So I recently learned that there's going to be an in-concert version of Phantom in Montreal next month. Needless to say, I was ecstatic!! Because, A, I've been dying to go to a Phantom that wasn't the bloody Lawrence Connor production for years now! And B, Phantom in French!! Which is historic, because, as far as I know, there's never yet been a French language production (there was supposed to be one in Paris back in 2016, but a serious fire at the theatre killed that for the time being). Plus, my birthday's next month. So needless to say, I got myself tickets!! I was really worried they'd be sold out, because tickets had been on sale for a month or so by the time I found out about it. But thankfully they weren't yet! So I'm going on January 25. Yay!!! I'm super excited about this!!! And I really hope the French concert production will be recorded. I so want to get the soundtrack if there is one!!

Of course, I also hope I'll get tickets to the touring production that's coming to Toronto in January, too, even if it is the blasted Lawrence Connor version. Because, I'd like to go, LOL but I don't want to spend my own money on it! I'd go into why, but honestly I don't have the energy right now. Suffice it to say that Lawrence Connor, the director/producer of the current North American touring production of Phantom, has restaged and redesigned the show. And IMO not for the better! In fact, I honestly find a lot of what he's done with the show quite problematic, thus why I don't want to give my own money to it. If you really want the gruesome details, check out episode 15 of my podcast (see my profile for the show URL)!

Either way, though, I'm hugely looking forward to the concert version on the 25th! I hope the cast are good!!