Gaston Leroux News

Ok PHANTOM 'Phans'... I have found your nirvana...and you can find it at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, where I attended the lavish opening of PHANTOM: The Las Vegas Spectacular last night (Saturday, June 24th at 7pm).

Due to construction delays on the new theatre housing its lavish underground lair, the highly anticipated Las Vegas production of Phantom--The Las Vegas Spectacular will now begin previews at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas on June 12th

Patricia Phillips will replace Anne Runolfsson in the Broadway company of The Phantom of the Opera on May 15th

Rebecca Pitcher will succeed Sandra Joseph as angelic-voiced Christine Daae in the Broadway company of The Phantom of the Opera on April 17th

The Phantom of the Opera will welcome Michael Shawn Lewis as its new Raoul on April 3rd, while Roland Rusinek will step into the role of Piangi on March 31st

The Phantom of the Opera will celebrate another record when it turns eighteen on January 26th

The Phantom of the Opera will be profiled on the January 29th edition of A&E's 'Breakfast with the Arts'

A 90-minute production of The Phantom of the Opera will open in Las Vegas this spring

On January 9th, The Phantom of the Opera will break the record and become Broadway's longest-running show

Plans are still under wraps for just how the show will celebrate it's longevity, but original star Michael Crawford's web site reports that he will take part in the celebration.

The soundtrack of the film version of The Phantom of the Opera has ranked as #2 on Billboard's Year End Chart for soundtracks

The Phantom of the Opera is looking for the biggest 'Phan' in the New York area

Tickets to the record-breaking performance on January 9th will be given away to 100 of the Phantom of the Opera fans who can correctly answer five trivia questions about the show.

Readers of the December 2nd edition of The New York Times can enter for a chance to win tickets to the record-breaking January 9th performance of The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera will become the longest-running Broadway musical in history on January 9th, 2006

Beginning Monday, October 3, Howard McGillin, Broadway's longest-running Phantom, will return to the title role in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at The Majestic Theatre.

The musical - now in its 18th year on Broadway at The Majestic Theatre, having given an astonishing 7,325 performances (as of 8/21/2005) - has played to 99.2% capacity audiences this summer and has consistently been among Broadway's highest-grossing shows.

An eBay auction will celebrate the DVD release of the Phantom of the Opera film by the selling of over a hundred items