Hi, I'm Christopher Rokosz; actor, director of both stage and screen and it will be my
pleasure to share with you some of the facts about the Phantom of the Opera. Fact: The
Phantom of the Opera begin as a book in 1909 written by Gaston Leroux; original title "Le
Fantome De L'Opera". Forgive me, French speakers; The Phantom of the Opera. It's translated
to English in 1911, also another fact. It was adapted for the stage as a musical by
Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1986, also a fact. It is definitely a fact that it's one of the
most beloved musicals of all time. Fact also is that it resides now in Las Vegas for all
of us to see, in a ninety-minute redacted version, updated and they have built an entire
theatre's special effects all around it; definitely worth checking out. It's also a fact that
it is one of the absolute, most adapted pieces of literature or theatre, it all depends on
how you want to look at it. Began with the book, the book begot radio place, begot movie,
after movie, after movie, probably one of the most famous movies was the Lon Chaney
version, one of the universal monsters Phantom of the Opera; very recognizable. It was also
adapted into, just about adaption upon adaptations to the Chipmunks, the Phantom of the Rock
Opera to the Phantom of the Multiplex by Disney. The theme of a Phantom living and controlling
at a entertainment or a theatrical venue is a theme that just persist. The movies, there's
been internationally somewhere on the, somewhere on the head of two dozen adaptations of the
movie and the one that you maybe familiar with is the 2004 adaptation of Andrew Lloyd
Webber's adaptation of Gaston Leroux's original book. So let's follow that again. Gaston wrote
the book, Lloyd Webber wrote the play, Joe Schumacher made the play or made the movie
of the play of the book. You're still with me? Excellent! It's also a fact that the Phantom
of the Opera's name is Erik; it's actually a little known fact in there; Christine the
character of the love interest of the Phantom and Raoul of her love interest which sort
of creates an interesting little menage, to keep it the French term. It's also a fact
that I am confident that you will enjoy it. It's also a fact that it is one of my favorite
shows. Read the book, see the stage show, see the Canhill version, yet another musical
you maybe unfamiliar with. Definitely go out there and experiment, even Robert Englund,
Freddie Kruger played the Phantom of the Opera in the movie adaptation in 1989, I believe.
I am deviate, you'll find out. I'm Christopher Rokosz, I hope this has been informative and
it's a fact that I'll see you later.