909 book, Le
Fantome de l'Opera. I know I butchered that. By Gaston Leroux. The Phantom of the Opera
was written in France. Was a adapted to English in 1911. And from them became one of the most
adapted, staged, screened, radio. You name it, they made something out of it. but Lloyd
Webber in 86 made it popular with the help of Harold Prince directing. It opened in the
West End theater in London. And from there it became a runaway smash success. Running
on Broadway for decades. And now finally finding a home being updated and a little bit redacted
down to ninety minutes. With no, with no intermission, in Vegas. The story focuses around the musical
and the book. All of it focuses around The Phantom of the Opera. A mysterious, a mysterious
finger that lives in the bowels of the Paris Opera House. Now in reality and in the book,
the Paris Opera House has catacombs down there, a soft ground. And that's where he lives.
And affects things in the theater. Considers it to be his. His eye is turned to Christine
Day. An ingenue chorus girl. Who he's smitten with. Well Christine, after taking voice lessons
for him and with his help. Now is going to head to head to becoming a Soprano in the
lead. Against Carllota, the prima donna of the opera. Creating some tension there between
that protagonist and antagonist. And also falling into a love triangle with a character
called Raoul. A patron of the Opera House. And also the Viscount de Chagny, account in
France. The Phantom does not take to this very well. Does not take to the fact that
the new managers are not listening to his demands. And doing as he says. So he gets
angry and ornery. And he makes things happen, including the classic crashing of the chandelier.
It's a two act play, it's incredibly fun. I always say, if you've got a friend. Who
does not like theater or does not like musicals. You take him to this one. They'll take it.
It's a great entry way thing. I'm Christopher Rokosz, go enjoy it.