The Gardiner W. Spring Auditorium
Chaffey High School to produce Andrew Lloyd Webber’s
The Phantom of the Opera
Chaffey High School Theatre Director Dave Masterson is pleased to announce their December show, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera.
The memorable stage production is slated to premiere at Chaffey High School in their spectacular, historic 2200 seat Gardiner W. Spring Auditorium. Performances will play on Thursday, December 1, 2011 through Sunday, December 11, 2011. The lavish production will be fully staged on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 1, 2, 3, and 4, then continue the following week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, December 8, 9, 10 and closes Sunday, December 11. The Phantom’s gondolier will sail and the Opera’s chandelier will also rise for one special reduced priced show for families on Monday, December 5, all seats $10.
The weeknight shows for The Phantom of the Opera are at 7pm and the Sunday matinees are at 2pm.
Tickets are sold at the door for $13, first come, first seated. However, tickets may be reserved and guaranteed by purchasing online at www.chsthespians.com. (There is a service charge for those purchases.) Neither infants nor children six (6) and under will be admitted. For more information, call 909-988-5560 x 2314
Andrew Lloyd Webber composedThe Phantom of the Opera, with lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and a book by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe. Based on the classic novel“Le Fantôme de lOpera”by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it. He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine, and devotes himself to creating a new star by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods at his command. Its sensational score includes 'Think of Me,' 'Angel of Music,' 'Music of the Night,' 'All I Ask of You,' 'Masquerade' and the title song, ‘The Phantom of the Opera.’
The show has won over 50 major theatre awards including three Olivier Awards, seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, seven Drama Desk Awards and three Outer Critic Circle Awards.
Still playing in the West End in London and in NYC,The Phantom of the Opera became Broadway's longest running show ever when it overtook the record set by Cats with its 7,486th performance on January 6th 2006. It is the only Broadway show ever to reach 21st, 22nd and 23rd birthdays with the 24th fast approaching in January 2012.
Chaffey Visual and Performing Arts instructors John Grover Lewis musically directs, Patty Gulino and Grace Nolde co-direct a cast of over 60.
**For more information about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera in December at Gardiner W. Spring Auditorium,
Contact Dave Masterson at david_masterson@cjuhsd.net
