I wanted a kind of maturity about the Phantom as well as the period it’s set in. I love telling a story with my hands and use them to express a lot of things, to make them kind of artistic and expressive so people focus on them. But because you’re masked you can’t convey things with facial expression, so body language is really important. In some ways it’s an easy role because you’re not actually on stage that much, although when you are there’s a huge impact.
It took me a good 10 minutes to shake off her intrusive behavior before I realized that the musical of Phantom was to amazing to let some petty power queen destroy the entire experience for me.Simon: Of course the Phantom is a very different role from Raoul and it was exciting to make that transition to my first mature lead. My goodness, what British theatre law am I breaking by standing in the back row so I don't develop blood clots? It's a shame this young blond woman usher had not been taught empathy. When I asked her why I had to sit down she said because if I didn't sit down everyone would try to stand up. I was completely taken out of the performance. This twenty-something blond girl usher banged on my shoulder with her palm and insisted I sit down. I was not blocking anyone's view since there was absolutely no one behind me. There were moments when I needed to stand up. I am a gentleman of a certain age and have very poor circulation in my legs.
I was seated in the very last row with absolutely no theatre patrons behind me. The only hiccup in my experience and the reason why I cannot in good faith give this a 5 star rating is because of the appalling behavior of the blond girl usher in the uppermost balcony. The show is still as magical as it was when I first saw it almost 30 years ago.
During the 27th February matinee performance I witnessed a phenomenal Phantom.
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