PHANTOM at WaterTower Theatre

PHANTOM has appeared in over 1,000 productions worldwide, across America, Japan, Korea, the UK, Germany, Poland, Australia, Finland, Estonia, The Philippines and other countries. Written by Yeston and Arthur Kopit, their Phantom relates the heart-rending 19th century tale of Erik – disfigured from birth yet as beautiful on the inside as he is misshapen on the outside. Raised from youth and hidden in the crypts and lagoons beneath the Paris Opera, the adult Erik has an inner beauty reflecting the music that all his life has wafted down from the stage above to his secret crypt below, and has sustained him. When an untalented egomaniacal Diva takes over the Opera House the musical environment so dear to his life, on which he subsists, is shattered. He seeks a voice and a singer to restore the only beauty he’s ever known – and finds it in the astonishingly gifted young soprano Christine Daae, with whom he falls deeply in love.

Directed by Broadway legend Michael Serrecchia with musical direction by the incomparable Adam C. Wright, and featuring a powerhouse cast, including Max J. Swarner as The Phantom of the Opera and Claire Lyon as Christine, this staged concert-style presentation of Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston's PHANTOM promises an evening to remember.