Sets Spectacular, Cast Great
by mcorko on 3/9/11Venetian Phantom Theater - Las VegasRating: 3 out of 5I had been very excited to take my daughter and mother to the play since I LOVED the Phantom - Broadway. I had been told this was different, had a Vegas spin on it, so I was expecting some changes. The sets were Spectacular, the cast very good, but overall I was disappointed in how much they cut out of the broadway version. I didn't feel the romance connection and that was very disappointing. It was very hard to hear also. At the very beginning, you couldn't hear the auctioneer very well, and didn't connect the man in the wheel chair and the monkey music box at all with the play it self.
I believe that taking so much out of the play as far as the build up of romance, really was a shame. I think of the Phantom of the Opera as being a very moving, romantic story and I definitely didn't get that from the Vegas version. My daughter had know idea of what the this play was about, so for her, it was better because she didn't have a pre-conceived idea. We actually went home and watched the movie and she was very surprised at the romance that the play was suppose to have.
I would recommend it to someone that had never seen the broadway version, but I myself would not spend the money to go back and see it in Vegas again.