"PHANTOM' IS AN EXPERIENCE; ROAD SHOW OF WEBBER'S EXTRAVAGANZA PLAYS IT TO THE HILT.(Local)(Theater review)

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From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Date: 20070915
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Byline: Chuck Klaus Contributing writer

Say what you will concerning the musical or dramatic effectiveness of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera," it is an opulent theatrical experience. Even the road show version visiting Syracuse, put forth by Famous Artists Broadway Theater Series, is filled to the brim and beyond with sumptuous costumes, impressive sets and effects, and deftly achieved lighting and sound design.

The Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe version of Gaston Leroux's arch-romantic serialized tale is a relatively faithful edition of the story of a ...

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