We are more taken aback when the Christine-shaped gold-swathed figure in the middle loses her gold cloak in a dramatic burst of wind that blows it offstage, and reveals itself to be a LIFE-SIZED ANIMATRONIC CHRISTINE in a tiny gold nightie that shows off its life-sized animatronic chest. All the same, when the photoscreen lifts and we are faced with a bright neon purple lair covered in what looks like glowing alien eyes, we are somewhat taken aback. We know what we are in for and are braced for the worst. The only problem with the red moving transit line is that every time it shows up it just makes me wish we are actually watching an Indiana Jones musical, instead of what we have so foolishly signed up for.īut: no regrets! We went into this with our eyes open. Then: newspaper clippings! Moving photos! A red line that zooms from Paris to Manhattan! I should say that I actually thought the old-film-reel effect was pretty cool, just in terms of staging.

The show begins with a bang, showing a black-and-white photo of an opera house on a screen over the stage. don’t know how much it helped, to be honest, but I think at the very least it greatly contributed to the hilarity of the notes that Amy took during the performance! Before going to see PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 2: LOVE NEVER DIES, rowanberries and I applied the wisdom I had gained after my recent excursion to see Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark, which is to say that we went and fortified ourselves with a drink first.

Madam giry phantom of the opera costume