MetMin Phantom food drive update

MetMin weighs all of their donations, and guess what ... ?

With all of our efforts, and the generosity of the Phantom folks, we provided Met Min with a TON of food -- literally -- more than a ton, actually -- 2400 pounds! That's almost a ton and a half!

Remarkable!

-sb

Phantom II coming?

Looks like Sir Andrew is looking to keep the story going on some of his most famous creations in Christine, Raoul and the Phantom as he shows off the first act of Phantom: Once Upon Another Time to a select group at his annual Sydmonton Festival outside London.

He could have done worse - we could have always had Starlight Express II: Locomotive Boogaloo or somesuch. What about a new take on an old idea - LOLCATS?

Phantom keeps going, and going, and going

July 3 will mark the 8500th performance of Andrew Lloyd Weber's The Phantom of the Opera. Already the longest running Broadway show in history, Phantom is in its 21st season. This fall, Oct. 30-Nov. 22, the TBPAC will have its 5th engagement of the show. The show goes on sale to the public Sunday, July 13, at noon. It's only here for 4-weeks, so I'd suggest you get tickets early. There's a reason the show is going to hit its 8500th Broadway performance!

RENT closes on Broadway

After 12 years on Broadway, RENT will close on June 1 after 5,012 performances. It will be the seventh-longest running Broadway show behind "The Phantom of the Opera," "Cats," "Les Miserables," "A Chorus Line," "Oh! Calcutta!" and "Beauty and the Beast."

As a bit of a side note, "The Phantom of the Opera" will celebrate its 20th birthday on Saturday, Jan. 26, with more than 8,300 Broadway performances ... and still counting.