Phantom of the Opera: musicals we love
Andrew Lloyd Webber's monster hit has all the subtlety of a plunging chandelier but it will soothe and transport youThe Phantom of the Opera is a perfect expression of the time it was written in an era of dry ice, big ballads and high altitude hair. It is, like all Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals (with the exception of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), easy to mock and, once the tunes have entered your hea…