Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Born2cthelightsofbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/04
#0Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/25/06 at 8:13pmDoes anyone know if there have been any more cast updates about Phantom in vegas? Thanks
"You alone can make my song take flight, it's over now, the Music of the Night!!!!!"
#1re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 1:02pm
Principals have been announced!
http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/poto/news_news_story.php?id=298
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#2re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 1:57pmOooh I would go see Phantom again just to see Brent Barrett in the role. I really don't like the show, so saying that is big.
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
#3re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 2:55pmThanks for saying something so big, chinkie azn!
#4re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:16pm
Man, what an ugly website that is. The text is small and the gold on black doesn't make it easy to read. Even the blue text on the black background is impossible to read.
Edit -- I think Crivello and Barrett are great choices for Phantom, though.
Edit 2: YUMMMMY!
DOUBLE YUMMMMY!
". . . POP . . ."
Updated On: 3/29/06 at 03:16 PM
misto625
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/05
#5re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 4:47pmIt says Elena Jane Bateman is "direct from Broadway" but she isn't! I don't think she has been Carlotta in like 5 years on Broadway. Am I wrong?
Dean: Can I tell you something?
Lorraine: That depends on what it is.
Dean: I think you're really really pretty.
Lorraine: (after a pause) Ok, you can tell me that.
#6re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 5:24pm
They've really puled in some impressive Broadwy talent, haven't they?
Brent gets to do this, at last! Don't know the dates about Batman, but she is/was good. Also thrilled for Rebecca Spencer and Ted Keegan, both so right for this.
Looks like I should check my calender for a business trip in LV.
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BWW regional writer "Philadelphia/South Jersey"
#7re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 5:31pm
“This is a rare chance to go back and re-visit a work of art some 20 years after it was created,” said Prince, the show’s original director and winner of 20 Tony Awards."
20 Tony Awards?!?! Whaa?!?!
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-Edward Bond
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#8re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 5:39pm
20:
1995 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Show Boat
1988 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
The Phantom of the Opera
1980 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Evita
1979 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Sweeney Todd
1974 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Candide
1974 Tony Award Special Award
Candide
1973 Tony Award Best Musical
A Little Night Music
1972 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Follies
1972 Tony Award Special Award
Harold Prince
1971 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Company
1971 Tony Award® Best Musical
Company
1967 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Cabaret
1967 Tony Award Best Musical
Cabaret
1965 Tony Award Best Musical
Fiddler on the Roof
1965 Tony Award Best Producer of a Musical
Fiddler on the Roof
1963 Tony Award Best Musical
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1963 Tony Award Best Producer of a Musical
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1960 Tony Award Best Musical
Fiorello!
1956 Tony Award Best Musical
Damn Yankees
1955 Tony Award Best Musical
The Pajama Game
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#9re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:31pm
I was just about to say, Pati! I'm really looking forward to seeing Brent in the role...I love his voice. :)
~Rosalynn
P.S. - Hey Pati, want to meet up in Vegas? 
JP
Understudy Joined: 11/15/03
#10re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:32pm
HELP! I've gone over and over that article and don't see any mention of Ted Keegan . . . is he in the cast and I missed it somehow....I would LOVE to see Ted in this cast.
Thanks!
#11re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:34pm
Thanks BwayStar .
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
#12re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:02pm
Vegaslady, it's not in the link I included. It's in this one:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=8596
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
JP
Understudy Joined: 11/15/03
#13re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:07pm
Thanks LC . . . Ted Keegan AND Tim Martin Gleason reunited . . what a blast that is going to be. And to think the Strip is less the 20 minutes away! Yes, life is good.
CarolynW
Leading Actor Joined: 9/8/04
#14re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:08pm
I was just about to post that on here.
The full-casting listing is not on the Official Phantom Las Vegas Website yet. It went out too late for the UK to put it online.
Ted Keegan - Ensemble / "Reyer" / "Phantom" U/S
Also, to the person that sees orange text on black on the official Las Vegas Phantom, I see white text on black background. Are you on the following site or the Official Phantom Musical (CMs) Website?
I am only 5 min. from the Las Vegas Strip. :)
Yours,
Carolyn
Official Las Vegas Phantom Website
Updated On: 3/29/06 at 08:08 PM
#15re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:11pm
Wait, the Phantom Vegas site is based in the UK? That doesn't sound very practical.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#16re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:14pmHmm...Elizabeth Loyanco from The Woman in White...I wonder if she will make a good Christine...I can't quite imagine her doing the role...but i am sure she will be great!
CarolynW
Leading Actor Joined: 9/8/04
#17re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:17pm
ALWs Really Useful Group is based in the UK as is Andrew. So they run the official website. The PR firm is based in Las Vegas as is the General Manager's and Las Vegas Producers.
Apparently the PR firm forgot to send that part of the Press Release to the UK to be included on the official Website.
Yours,
Carolyn
Official Las Vegas Phantom Website
SnowFire
Swing Joined: 3/29/06
#18re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:51pm
Yes....I would say....life is very....surprising. And to see Tim and Ted....together. Ted back in his original roles....'Reyer' before he took over the main role? This makes one wonder....Only 5 and 20 minutes away? How marvelous....I must make time to visit.....
Glad I stumbled across this page...and joined....
#19re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 9:02pmI'm reading your reply and hearing William Shatner...in...my...head.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
Fabrizio2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/20/06
#20re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 9:03pmThis is a bit off topic, but I am not that happy with the marketing for Phantom in Vegas...I mean I guess I can see how it appeals to a tourist, but it looks very commercial, then again, Phantom is a very commercial show. I hope I don't get in any trouble for this.
CarolynW
Leading Actor Joined: 9/8/04
#21re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 10:17pm
What marketing? They have not even started advertising it except on the Venetian Website that I know about.
If you mean the logo, well they had to change it from the CamMac production as he is not involved in the Las Vegas production. Only ALW/RUG and Hal Prince are involved here. They also have a Las Vegas Producer and the Venetian Hotel. So most of the Marketing will be done by them I would assume.
All they have done is put out the press release nothing else has gone out.
If you are talking about the wording "The Las Vegas Spectacular" I imagine that was the Venetian and Las Vegas producers that wanted that on it, so it would be considered differnt from the original production.
Anyway, I am not fond of that wording, and I am sure ALW was not...but you have to give in some. He has been trying to get the show in Las Vegas since 1996. But you have to sell shows in Las Vegas.
Hairspray and other shows are newer than Phantom. After 20 years I think they just want to make it sound jazzy. From what Hal Prince has said it is not changed that much. He worked on the set design, and has been very involved in this production. He would not work on it if it were not Theatre. I have seen Chicago, Hairspray and Mamma Mia! they are from all i hear not that different from the original shows, from what I hear. Since I never saw them on Broadway. :)
Yours,
Carolyn
#22re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/29/06 at 10:34pm
Carolyn,
Thanks for taking time to update everyone about what's going on in LV. I've learned over the years, that you really know your "stuff" LOL! When you first posted about John Goodman not doing Hairspray, I knew it was solid. All hail Carolyn!
Take care,
PB
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BWW regional writer "Philadelphia/South Jersey"
SnowFire
Swing Joined: 3/29/06
#23re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/30/06 at 6:02pm
That could be very scary, LizzieCurry. Rather hear the Angel of Music in my head.
Fabrizio2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/20/06
#24re: Las Vegas Phantom casting news??
Posted: 3/31/06 at 9:06pm
Carolyn-
Yeah marketing was the wrong word...again I used the wrong word. Like when I called Wicked a cult musical. Laughs.
Thanks for the info. That logo just didn't phase me.
-Conley
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