This new take on Phantom feels less like the blockbuster it still is and more just a good, solid entertainment that knows exactly what it wants to achieve and has a good time doing it. I doubt that fans of the Prince staging will object to anything here and those (like me) who were less enamored of the original may well like it better. Those new to the piece ought to find this staging everything they hoped it to be.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:46PM on January 24, 2014