Ascended Extra: Meg, who did next to nothing in the original musical (singing one song, singing bit parts in other songs, and finding the Phantom's mask at the end), is now a major character.Amusement Park of Doom: The pre- Retool prologue was set a few years after the play's main action, with Phantasma a mostly-abandoned ruin inhabited only by its freaks.Alternate Continuity: Veers strongly away from the book on which it is based.Meg Giry counts as well, her love for him the result of being brought up by Madame Giry to serve him, and the poor girl trying to find a sense of validation for it all.All Girls Want Bad Boys: The Phantom once was, of course, a psychopathic murderer, yet Christine is still attracted to him.This is what he spends his money on along with his gambling addiction. Here, she is a bitter hag who is only helping the Phantom for the reward. In the original musical she pretty skillfully maintained a neutral force between the Phantom and the others. In the revised production, Meg tries to commit suicide, and Christine is accidentally shot as the Phantom tries to wrest the gun away.Raoul suffers this, too although not really a villain, he became The Alcoholic and picked up a gambling problem that makes him a less-than-ideal husband to Christine, while neither trait was present in the original book or play. Adaptational Villainy: Meg, who was Christine's friend in the original musical, shoots and kills her out of jealousy.A North American touring production launched in 2017.Ĭompare and contrast with The Phantom of Manhattan, the novel derived from Lloyd Webber and Frederick Forsyth's ideas for a sequel in The '90s. A Broadway staging was supposed to launch in New York City in Fall 2010, but has since been lost to Development Hell. A rewritten Australian production ran from 2011-12 and was filmed and released on DVD, and several other countries (Denmark, Japan, etc.) have mounted their own productions since. The show ran from 2010-11 in the West End. Music was done by Andrew Lloyd Webber, while the book was written by him, as well as Ben Elton, and Glenn Slater. Then, without telling either of the Girys, he lures Christine - now married to Raoul - to come sing at his park. Madame Giry and her daughter, Meg, helped the Phantom to escape to America after the events of the first show, and from there made it possible for him to open up a lavish amusement park on Coney Island. It takes place on Coney Island, approximately ten years after the end of Phantom. The sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's sensationally popular The Phantom of the Opera.
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