NYC TRIP WITH KENNY (part 4)

Phantom of the Opera
(Ethan)

Well, a few years back, Graham and I visited New York ourselves and made good on the opportunity to go see Phantom of the Opera.  This is one of those shows that, if you have not seen it, you have to grab the chance when it comes.  When we were there, we almost missed it by losing track of time.  Thankfully the subway system was on time with its scheduled promise of getting us within 3 blocks with less than 5 minutes to spare.  We made it into the theater just in time, and sweating from our run.

So... with Carol-Ann and Kenny in tow, neither of them having seen it before, I gave it a high recommendation and we got ourselves tickets.

Thankfully nothing like the frantic last minute dash messed with our plans, however there was a brief moment of fear as we neared because there was a line at the theater a block and a half long (for the phantom) and there was no way standing in the back that we would make it into the show before curtain.

I went to the front, tickets in hand having printed them from the Internet and got the scoop... there was a group all trying to get in together (quite a group being a block and a half long line of people).  Carol-Ann, Kenny and I went right on through and found our seats.

It was a little difficult to hear some of the words to the opera in some portions, especially the rounds (or whatever you call it when multiple voices overlay different lyrics on each other in harmonies).  But it was well worth it.  I noticed some small variations in this performance from my previous memory and I think that running this show for so many years has lead different performing groups on Broadway to try and instill their own little sense of character into the time-worn show.

It was very good, and as always, the phantom was outstanding, chilling and got a standing ovation.