While the COVID-19 pandemic is keeping the doors of theaters closed right now, the magic of live productions is coming from the stage to the screen during the trying times of quarantine on The Shows Must Go On! YouTube channel.
This week Heather Wixson kicked off her new feature series Phantom Thread, which will examine the adaptations of Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera, so we're especially excited that the stage musical streaming this week on The Shows Must Go On! YouTube channel will be Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic stage musical version of Leroux’s timeless tale.
According to multiple outlets, including WhatsOnStage, the performance of The Phantom of the Opera that will be streamed originally took place in 2011 at the Royal Albert Hall. It's a 25th anniversary performance of the acclaimed musical that features Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess in the lead roles of the Phantom and Christine, respectively.
The stream will kick off at Friday, April 17th at 7:00pm GMT / 2:00pm ET on The Shows Must Go On! YouTube channel, and will be available to watch for free for 48 hours. This is the latest in the channel's weekly streams of Webber's musicals.
You can watch the video for the stream below, and be sure to read the first installment of Wixson's Phantom Thread column.
From The Shows Must Go On!: "Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber is calling all musical lovers! This Friday we’ll be bringing a musical theatre icon to the channel and releasing The Phantom of The Opera in full and for free!
It will be only available for 48 hours after its initial release so make sure you catch it before it's gone!"
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