Wasn't Kelly Mathieson supposed to be Christine in the last world tour before it was cancelled? If so, I hope she will return for the upcoming one
Yes, she was! Which is why, with Jonathan Roxmouth and Matt Leisy announcing their returns, I am tentatively hopeful that she will also join because, come on, that'd be amazing. I loved Mathieson's Christine and it'd be so cool to see her opposite Roxmouth and Leisy's equally great Phantom and Raoul.
But I understand it's all about scheduling and availability, so it will remain a hope until there's an official announcement. But one can dream!
out of the loop on phantom broadway and just saw the paul a. schaefer news and my immediate thought was of you. on one hand i am very sorry but also so looking forward to all your hateposting over the coming months 😭
i'm sure cameron mackintosh, alw, and all the other decision makers at phantom broadway are filthy mega rich so they will live forever. which is good, because i want them to be at my funeral when i die so they can lower my coffin into the ground AND LET ME DOWN ONE LAST TIME
like tbh the quality of US Raouls has always been feast or famine. there's been multiple amazing ones but i would say the majority, especially within the past 10 years, have been bad or boring. and the ones who are good never stick around long and the bad ones stay forever. but paul a schaefer is actually aggressively and actively trying to be a terrible raoul because i guess he wants the show to close or something. i cannot stress enough how awful he was. the uwe kroger of raouls.
they literally just had an open casting call for raoul, couldn't they have given one of those guys a shot? or jason forbach or matt leisy!!!! even that former LND vacation swing guy who doesn't appreciate the role, i would rather have him. i know john riddle is coming back eventually.
at least everyone who hasn't seen paul will share in my pain!!!!!!!!! I'm sure a video will come out and we can question seth skylar heyn's life choices
"Starting from July 2024, the international tour of the original "Phantom of the Opera" will resume in China and then travel to more regions/territories. The original version of "The Phantom of the Opera" refers to the classic version that uses the direction and choreography of Harold Prince, the staging and choreography of Gillian Lynne, and the costume and set design of Maria Bjornson. The original English version of Phantom can only be seen in London's West End and China."
The initial list of cities are:
Shenzhen - Shenzhen Esplanade Opera Hall (Tickets)
Xi'an - Shaanxi Opera House
Shanghai - Shanghai Grand Theater
Suzhou - Suzhou Bay Grand Theater
Chengdu - Chengdu City Concert Hall
Beijing - Beijing Tianqiao Art Center
Dates from BroadwayWorld
Jonathan Roxmouth and Matt Leisy are confirmed to return.
do you happen to know where i can find all those proshot clips that used to exist of claire lyon and the world tour? matt leisy and jonathan roxmouth were in it too. all clips have disappeared from youtube! i saw the instagram clips that have been posted more recently, but i'm looking for the media calls and such that used to be on youtube when the tour was actually on. i'm especially looking for wishing and all i ask of you. thank you!
Assuming you mean the media call clips and not the millions of bootleg clips posted by stage_enterpainment (still around! and ooh look at those Chinese concept clips), then honestly... when it comes to the World Tour, there are always a million media call clips, and they are always of the exact same scenes (title song, 'All I Ask of You', 'Masquerade' ad nauseum), and always almost exactly the same except from a slightly different angle, that I don't even bother saving them. Heck, I didn't even know they were gone.
If you search around @roadtophantom's Tumblr, you might find a few - here's one from the Dubai media call. But otherwise - anybody save the latest World Tour media calls with Claire Lyon as Christine?