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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19991105
Author:Miriam Di Nunzio

`Phantom' Through Jan. 16 Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire Tickets, $33-$38. (847) 634-0200 Somewhat recommended

Like the dichotomous world of the Paris Opera House in Gaston Leroux's classic novel, The Phantom of the Opera, the musical "Phantom," which opened Wednesday at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, also tells a tale of two worlds. In fact, it could easily be two distinct plays.

First, there is the world of the grand Paris Opera of the 1800s, home to an overblown diva and her bumbling husband, a mysterious old gentleman and an ingenue with the voice ...

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