Vegas-Sized Phantom to Haunt Strip in 2006
by Broadway Staff • Jul 25, 2004
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera is heading to Sin City. A brand-new production of the hit musical will open at the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino on the Las Vegas strip in Spring 2006. Directed by Harold Prince, who won a 1988 Tony Award for helming the Broadway production, the newly conceived staging will run just 90 minutes and feature a cast of 46 in addition to an onstage lake and an "exploding replica of the Paris Opera House chandelier," according to press materials.
The Vegas Phantom will play in a state of the art theater at The Venetian designed and built specifically for the show by David Rockwell, the architect-turned-Broadway designer currently responsible for the sets for Hairspray and the upcoming All Shook Up and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. The new venue is expected to cost between $25 and $30 million.
The Vegas Phantom will play in a state of the art theater at The Venetian designed and built specifically for the show by David Rockwell, the architect-turned-Broadway designer currently responsible for the sets for Hairspray and the upcoming All Shook Up and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. The new venue is expected to cost between $25 and $30 million.
More than 58 million theatergoers have seen The Phantom of the Opera since its debut in the West End in 1987. It is currently playing in London, New York, Budapest and Stuttgart, with a national tour also playing in major cities throughout the U.S. The highly anticipated film adapatation, directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Lloyd Webber, is expected in theaters December 4, 2004.