Hey there,

I am writing here in utter despair at this point, because I've been on the hunt for the licensed Phantom music boxes for a year now. Whenever it is back in stock, it does not ship to Hungary, where I live, and I cannot use an alternative address.

Tho I doubt anyone would be willing to part with theirs, in case you would sell it/have a spare one/heck even if you even have a broken one and you'd be up for selling it, please reach out to me!

It is these two that I am interested in only.

Thank you so much for any recommendation or help!

Well… I’m officially broke now. 😭😂 I’ve booked Grand Circle Row A VIP for November. I just couldn’t resist the VIP experience!

My total Phantom spending is now £816.50… my wallet is singing “Think of Me” in distress. 💸🎭

Have I completely lost the plot? 👻🌹

More than just that the ALW sounds nice. Why do you like it on a personal, visceral, ineffable level?

Why does the mythos of Phantom resonate with your soul???

Answers will be used to make me feel less alone and understand myself better.

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Who is the person singing in the Box 5 demo- they aren’t credited and I admit I’ve never heard ALW’s singing voice but it doesn’t sound like him to me. Is it Richard Stilgoe since he was originally the lyricist before Charles Hart?

saw the tour in san jose 6 times already 😅 david young fernandez has become my favorite phantom. #fernantom

So………what are your opinions?

My Christmas gift each year is a season ticket to a regional theatre, and they’re doing the show.

I’ve been a fan of ALW’s for over 20 years. Am I going to like this one?

Does anyone else think the 2011 Royal Albert Hall proshot recording perfection? Ramin and Sierra together have this hypnotic chemistry that seems to perfectly encapsulate their characters and connections; their voices are so hauntingly beautiful, too.

Hi all! I’ve been listening to the phantom 2026 mix and listened to the demo which is Box 5, I do believe it was in pre-west end previews before it got cut but who is it that sings it?

I thought it was Raoul singing because it kinda sounds like him.

But I don’t know where the song is placed, I thought it was after stranger than you dreamt it but I have no idea where so discuss where you think it is in the show!

Okay, I’m a little drunk writing this, but hear me out…
I’ve always been really into classical music, drama, theatre, and the performing arts more broadly. That’s not to say I don’t appreciate modern art forms or mediums. My taste is pretty varied, and I enjoy seeing older forms of art reinterpreted, revitalized, and expressed in new ways.
I was born in 2004, and I grew up watching The Phantom of the Opera (2004). I think Emmy Rossum is an actress who holds a particularly special place in the hearts of a lot of people in my generation, especially those of us who grew up watching her in Shameless.

I understand that her vocal technique and overall performance might not necessarily stand alongside the greatest interpretations of Christine by more traditionally trained performers. But I also think there’s something to be said for the fact that so many of us grew up loving that movie. It has its flaws, obviously, but there’s a certain campiness and atmosphere to it that makes it memorable in its own right.

Anyway, this Halloween, I’m planning to dress up as the Phantom, with a close female friend of mine as Christine. When I mentioned our costume plans to coworkers and friends, so many of them immediately lit up at the idea. They started talking about how much they loved the 2004 movie growing up and how excited they were to see the costumes. A lot of these people also love live theatre or have a general appreciation for live performance.
Obviously, I’m not suggesting that The Phantom of the Opera (2004) is the origin point of our generation’s appreciation for live theatre. But I do think it’s interesting to consider how much of an impact a single film can have on the way people engage with an entire art form. For a lot of us, that movie may have been an early introduction to operatic singing, theatrical conventions, grand stage aesthetics, and the heightened emotional language of musical theatre.

i wonder how many people who now appreciate live theatre, musical performance, or opera first developed that interest through a film like this, rather than through an actual stage production.

I still show the 2004 movie to friends every now and then, and they almost always end up loving it too.

I am 32 and I just discovered phantom a few weeks ago, and I’ve entered a sort of phantom mania that is difficult to articulate.

I can only describe this as some sort of latent sexual awakening. Every free waking hour I spend watching different renditions, reading online commentary of all the casts and renditions, and listening to the soundtracks. All day long at work the soundtrack goes through my head and I count down the minutes til I’m off work and I can get back on YouTube and start watching more. I’ve cancelled a number of social events because I cannot tear my ears and eyes away from phantom.
I even ran 20 miles listening to only the phantom title track - a playlist of all the different performances I’ve been able to find on YouTube and Spotify. I dream about phantom and I wake up and the songs are still playing in my head. Much like Christine, I feel I am a state of hypnosis!

For context, I had heard of phantom before of course but had no idea what it was. My family sheltered me from most cultural things (I.e. I have still yet to see a Disney movie) and in my adulthood I’ve slowly stumbled upon things one by one (this one bubbling up to me due to all the media hype around the 40th). Phantom is the first cultural thing where I genuinely mourn for my younger self for having not had it sooner. Had I had phantom in my teenage years I think I would have been healed me in some deep way. It fills a hole in my teenage heart that was never filled at the time and led to my endless chasing after emotionally unavailable men to try to fill that void instead. I genuinely believe if I’d had phantom at that time I may have redirected my fixation with dark, fantasy romance in a much healthier way than I actually did. Or at least, I would’ve had some kind of media to relate to while going through all that. I don’t know if that makes sense. All I know is phantom would’ve been immensely powerful to me then (as it is now) and I deeply wish I’d known it sooner.

The greatest tragedy of all (besides poor Erik) is that I spent much of the last 6 months in London for work and I didn’t know about phantom then. And now, due to a team switch, there is no foreseeable London work trip again any time soon (I live in California for reference). I am considering booking a trip myself although I’m really kicking myself. If I’d just known about phantom 6 weeks sooner I could’ve seen it, with all but the tickets themselves paid for by my company.

In any case, better late than never. I’m excited to have found something this entrancing. It’s a feeling I haven’t had in a long time, perhaps ever, and has given me a renewed sense of life. I’m excited to be excited, if that makes sense. And glad to have discovered this box5 community as well - I think I’ve read just about every post from the last few years here!

Earlier in the US tour, Christine "at certain performances" (i.e., the scheduled alternate) was Alexa Xioufaridou Moster and the two Christine understudies were Alyssa Giannetti and Evelyn Mê-Linh. I happened to look at the online playbills for San Jose and Las Vegas, and interestingly, while Alexa Moster is still the only alt mentioned on the main credits page, the cast list page now has both Alexa Moster and Alyssa Giannetti as Christine "at certain performances" with scheduled dates, and Alyssa Giannetti is also still listed as one of the understudies. The Vegas playbill has Alyssa Giannetti scheduled for more dates than Alexa Moster.

This is the first time I've paid this close attention to a tour, so: is this common? Uncommon? Any insights into what (if anything) is going on?

As the title says, I REALLY wanna watch her but I can't seem to find it 😭

It's true: last spring I watched Tim Burton's Batman duology, then in my research about it, I learned the story of POTO unknowingly helping craft the final fight of Batman '89, PLUS noticed all the clear allusions he has inside Returns (which remember, Dario Argento apparently thought cool enough to rip off six years later, iykyk). Then if you saw my most recent post, I finished re-watching Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and discovered all the under-discussed POTO goodness he's got going on in the third film surrounding Harry Osborn in particular! Truly an incredible set of finds just months apart from each other, and within 40th anniversary year too! 🥰

P.S. To the person who said Erik would violently manifest to stop Danny Elfman from scoring a POTO film, I want you to keep in mind: he scored both these series (save for Spider-Man 3, that was Christopher Young). 😎

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How likely is a Phantom UK tour in 2028? At the moment it seems rooted at His Majesty’s but I was just remembering the pattern around the 25th anniversary:

A pro-shot at the Royal Albert Hall for the 2011 anniversary followed by a cinema and DVD release.

A 2012 UK tour of a restaged production. Although it wasn’t as good as the West End version I thought the design was quite a clever way of fitting similar visuals into a variety of venues.

A North American tour of the same restaged production (complete with the rotating barrel set piece)

2020 was to see a further tour much closer to the original but COVID intervened and both the tour and the original were cancelled. While His Majesty’s was shut some of the original West End set pieces were removed and replaced by equivalents from the touring production.

Fast forward to 2026 and North America has received a touring production broadly the same as the intended UK tour/current West End production.

We similarly have an anniversary proshot for cinema and DVD/Blu Ray release scheduled for 2027. The international release of that proshot will similarly serve as an advert for the West End show and the US tour will have finished so in the interest of fully milking the cash-cow and touring all previous territories, is there a case that the US touring production could then transfer to the UK?

So I was at the 10th October show, the night after the gala, and Jordan Donica's phantom has honestly broken me. I'm now weighing up going back to see a matinee (day trip, save on hotel) but how often do the principles do matinees and how often is it the understudies? Obv there's always a chance the understudy will come on and I'm sure they are brilliant but I want to take a friend so she can experience Jordan and Bea. Does anyone know if there's a higher than average chance that the main two won't be performing? Thanks!

I got 1 spare ticket to sell for face value for this Friday as my sister can't go.

Stalls S9 for 69.50 GBP.

It's on twickets

has anyone ever successfully gotten the day tickets that are released at 10am? i've been trying every few days and they have sold in less than a minute.

I've spent £674 on five visits to The Phantom of the Opera at His Majesty's Theatre!

1. Stalls E— £175

2. Royal Circle C — £185

3. Grand Circle G — £125

4. Balcony B — £39

5. Royal Circle D — £150

Now I'm tempted to go for a sixth visit, possibly with a VIP package!

Should I do it? 🎭

I'm absolutely thrilled about Jordan being The Phantom! I saw his as Raoul during his Broadway run years back. He was sensational! I feel like Raoul can be very under appreciated and a good or bad Raoul (I feel Christine and Erik are seldom not good lol) can really make or break the love triangle for the musical.

I'm not keen on variations on Raoul that seem to cohere with the Love Never Dies canon. I feel he should always be a solid romantic choice as Christine does choose to go with him in the end.

While we're here drop who some of your favourite Raouls are!