Friday, June 29, 2007

Phantom of the Opera

This was absolutely a spectacular evening. Sean Wagner was in town and wanted to check out a theatre proformance while he was in town. He had never seen Phantom before, and Mallorey (Sean's traveling partner) and I wanted to see it in the original Her Majesty's Theatre. Our seats were in the stalls (for non theatre attendees, this is the ground floor). We were not close enough to see the very top of the stage. This is big in a proformance like Phantom where they have things going all the way to the top of the stage opening. I would suggest to purchase seats on the first balcony if they are available, or closer in the stalls.

For anybody who has enjoyed this show in the states, it is a must to do if in London. This theatre, the actors, and everything about the show are 100 times better at the original location. I cannot stress this enough. We were all blown away, and Sean was entralled by the proformance.

2 comments:

Roger said...

Sounds fabulous. Do they have a place where you can buy day of performance tickets at a discounted rate? If so, do you know the name and location?

I think Terrie shared with you - what she had to do for our group tickets.

Kalen said...

I didn't hear what Terrie had to do.

To answer the question about the day of tickets, there are several different places that sell "half price tickets" day of the show. The main one is in the center of Leicester Square. It is called TKTS and the only building connected to the actual square. Though they do not offer the best prices, I have heard that some of the other half-price ticket stands will sell you a different seat than you get!