MT shows in Las Vegas

ActressToBe
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:44:04 +0000

I am going to be seeing the Vegas Phantom production for the first time in two weeks. The Vegas version is an hour and a half and there are some changes from the original.

The dialogue in the auction is shortened a bit.

The Hannibal sequence is cut down, there’s no ballet sequence introducing Meg or Christine. Carlotta’s “Think of Me” is only one verse and her little rant is shortened.

Magical Lasso was cut out entirely.

Notes I was shortened a bit so things happen sooner.

Il Muto cuts a few lines here or there to speed it up.

The chandelier does NOT fall at the end of the normal first act, since there’s no intermission. It falls, as in the movie, at the end of Point of No Return.

Masquerade cut a verse or so and the Giry/Raoul exchanged was shortened.

Notes II suffered the most cuts, Carlotta and Piangi are not present in the scene. There is no reading of notes at all. Though Twisted Every Way is present and Raoul’s response.

Don Juan Rehearsal is cut entirely.

The “Seal My Fate Tonight” bit was shortened.

Don Juan performance and “Point of No Return” were both shortened. And the chandelier falls when Christine and the Phantom run away.

The Final Lair scene is changed a bit with a cage instead of a lasso.

Everything else I didn’t mention in detail is fully intact, so most of it is in there. It seems that many of the cuts follow the recent movie version.

I’ve seen the show 7 times on Broadway and know the entire show like the back of my hand and I’m really excited to get to see it in Vegas, especially because the special effects are supposed to be amazing.

I don’t know how familar you are with the show but if you have only seen it twice then maybe a lot of the tiny cuts you might not even notice!