![]() In 1984, British producer Ken Hill revived his 1976 musical Phantom of the Opera in England. Don't all of us feel, despite outward imperfections, that deep inside we're good? And that is a character you cry for." ![]() ![]() would be a Quasimodo character, an Elephant Man. And then it occurred to me that the story could be somewhat changed. That's the worst idea in the world! Why would you want to write a musical based on a horror story?. Initially, Yeston was skeptical of the project. Holder had obtained the rights to musicalize the novel in America from the Leroux estate, making Phantom the only Phantom of the Opera musical to do so. ![]() Yeston and Kopit had just finished the musical Nine, winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1982, when in 1983 they were approached by actor/director Geoffrey Holder to write a musical based on Leroux's novel. Based on Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera, the musical was first presented in Houston, Texas in 1991.Īlthough it has never appeared on Broadway and has been overshadowed by the success of the 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Yeston and Kopit's Phantom has received over 1,000 productions. Phantom is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Arthur Kopit. ![]()
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