Hi there, I'm the runner of a website dedicated to the memory of the late Martin Smith:
inmemoryofmartinsmith.weebly.com
I'm looking for information regarding Martin Smith's stint as The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera". He played the role in October-November of 1989. It is famously said he wasn't at his best in the role but there's no clear reason as to why. I figured someone here must have seen him and can shed a little light on the issue.
In addition, I've been searching almost nonstop for 5 years now for a recording of Martin as The Phantom and have done everything in my power to find one (including getting in touch with Cameron Mackintosh & Really Useful Group's archives, contacting a majority of the cast when Martin was Phantom, old collectors, everything) and have had 0 luck. If anybody here can help me with this it would put an end to a very stressful search for me.