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From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Date: 20070913
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Byline: Joan E. Vadeboncoeur

"PHANTOM' SAILS INTO CIVIC CENTER

It is encore time in the Salt City for one of the biggest hits of musical theater.

"The Phantom of the Opera" is paying a return visit to the Crouse-Hinds Theater of the John H. Mulroy Civic Center, 411 Montgomery St., Syracuse, complete with its crashing chandelier.

Based on Gaston Leroux's pulpy novel, the musical recounts the story of rising ballerina Christine Daae, who becomes the target of the title character's affections. He spirits her from her dressing room in the Paris Opera to his home ...

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