The original director and choreographer Hal Prince and Gillian Lynn are still credited as well as Maria Björnson for her magnificent set.
The originating theatre company, the Royal Shakespeare Company also took a financial hit, as they no longer own a stake in the production.Īt first glance it doesn’t sound as if the re opening production of Phantom will be undergoing as radical a change.
There was some controversy last year when the original West End production of Les Miserable was exchanged for the touring version, meaning original creatives including director Trevor Nunn and designer John Napier saw a significant reduction in their incomes as ongoing royalties no longer had to be paid to them. A process that usually comes from streamlining a cumbersome production in order to tour it. Mackintosh has history of reworking his shows to either modernise them or make them slightly cheaper to run, depending on who you talk to. Technology moves on even in musical instrumentation and as Cameron Mackintosh has remarked, perhaps it is absurd to think that musicians and actors will carry on doing exactly the same thing year after year whilst everybody else’s job changes with the advent of new technology. I have no doubt that the classic score will sound every bit as good as it always has. It is absolutely breath-taking the kind of orchestral effects that can be made by keyboards these days, far in advance of anything possible when Phantom was originally conceived. Instruments including the oboe, harp, percussion, trumpets and horns have been cut, and there will be a trimmed-down violin section.Ĭomposer and producer have always taken great pride in the size of the show’s orchestra and it’s magnificent symphonic sound so its a bit of a shocker to discover that the orchestrations are to be adapted (presumably) to be played by a smaller line up.īut I don't think anyone, ghost or human, need worry too much. The first announcement that got West End tongues wagging has been news that the celebrated Phantom orchestra is to be reduced from 27 musicians to just 14. But if the show’s home, Her Majesty's Theatre, were to be haunted by a concerned ghost, there have been several recent changes which might cause him to raise an eyebrow. Reservations +44 (0)20 7492 0813 Mon-Fri:8am-8pm, Sat-Sun:9am-7pmįortunately, the real-life musical continues to be run by superstar producer Cameron Mackintosh.
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