Theater Review – September 23, 2026

“PHANTOM” STILL ELABORATELY GRAND AT ASU GAMMAGE FOR THE SIXTH TIME BUT THE SHOW IS TIRED

“The Phantom of the Opera”
Broadway Across America – Arizona, ASU Gammage, Tempe, AZ

By Chris Curcio
Theater Critic

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s elaborately grand musical “The Phantom of the Opera” is back locally for its sixth ASU Gammage appearance.  The new production is heavily influenced and patterned after the 1986 premiere London staging that appeared on Broadway in 1988.  The tour is complete with most of the late Maria Bjornson’s original monumental and ever-changing sets and her stunningly elaborate costumes.

But all is not well … Continue Reading