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More character than spectacle in this 'Phantom'; Revival of Yeston's version revels in its richer textures

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 20070918
Author:Hedy Weiss

'PHANTOM'

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When: Through Nov. 11

Where: Porchlight Music Theatre at Theater Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont

Tickets: $34-$35

Phone: (773) 327-5252

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"This is a musical about opera, not an opera."

That was composer-lyricist Maury Yeston's succinct explanation of how "Phantom," his stage version of Gaston Leroux's classic 1911 novel (created with playwright Arthur Kopit), differs from "The Phantom of the Opera," the Andrew Lloyd Webber spectacle that debuted in London in 1986.

Yeston nailed the difference during a talk that followed the opening of Porchlight ...

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