One of the areas where the astonishing levels of OTT actually work in Vegas’ favour – is theatre. Now I’m not a big fan of musicals. Or even a small fan for that matter (in fact I still have nervous twitch from being subjected to The Wizard of Oz every day for two years when I was younger) . Anyway I succumbed to feelings of “when in Rome…” and bought a ticket to see the Phantom of the Opera playing in my hotel.They call it a “Spectacular” and it really is.
I am so pleased I went. It was a GREAT show. Firstly all the over-the-topness of Vegas was channeled into a fabulous purpose – built POTH theatre that apparently cost around $35M to build. THis was complete complete with an ENORMOUS two storey chandelier – certainly the largest in the business – that had the Phantom dangling off it at one point. Even better, the chap playing the Phantom was superb. My only previous knowledge was Michael Crawford but the Vegas Phantom (Tony Crivello) completely blew him out of the water to the extent that I think Christine ended up with the wrong guy.
