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God Give Me Courage

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Okay, so last evening (Wednesday, March 30th) I saw The Phantom of the Opera for the 9th time at the Majestic Theater in New York City.

The show was a bit of a mess yesterday, Sara Ford was out, Liz McCartney had to leave halfway through, Hugh Panaro sort of flubbed a line, and there were just so many people there, it was very overwhelming for me. (I normally have the pick of the seats when I go!)

Anyway, despite the overwhelming feeling of stress, the Final Lair scene from that night was the best I've ever seen it, hands down.
Mr. Panaro was on POINT last night. Christine went to calm him and he just pulled his arms away from her, she seemed so hurt, he was so incredibly mad, I had never seen that much pain displayed before during that scene. Hugh was also evil cackling under his breathe a lot, which was a new touch.

But the thing that shook me to the core was the moment after they kissed. I never saw it performed that way before, ever. I've seen it so many times, I know whats going to happen, I know how it ends, no surprises, but this time was different, and oh my god. They pulled away, and hovered so closely, just for like 4 seconds longer than normal, but that was 4 seconds of pure sadness. I was in the second to last row and couldn't really make out expressions, but you could feel the gut-wrenching sadness that was ripping these characters apart. It looked like Hugh was going to kiss her again and then he tore away holding his mouth, and my heart sank. I couldn't possibly describe it in any valid way, so I had to turn to my way of communicating, art.

When I got home that night, I drew this quick little thing, to commemorate that perfect moment in musical theater. It really doesn't do the moment justice, but I'm very proud of the Phantom's expression.

Really, if you have the chance to go see this show with this cast, please go. You will be so happy you did.

Sorry for the novel, but I really just wanted to share.
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DarthxErik's avatar
the expressions are beautiful. I so wish I could see Hugh right now..... :( *literally bawling*