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1. Overview Singapore is an international centre for performing arts and theatre. Singapore owes its presence on the international theatre map to its people, who come out in numbers to support theatre. In the mid of 2007 the internationally acclaimed and revered show, The Phantom of The Opera will be will be staged at the Esplanade Theatre from 23 March to 13 May. According to some estimates nearly 80 million people have seen the show and the box office collection stand at a whopping 3.2 billion dollars. The musical has
been a recipient of several awards including Laurence Olivier and Evening
Standard Award for Best Musical and seven Tony Awards. 2. History and Current Showings The musical of The Phantom of The Opera opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on 9 October 1986 with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman in the leading roles. Since then there have been sixteen productions world-wide. Besides the shows from the West End Production, The Phantom of The Opera is currently been played in New York, Sao Paulo, Essen, Tokyo and Budapest, a production company is touring the United States and a new $35 million production is being specially developed for Las Vegas. A Hollywood movie of the same name hit the screens at
the end of December 2004. The movie was directed by Joel Schumacher. The show
has held more than 65,000 performances in twenty countries in a hundred and ten
cities around the world to over 80 million people. 3. Thrills at the Phantom The Phantom of The Opera in Singapore will feature a scene where a chandelier flies over the audience and crashes onto the stage. The audience will however be absolutely safe and full safety measures are taken to avoid any such untoward incident. While witnessing the show audiences can be rest assured that all fool proof measure and counter measures are checked and rechecked as a precaution. There are as many as seven different safety measures put in place and there all
of the seven things will have to go wrong for an accident to occur. The infamous
or rather famous scene has kept the audiences all over the world on the edge of
their seats; some feel anxious while others feel delighted. The production of
The Phantom of The Opera in Singapore has taken nearly eight months to complete. 4. Milestones and Awards The Phantom of The Opera celebrated its 7000th performance at The Majestic Theatre in New York on 10 November 2004. On 9th October 2006, it celebrated its 20th birthday on the West End. So it is easy to see that the musical is one of the most successful shows of all time. It has won over 50 major theatre awards
during a life spanning more than three decades, including 3 Olivier Awards, the
most recent being the 2002 Oliver Audience Award for Most Popular Show, an
Evening Standard Award, 7 Tony Awards including Best Musical, 7 Drama Desk
Awards and 3 Outer Critic Circle Awards. Conclusion The show will staged at the Esplanade Theatre from 23 March to 13 May. It provides all Singaporean theatre enthusiasts an opportunity to have a glimpse of the world’s most successful musical ever. The show has good acting from all the members of the crew. Are you an international tourist who happens to be visiting Singapore during the same period? Then do take time to view this musical masterpiece! Related ArticlesYou may also wish to read the following related articles:
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