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Director gets a chance at other 'Phantom'.(Time Out!)(On theater)(Theater review)

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From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Date: 20070914
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Byline: Jack Helbig

Some call it "the other 'Phantom of the Opera'" or the "smarter 'Phantom.' " They're referring to the musical version of Gaston Leroux's classic 1910 thriller "The Phantom of the Opera," written by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit, opening in revival Sunday at the Theatre Building Chicago .

Not as well known as the acclaimed Andrew Lloyd Webber version, this version, which was written, like Webber's version, in the late '80s, has nevertheless reportedly received more than a thousand productions worldwide.

L. Walter Stearns, artistic director of the ...

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