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wheel-of-fish · 2 months

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Updated stream list

I've been getting a lot of questions/requests regarding possible streams and thought it might be helpful to catalog everything we've watched so far! I'll keep it pinned and updated moving forward.

Longtime crowd favorites (streamed at least three times) are marked with a single asterisk.

Why isn’t [specific actor/video] on this list?

The video is currently marked not for trade.

We haven’t gotten to it yet.

The footage does not exist or is too incomplete.

It isn't on a platform I can stream it from.

There's something particularly off-putting about the video or actor.

How can I get a copy of a video listed here?

There's a list of publicly available bootlegs here, and there are many other adaptations on the Phantom Retrospective channel. Otherwise, contact @glassprism (or another trader) for a possible trade, or check her website for info on which master(s) to contact.

For general stream info, please see the Saturday Streams FAQ.

On to the list!

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera

1988 Broadway: Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Steve Barton

1989 Broadway: Cris Groenendaal, Rebecca Luker, Steve Barton

1989 Los Angeles: Michael Crawford, Dale Kristien, Steve Barton

1990 Los Angeles: Michael Crawford, Mary D’Arcy, Reece Holland

1991 Los Angeles: Michael Crawford, Dale Kristien, Michael Piontek

1993 U.S. Tour: Franc D’Ambrosio, Tracy Shayne, Ciaran Sheehan

1993 Vienna: Alexander Goebel, Luzia Nistler, Alfred Pfeifer*

1994 Sapporo: Eiji Akutagawa, Hisako Hanaoka, Masayuki Sano*

1994 Toronto: Peter Karrie, Teresa DeZarn, David Rogers

1995 Broadway: Davis Gaines, Tracy Shayne, Ciaran Sheehan

1995 London: Ethan Freeman, Jill Washington, Simon Bowman*

1998 Broadway: Thomas James O’Leary, Tracy Shayne, Gary Mauer

1998 Los Angeles: Davis Gaines, Marie Danvers, Lawrence Anderson*

1998 San Francisco: Franc D’Ambrosio, Lisa Vroman, Christopher Carl*

1998 Toronto: Peter Karrie, Elizabeth DeGrazia, David Rodgers*

1998 Broadway: Thoms James O’Leary, Tracy Shayne, Gary Mauer

1999 Broadway: Howard McGillin, Adrienne McEwan, Gary Mauer

1999 Toronto: Paul Stanley, Melissa Dye, Laird Mackintosh

1999/2000 Mexico City: Saulo Vasconcelos, Irasema Terrazas, Jose Joel*

2000 Antwerp: Hans Peter Janssens, Inneke van Klinken, Michael Shawn Lewis

2000 London: Scott Davies, Meredith Braun, Matt Cammelle

2000 London: Scott Davies, Charlotte Page, Matt Cammelle

2001 Hamburg: Ian Jon Bourg, Colby Thomas, Kyle Gonyea

2001 Hamburg: Ian Jon Bourg, Olivia Safe, Kyle Gonyea

2001 Hamburg: Michael Nicholson, Olivia Safe, Christopher Morandi

2002 London: John Owen-Jones, Celia Graham, Robert Finlayson

2003 Broadway: Howard McGillin, Adrienne McEwan, Jim Weitzer

2003 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Julie Hanson, Jim Weitzer

2003 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Lisa Vroman, John Cudia

2003 U.S. Tour: Brad Little, Lisa Vroman, Tim Martin Gleason

2004 Madrid: Luis Armando, Teresa Barrientos, Armando Pita

2004 Stuttgart: Thomas Schulze, Maike Switzer, Carsten Axel Lepper

2005 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Julie Hanson, John Cudia

2005 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Sandra Joseph, Tim Martin Gleason

2005 Broadway: James Romick, Marie Danvers, John Cudia

2005 London: John Owen-Jones, Rachel Barrell, Oliver Thornton

2005 U.S. Tour: Gary Mauer, Marie Danvers, Michael Shawn Lewis

2006 Essen: Ethan Freeman, Anne Gorner, Nikolaj Brucker

2006 Essen: Uwe Kröger, Beatrix Reiter, Lucius Wolter*

2006 London: Earl Carpenter, Rachel Barrell, David Shannon*

2006 São Paulo: Saulo Vasconcelos, Kiara Sasso, Nando Prado

2006 U.S. Tour: Gary Mauer, Elizabeth Southard, Jim Weitzer*

2006 U.S. Tour: John Cudia, Jennifer Hope Wills, Adam Monley

2007 Broadway: Gary Mauer, Jennifer Hope Wills, Jason Mills

2007 World Tour: Simon Pryce, Julie Goodwin, John Bowles

2008 Broadway: Howard McGillin, Elizabeth Loyacano, Jeremy Stolle

2008 Las Vegas: Anthony Crivello, Kristi Holden, Andrew Ragone*

2008 World Tour: Simon Pryce, Ana Marina, Alexander Lewis

2009 Australia: Anthony Warlow, Ana Marina, Alexander Lewis

2010 London: David Shannon, Gina Beck, Simon Bailey*

2010 London: David Shannon, Gina Beck, Will Barratt

2010 U.S. Tour: Tim Martin Gleason, Trista Moldovan, Sean MacLaughlin

2012 Broadway: Greg Mills, Marni Raab, Kyle Barisich*

2012 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Trista Moldovan, Kyle Barisich

2012 London: Marcus Lovett, Anna O’Byrne, Simon Thomas

2013 Broadway: Jeremy Stolle, Samantha Hill, Greg Mills*

2013 Broadway: Peter Joback, Samantha Hill, Jeremy Stolle

2013 Broadway: Peter Joback, Elizabeth Welch, Kyle Barisich

2013 London: Marcus Lovett, Sofia Escobar, Simon Thomas

2014 Broadway: Greg Mills, Mary Michael Patterson, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Sara Jean Ford, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Elizabeth Welch, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Jeremy Stolle, Mary Michael Patterson, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Laird Mackintosh, Kaley Ann Voorhees, Jeremy Hays*

2014 Broadway: Laird Mackintosh, Sara Jean Ford, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess, Jeremy Hays*

2014 Broadway: Paul Schaefer, Mary Michael Patterson, Jeremy Hays

2014 Hamburg: David Arnsperger, Lauri Brons, Nicky Wuchinger

2014 Hamburg: Mathias Edenborn, Daniela Braun, Nicky Wuchinger

2014 Moscow: Dmitry Ermak, Tamara Kotova, Evgeny Zaytsev

2014 Moscow: Ivan Ozhogin, Tamara Kotova, Evgeny Zaytsev

2014 U.S. Tour: Cooper Grodin, Grace Morgan, Ben Jacoby

2014 U.S. Tour: Cooper Grodin, Julia Udine, Ben Jacoby

2014 World Tour: Brad Little, Kristi Holden, Anthony Downing

2015 London: Geronimo Rauch, Harriet Jones, Richard Munday

2015 Moscow: Ivan Ozhogin, Tamara Kotova, Ivan Rak

2015 Prague: Marian Vojtko, Michaela Gemrotova, Tomas Vanek

2015 Prague: Marian Vojtko, Monika Sommerova, Tomas Vanek

2016 Broadway: Laird Mackintosh, Julia Udine, Jeremy Hays

2016 Moscow: Andrey Schkoldychenko, Elena Bahtiyarova, Evgeny Zaytsev (act 2 only)

2016 Oberhausen: Brent Barrett, Elizabeth Welch, Max Niemeyer

2016? Prague: Marian Vojtko, Michaela Gemrotova, Tomas Vanek

2016 Stockholm: Peter Jöback, Emmi Christensson, Anton Zetterholm

2016 U.S. Tour: Derrick Davis, Kaitlyn Davis, Jordan Craig

2018 Broadway (Sept.): Ben Crawford, Ali Ewoldt, Jay Armstrong Johnson

2018 Broadway (Oct.): Ben Crawford, Ali Ewoldt, Jay Armstrong Johnson

2018? Prague: Radim Schwab, Monika Sommerova, Tomas Vanek

2019 Copenhagen: Tomas Ambt Kofod, Sibylle Glosted, Christian Lund*

2019 London: David Thaxton, Kelly Mathieson, Jeremy Taylor*

2019 London: Josh Piterman, Kelly Mathieson, Alistair So*

2019 São Paulo: Fred Silveira, Giulia Nadruz, Henrique Moretzsohn

2019 São Paulo - Fred Silveira, Lina Mendes, Henrique Moretzsohn

2019 São Paulo: Thiago Arancam, Daruã Góes, Fred Silveira

2019 São Paulo: Thiago Arancam, Giulia Nadruz, Fred Silveira

2019 World Tour: Jonathan Roxmouth, Meghan Picerno, Matt Leisy*

2021 Broadway: Ben Crawford, Meghan Picerno, John Riddle

2021 Broadway: Jeremy Stolle, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2021 London: Killian Donnelly, Holly-Anne Hull, Rhys Whitfield

2022 Broadway: Ben Crawford, Kanisha Marie Feliciano, Paul A. Schaefer

2022 Broadway: Ben Crawford, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2022 Broadway: Ted Keegan, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2022 Broadway: Ted Keegan, Elizabeth Welch, Bronson Norris Murphy

2022 Broadway: Jeremy Stolle, Emilie Kouatchou, Jordan Donica

2022 London: James Hume, Holly-Anne Hull, Matt Blaker

2022 London: Killian Donnelly, Anouk van Laake, Rhys Whitfield

2022 Sydney: Josh Robson, Georgina Hopson, Callum Frances

2023 Broadway: Ted Keegan, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2023 Broadway: Laird Mackintosh, Julia Udine, John Riddle

2023 Broadway: Greg Mills, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2023 Broadway: Greg Mills, Julia Udine, Paul A. Schaefer

2023 London: Earl Carpenter, Paige Blankson, Ralph Watts

2023 London: Earl Carpenter, Eve Shanu-Wilson, Connor Carson

2023 London: Killian Donnelly, Lucy St. Louis, Matt Blaker

2023 London: James Gant, Holly-Anne Hull, Matt Blaker

2023 London: James Gant, Paige Blankson, Matt Blaker

2023 Shanghai: Ayanga (various clips)

2023 Shanghai: He Liangchen, Yang Chenxiuyi, Li Chenxi

2023 Thessaloniki: Tim Howar, Harriet Jones, Nadim Naaman

Love Never Dies

2010 London: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Dean Chisnall

2011 London: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Dean Chisnall

2013 Vienna concert: Drew Sarich, Milica Jovanovic, Julian Looman

2018 U.S. Tour: Bronson Norris Murphy, Meghan Picerno, Sean Thompson*

2023 London concert: Norm Lewis, Celinde Schoenmaker, Matthew Seadon-Young

Other adaptations

1925 The Phantom of the Opera (film, Lon Chaney)

1937 Song at Midnight**

1943 Phantom of the Opera (film, Claude Rains)**

1962 Hammer Horror: The Phantom of the Opera (film, Herbert Lom)**

1974 Phantom of the Paradise

1983 The Phantom of the Opera (TV movie, Max Schell)**

1987 The Phantom of the Opera (animated film)

1989 Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge

1989 The Phantom of the Opera (film, Robert Englund)**

1990 The Phantom of the Opera (TV miniseries, Charles Dance)

1993 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (stage show, Richard White)**

1991 The Phantom of the Opera (stage show, David Staller)

1992 Tom Alonso’s The Phantom of the Opera (stage show)**

1993 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (Wichita, Richard White)

1994 Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio (TV special)**

1995 Pantin’ at the Opera (Wishbone episode)

1995 Phantom of the Opera on Ice*

2000 The Tale of the Last Dance (Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode)

2004 The Phantom of the Opera (film, Gerard Butler)

2011 Spiritual Twist’s The Phantom of the Opera (stage show)

2013 The Phantom of the Opera (Ken Hill stage show, Tokyo)**

2019 Spiritual Twist’s The Phantom of the Opera (stage show)

2018 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (stage show, Takarazuka Revue)

2018 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (stage show, Seoul)

2020 Sasson’s Das Phantom der Oper (stage show, Germany, with Uwe Kröger)**

2021 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (stage show proshot, Seoul)

Miscellaneous

2017 Broadway: Prince of Broadway (in honor of Hal Prince)

Stolleboot (fan edit starring Jeremy Stolle as the Phantom, Raoul, Piangi, and Passarino)*

*Longtime crowd favorite (streamed at least three times)

**We’ve watched it, but it was technically streamed by another host I used to alternate with.

#saturday streams

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behindthemirrorofmusic · 2 years

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Davis Gaines and Dale Kristien

#phantom of the opera #poto #the phantom of the opera

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glassprism · 11 months

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Who are your favorite feisty, strong, independent Christines? I really liked Kelly last night physically holding the Phantom off of Raoul. That was such an excellent moment, and I usually don’t pay attention to Christines.

Oh yes, that was a great moment of Kelly Mathieson's, though to be fair, that's also quite common for London Christines - I've seen Leila Benn Harris and Gina Beck shove the Phantoms away, I've seen Rachel Barrell push herself between the Phantom and Raoul, I've seen Harriet Jones just insert herself in and drive the Phantom off, and so on; it was basically the blocking in London before the shut-down.

But anyway, as for other strong Christines, here are a few more! Links provided when available:

Rebecca Caine (far more so in Toronto)

Dale Kristien (in a stiff sort of way)

Irasema Terrazas

Meredith Braun (in Act II, in an "I will murder you" sort of way)

Julia Moller

Rachel Barrell (more so with John Owen-Jones)

Elizabeth Loyacano

Jennifer Hope Wills

Leila Benn Harris

Ana Marina

Julia Udine (more so in the restaged tour)

Kaley Ann Voorhees (particularly in the 'Final Lair')

Maria Coyne (in a shouty sort of way)

Ali Ewoldt (especially later in her run)

Meghan Picerno

#GP gets asks #anonymous

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killingmoon · 9 months

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okay so far my favorites from poto so far:

the phantom: michael crawford, john owen jones, earl carpenter

christine: sarah brightman, dale kristien

raoul: steve barton, michael ball, hadley fraser

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night-unfurls-its-splendour · 4 months

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I DEMAND THE RETURN OF BIG, FRIZZY HAIR CHRISTINE

*bangs fist on table*

I demand Frizzy Brunette Representation!

I reject smooth ringlets and loose waves!

(Samantha Hill || Holly Ann Hull)

I want that shit wild! UNTAMEABLE!!

I want to see seaweed-ass lookin tendrils that you know will turn into a ball of shapeless frizz if anyone so much as approaches it with a brush.

No but seriously I am deeply grateful that Phantom was made in the 80's when volume was the look du jour, hang smoothness and sheen and wound up having such longevity in the cultural zeitgeist.

If I had gotten into phantom as a kid, I think it would have done wonders for my self-esteem, as a frizzy brunette living in the 00's (when having smooth, shiny, flowing waves was everything) to see a Top Tier Romantic Heroine, torn between two men who worship the earth she stands on, who was a curly brunette; but even more so if that Curly Brunette looked like she understood that you Can't Brush That Shit When It's Dry.

Reblog with your frizziest Christines

#phantom of the opera #poto #poto musical #christine daae #sarah brightman #dale kristien #jill washington #joke de kruijf

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filthybonnet · 1 year

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hellooo your post about hating ben crawford had replies turned off so i could ask there, what was wrong with his AMA/why don’t you like him? :0 there’s no pressure to answer if you don’t want to, i just didn’t know if he’d done something wrong!

I didn't mean for it to have replies turned off! Thanks for letting me know I'll have to check my settings.

He didn't really do anything wrong per se, it's just how he worded things and is coming across. This was the one that really got me:

The Majestic has had a shitty sound system for years. No other Phantom actor has taken to a public form to bitch about it and blame it and the company for everything that has gone wrong. Ben clearly has some personal responsibility but he's not owning up to it. If the show was damaging his voice he needed to find better techniques, give himself more rest, stand up for himself and ask for a weekly alternate, or if he wasn't enjoying himself find a way to end his contract. Plenty of actors strain their voices with shows. Laird said My Fair Lady's talking singing hurt his voice and Ramin said Funny Girl is straining his. You don't see them saying the shows weren't/aren't supporting them.

I was never really impressed with what I saw of Ben Crawford online and when I went to see Phantom for the first time on Broadway in October 2021 I was hoping to be proved wrong. Instead I got the impression that he didn't want to be there. He seemed real resentful through the whole show. This was only Emilie's second show and I felt bad for her. I love a good pro Phantom Christine and she was giving it, he was just not giving her anything to work with.

I saw Phantom one last time on Broadway in March and Ben wasn't much better. I'm bummed that he's my Broadway Phantom. I'd be more bummed if I didn't have two wonderful West End experiences with Killian (who I didn't expect to enjoy but was then blown away by). I also have tickets for Ramin's Italy run and tickets for West End again in July.

Phantom seems to be the kind of place where if you treat them good they treat you good. Laird has been back and forth between the Canadian production and Broadway for over two decades. There was a Ballerina who kept coming back inbetween professional ballet gigs. A Carlotta actress left Opera because she found Phantom more rewarding. Hugh Panero had several runs as different characters. Sierra was in how many productions? And we haven't even touched on the crossover between Phantom and Cammack's other shows and London.

I realize not every actor has good experiences with a show because after all, work is work. Rebecca Caine had her arm broken by Colm Wilkinson in the Canadian production and was told to keep quite about it and the other rough handling she went through. Dale Kristien went through some crap as her time as Christine. Actors should speak up about shitty work conditions we have learned and maybe Ben should speak up, but the way he's going about it comes off as selfish, entitled and immature.

Like do an interview with a professional source, talk about your experiences, your own short comings and how things can be improved in the future. Don't do an AMA a week after the show has closed and be like they didn't do anything to help me and treated me like shit even though lots of people did this role before me in the same conditions.

#ben crawford #the phantom of the opera broadway #the phantom of the opera

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andrewlloydwebber · 1 year

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Do you know anything about this actress called Tamara Glaser? I keep seeing her being really rude to people on Tiktok and I know she was in POTO but I didn't know if you knew her history with the show. You're the only real active POTO blogger I follow.

yeah tamra lynn glaser (i think she was maybe billed as tamra shaker when she was in phantom, so you might see photos of her also labeled as that) was the standby christine in the los angeles sit down production circa 1991. principal dale kristien preferred to do eight shows a week (and was allowed to do so) so they created the position of standby christine rather than have two understudies in the ensemble. tamra did perform briefly opposite michael crawford when returned to the role for a few weeks in 1991. so that's all true. HOWEVER tamra seems to like to lord the fact she was in phantom over people and use it to try to bully people DESPITE the fact that basically that was her only major equity credit, she's since shifted to teaching, and now she bullies young people on tiktok for unclear reasons.

for example, when people were posting their christine self tapes when phantom was doing a virtual open call, tamra would leave incredibly negative and unasked for feedback on those videos. she's defended type casting (basically saying that traditional casting is the only way to go). she's gone on several diatribes about how if you don't have a BFA in acting or musical theatre from one of like eight top colleges, you will never make it to broadway, using bad cinderella as an example because supposedly almost everyone has a degree BUT GUESS WHAT CAROLEE CARMELLO AND LINEDY GENAO BOTH HAVE BUSINESS DEGREES and also tamra does have a bfa from umich AND IT CERTAINLY DIDN'T HELP HER MAKE IT TO BROADWAY. and when anyone criticizes her, she leaves nasty comments attacking them and then blocks them. o yeah she's just a sad pathetic out of touch 60 something year old woman who has nothing better to do then pretend she's relevant.

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marleneoftheopera · 1 year

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Out of all of Michael Crawford’s Christine’s who do you think he worked with the best?

Well I guess that depends if you mean offstage, onstage, or both?

Overall I always thought he worked best with Sarah. They worked so closely together and with the original creative team. Her subtle, mysterious, and entranced Christine matched so well with his mysterious and romantic Phantom.

Onstage, I think in general he worked well with his Christine's (I say in general because there aren't videos of him with all his Christine's). The direction in those early years worked well with Michael's Phantom.

Offstage there is the fact that Michael was always very in character, serious, and a perfectionist (especially during a show) so I imagine that may have been off-putting to some actresses. He and Dale Kristien were apparently very good friends though so that definitely helped onstage (though I always thought her acting was more like a mannequin than entranced).

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britishchick09 · 2 years

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jonathan roxmouth and meghan picerno have the same height difference as rewrite eristine! ;D

#they're both an inch shorter (6 ft 3/5 ft 2 vs. 6 ft 4/5 ft 3) but it's the same height sort of!#same smol same tol! ;D #they're the size of rewrite eristine mc and dale kristien are the voices... who would be the looks? ;)#poto rewritten

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operafantomet · 9 months

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I was listening to Jeremy Stolle’s and Greg Mills’ podcast and they had mentioned that after reopening, along with the new blocking some of the changes included the removal of some characters/costumes due to cultural insensitivity reasons, I think specifically from Hannibal or Masquerade I can’t remember. Do you know anything about this and what they are referring to? (If it’s not appropriate to discuss or post pictures of I understand, I was just curious)

You are very right. And in fact, some these changes happened before the pandemic and the re-opening, at least worldwide.

Hannibal originally had an overblown take on a blackface costume. In my interpretation designer Maria Bjørnson rather made fun of how bad historical blackface costumes looked. It was no attempt to create a believable illusion; rather the hood had crude cut-out openings for eyes and mouth, and the hands were left bare.

Hannibal as whole is a light parody of Aïda, and every character on stage is a parody on opera tradition. That is why Carlotta opens the show with a severed head, there is a giant fake elephant on stage, there is a man dressed in lion fur with lion's head and so forth. This is the context of the costume.

That said, I can see why this does not translate well into today's audience. I also don't think it has to, as it isn't essential to the storytelling in any way. There are so many other overblown figures from the opera world in Hannibal. This costume was replaced by generic yellow non-hooded ones in 2016 or thereabout. Here's one of the replacement costumes, made in the vein of the "Wild Woman" figure in Hannibal:

Similar, there was a costume also featuring a blackface character in Masquerade, taken from this etching of a fancy dress party in the Palais Garnier in Paris in the 1880s:

Whereas the etching may actually depict a black man attending the ball, it became a blackface figure in Masquerade. So this too was changed in recent years. In some productions it was merely cut, and in others made into a fantasy blue man. It's a bit hard to find photos of the new costume, as few productions have it, but here's a glimpse of an arm...

A third that seems to come and go is the Hula Girl, in many productions used as a swing costume in Masquerade, while others had her as an ensemble costume. She too seems to have been largely cut. That said, not many productions had it originally.

There's probably more too, these are the ones that came to mind. Due to the change of costume stock in Masquerade, some productions has added costumes previously worn by dummies for their ensemble members. This includes the Highlander (West End):

...the Bumblebee (Las Vegas/ Broadway):

...the Mobcap Girl (Broadway):

...the wild boar (without mask, West End):

...and again, probably many more.

Another change happened with the Mirror Bride. Originally this character was perfectly mimicking Christine, wearing a mask looking identical to the actress. Here's "Rachel Barrell":

..."Sarah Brightman":

...and "Marni Raab":

...and the Final Lair dummy having a face moulded from the actress' features, as this "Dale Kristien" dummy shows:

And again, "Sarah Brightman":

But with Lucy St Louis starring in the West End revival, and Emilie Kouatchou on Broadway, creating a mask perfectly mimicking their features would - regardless of context and history - create a feeling of blackface. The solution was to create a sort of "silver bride", wearing silver mask and silver or white gloves, and a thicker veil. This still gave the feeling of a ghostly mirror bride, but without a reference to the actress:

I will be frank and admit I don't particularly love the silver bride. I think Christine seeing herself in the mirror is a big part of her horror. But I can see how it was the most sensible solution for a historic moment in time when both flagship productions featured a black Christine as one of their leads. I'd rather have that historic moment any day, than the traditional mirror bride.

I was however happy to see the traditional mirror bride being featured in the new South Korean and Chinese productions. It is an eerie detail.

All in all, some gentle tweaks on the original 1986 design so that details of the design does not distract the modern audience from the main story and the main message. (and as mentioned above, this is not a complete list, but the ones that came to mind when typing)

#phantom of the opera #maria bjørnson #mirror bride #mirror bride dummy #obscure masquerade costumes #obscure masquerade dummies #costume design

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