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WITH A LITTLE HONING, ``JEKYLL AND HYDE'' WILL BE A HIT.(DAILY BREAK)(Review)

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From: The Virginian Pilot
Date: 19960308
Author:Vincent, Mal

Byline: MAL VINCENT, MOVIE CRITIC

A TORTURED creature of the night, ostracized by society, sings soaring, romantic songs that shake the rafters - if only Chrysler Hall had rafters. In the end, he sacrifices all in the name of love.

Say, wasn't that the show two months ago at Chrysler Hall? The one thattook in more than $6 million at the box office and proved that Hampton Roads is, after all, a sockeroo theater market?

``Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical Thriller'' is a ``Phantom'' wannabe, in both the worst and best of ways.

Like Gaston Leroux's ``Phantom of the ...

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