"2 years ago, I thought I had my final Phantom performance in Daegu, South Korea. The pandemic was still at it’s peak and it was an extremely emotional time….
Raphael Wong (u/s) Phantom of the current Australian Tour of Cameron Mackintosh’s production.
I was ‘meh’ on the new choreography, staging and overall direction of this production (and I’m never one to compare anything to the original...).
However, I found the singing absolutely, flawlessly 10/10 for all 3 of the (u/s) leads.
Phantom running for 35 YEARS on Broadway only to close one week after I start hyperfixating on it is the epitome of my usual experience entering new fandoms.