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Friday, February 3, 2012

Selling Out: Want to see Phantom of the Opera at the U of M? Good luck.

Posted by Chris Davis on Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 2:40 PM

Cheapskates wouldnt even shell out the cash for a whole mask.
  • Cheapskates wouldn't even shell out the cash for a whole mask.
I was beating my keyboard to death earlier this week trying to make some tough deadlines when I received an IM from Bob Hetherington at the University of Memphis. Tickets for Phantom of the Opera went on sale on Monday. They sold out the whole run of the show in three-and-a-half hours.

Hetherington: " As long as I have been here I have never known a production of our to sell out the entire run a few weeks before it opened. We had an enormous line which snakes down the hall and the phones rang constantly. They still are, but all the seats are now sold. Everyone is working at full speed ahead to get this production ready for the Centennial Celebration and I am pleased and exhausted to say that it is really kicking my butt."

Readers know I'm no great fan of this show. In fact, this grumptacular review is the first thing I ever wrote for The Memphis Flyer. But this is fantastic news for the U of M.

Now, let the scalping commence!

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It's like Twilight: The Musical

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Posted by fancycwabs on 02/03/2012 at 3:33 PM

Brilliant.

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Posted by Chris Davis on 02/03/2012 at 3:38 PM

Who knew?

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Posted by mayfield on 02/04/2012 at 12:50 PM

There's like 7 or 8 total performances and yet they've double cast the female lead. Why?

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Posted by mayfield on 02/04/2012 at 12:55 PM

My guess is that they want to spread the unusual opportunity around. I'm all for that in a University setting. It was the best part about the way we did rep at Rhodes. You might be in a different play every night and you might play various characters large and small over the course of the run. Helps build chops while giving actors a real sense for how the fabric of a play is woven.

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Posted by Chris Davis on 02/04/2012 at 1:08 PM
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