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What detracts most from my rating was the sound quality. I've seen junior college productions with better sound. The orchestra sounded fine and solos weren't horrible, but anything more than one hot mic and the whole production might as well have been broadcast on a home-made transistor radio. We thought it might have been an odd acoustic anomaly at our seats, but we heard many similar complaints on the way out.

The Phantom of the Opera
Rating: 2 Stars
Posted by MidwayJoe]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:11:11 -0700 Portland Mercury
Staging was appropriately eerie, with several mechanized set pieces and effective lighting, especially during scenes set in the Phantom's underground lair.

There were of course, a couple weak points. For example, seeing the Phantom shout "Don't go! Don't go" while shooting a Roman candle from his staff was a bit embarassing. Outside of the show itself, a surprising amount of the audience were quite underdressed for a show, but hey, that's Portland.

And the wonderfully Portland audience brought great energy to the performance and it was easy to see the actors feeding on our just-shy-of-rowdy entusiasm.

It's in town for a few more weeks. Don't deprive yourself, if you can go, go.

The Phantom of the Opera
Rating: 4 Stars
Posted by Dapperdanman1983]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:31:06 -0700 Portland Mercury