When I went to the show I managed to take a couple of photos before the show began.
This video is a promotional video from the phantom f the opera website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3P62ww_xrQThe book:
http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/background/the-book
Gaston Leroux was a French author who after years of writing newspaper articles, reviews and unsuccessful plays wrote the novel of the phantom of the opera. He was passionate about the theatre and now his novel has took theatre by storm.
Gaston was born in Paris in 1868 and his novel captures the atmosphere of this time period perfectly and captures the beliefs of the 19th century society. The novel hadn't captured the publics attention until the dramatization of it as a film and theatre production.
The major crew involved in the show:
This is a list of people involved in the production-
But i'm going to research the producers, the director and the production designer. This is because these people work closely, the director works closely with the producers, who work closely with the production design.
Director: Harold Prince
Harold was born on January 30th 1928 in new York USA. He directs and produces many theatrical productions nd has won 20 Tony awards as both roles. He is best known for his work on Phantom of the opera in 2004, West side memories in 2003 and west side story in 1961. He also produced cabaret on the new York stage in 1972 and has worked on many other productions.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0697660/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm
Producers: Cameron Mackintosh/The Really Useful Theatre Company
Cameron mackinstosh is one of the worlds most successful producers. he has been producing for nearly 50 years and has produced for the longest running musicals of all times; Les Miserables, The phantom of the Opera and Cats. He has also worked on shows like The little shop of horrors and miss Saigon. Including all this, he has also owns whats called the Delfont Mackintosh Theatres, which operates 8 theatres in londons west end. he has spent over £40 million to make his venues the best he can get them to be.
He was born on the 17th of October 1946 in enfield, Middlesex in England. He has been nomintated for an Oscar with another 5 award nominations and another 4 award wins.
Website: http://www.cameronmackintosh.com/
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533583/
The really useful theatre company is a subsidiary of the really useful company. It has produced many shows including the joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Love never dies, and Jesus Christ superstar. it was the co producer of phantom of the opera.
Really useful group website: http://www.reallyuseful.com/
Production designer: Maria Bjornson
Maria had a very good career in productions such as operas, theatre shows and ballets and she designed for over 120 productions. Her most famous is phantom of the opera which brought her a lot of success. She was born in 1949 and died suddenly in 2002. Many people who have worked with her praise her and her work.
Her website: http://mariabjornson.com/welcome.html
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