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Phantom

Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit
Directed by: Kyle McClaran
Music Director: Byron Holder
Performances: August 20-September 12, 2009

Considered the inspiration to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera”, "Phantom" is a rapturous and entrancing musical masterpiece.

[ At right: Terrence McEnroe as Phantom and Stephanie Hall as Christina ]

Garland Civic Theatre will open its 2009-2010 season with a production of “Phantom”. The music and lyrics are by Maury Yeston and the book is by Arthur Kopit. Performances are scheduled for Thursday through Sunday, August 20 to September 12, 2009 at the Granville Arts Center, 300 North 5th Street in downtown Garland. Call the Arts Center Box Office at 972-205-2790 for tickets. Tickets are $25 on Friday and Saturday evenings and $23 on Thursday evenings and Saturday or Sunday matinees. There are discounts available for those who are over 59 and under 19. Students over 19, KERA members, and DART riders also can get a discount. There is a service charge added to each ticket.

[ At left: Emily Hunt as Carlotta and Michael Moore as Philippe ]

“Phantom” is the American musical sensation that took the nation by storm. The Tony Award winning authors have transformed Gaston Leroux’s “Phantom of the Opera” into a rapturous and entrancing musical masterpiece. Considered the inspiration to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera”, it matches and even surpasses its British sibling note for note with its own soaring beautiful score and a wonderfully playful sense of humor and epic grandeur. The outstanding cast includes Dennis Gullion as Cholet, Stephanie Hall as Christine, Emily Hunt as Carlotta, Jackie Kemp as Carriere, Terrence McEnroe as Phantom, Michael Moore as Philippe, and Ben Westfried as Ledoux and Jean-Claude. Others in the cast include Drusilla Blakely, Kyle Coughlin, Arielle Engle, Emily Hawkins, Alexis Henderson, Joel Martinez, Sonnet Phillips, Eric Ryan, Emily Shaw, Jennifer White, and Liz Woodcock.

[ At right: Emily Hunt as Carlotta and Dennis Gullion as Cholet ]

The theatre’s Artistic Director, Kyle McClaran, is directing the production and designing the set. The music director is Bryon Holder, the choreography is by Morgana Shaw, the costumes are by Ryan Matthieu Smith and the light design is by Catherine Montgomery.