I can't take the look on The Phantom's face when Christine's kissing him. Ramin did a phenomenal job there..

@stickynutjuicemoved959

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr, it makes me want to cry

@daynacooper1163

2 жыл бұрын

Gread butter did amazing job in the movie better

@naastyaaaaaaaaa

2 жыл бұрын

@@daynacooper1163 respectfully disagree)

@tomboy2980

2 жыл бұрын

It always cracks me up how he's completely wide eyed and "WTF" at first, but that's how the phantom would genuinely react to receiving the first unmitigated act of love he's ever been given, so it's definitely the perfect choice acting wise even though it always makes me laugh. His body language, his trembling hands unsure of where to be placed, it's all brilliant and right on point.

@googleuser2874

2 жыл бұрын

@@daynacooper1163 Not even close. Michael Crawford was the best for the record.

4:20 when the Phantom lets go of Christine and then looks at his own hand as if he hadn't even realized he'd been choking her... brilliant. and then 20 seconds later, "did you think that i would harm her?" the character is delusional or at least in severe denial and it's done so well

@naomiheng3205

Жыл бұрын

Literally drags her up a flight of stairs in past the point of no return. Must have hurt.

@fatuusdottore

11 ай бұрын

That’s a hilarious observation. And yes, Erik/Phantom is a little delusional. Clearly.

@user-rr3zf5hk8h

9 ай бұрын

and i feel like the music only fits his reaction. i love how both his face and the music have a tragic tone

@Dynamatrix1973

5 ай бұрын

Some women like it rough.😂

@liamroberson440

5 ай бұрын

he’s a predatory, stalking, grooming, abusive, remorseless serial murderer. delusional is probably his best quality

the part when the phantom screams leave me alone is how i react every morning when my alarm goes off

@aaliyahchenelle7289

2 жыл бұрын

i actually bust out laughing from this lmao

@sofesofe5367

2 жыл бұрын

Have you considered changing your alarm ringtone to phantom's scream?

@georgiarhinehart15

2 жыл бұрын

omg I love this comment 😂😂

@luigicavallo270

15 күн бұрын

*DunDunDuruDunDun* Me: 10:07

It's amazing that after more than one and a half hour singing, they still can sing such difficult scene so beautifully

@carolinepickle8923

2 жыл бұрын

not to mention the screaming

@sofesofe5367

2 жыл бұрын

I always wondered how they managed to keep the pitch so stable whilst moving so violently (like walking, turning, kneeling, etc)

@gladysyeong8027

2 жыл бұрын

Parts of this act are pre-recorded.

@sanros1ut232

2 жыл бұрын

@@sofesofe5367 a lot of the difficult parts are prerecorded and the actors lipsync

@GsCConcrete123

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣yes.

"keep your hand at the level of your eyes!" *nods and immediately lowers hand again * you had one job, Raoul

@zacharyowen93

2 жыл бұрын

Damnit Raoul! ONE job!

@Skao_

2 жыл бұрын

😆

@BHRamsay

2 жыл бұрын

If you're lucky enough to read the original novel Raoul is warned several times how dangerous Erik (The Phantom ) is but disregards the warnings or underestimates the danger resulting in Christine literally having to bargain to save him from one of the many deathtraps strewn throughout the underground of the Opera House

@JC_artz

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly😂😭

@KhoiV

2 жыл бұрын

He is busy being HANDSOME 😩😩😩 "keep my hands to cover my handsome face?? No thanks"

I really credit Ramin with putting the teeth back in the character of the Phantom; he's a tragic character that the world's fallen in love with but he's also got the emotional development and explosive temper of a toddler and Ramin didn't pull any punches on making him threatening, like when he starts strangling Christine and doesn't even realize he's doing it and does that double take of "oh, maybe I should stop that."

@oldyavannahhadafarm

2 жыл бұрын

If I’m remembering right I think he had actually studied behaviors of people on the Autism spectrum for his role. His Love Never Dies Phantom is much more cavalier, cool guy, but this Phantom is so complex and incredible. I love it and these three besties were basically born for this!

@anneahlefeld1989

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldyavannahhadafarm You are correct. I remember hearing Ramin say that too.

@fishbutler6170

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldyavannahhadafarm i believe it was aspergers, this is a quote from him, "When I first played the Phantom I decided to make him young, and studied Asperger's syndrome as a slight back-story because I saw some documentaries on unexplained geniuses and Asperger's came up. I kept that totally to myself, but then I got two letters from fans mentioning certain mannerisms of my Phantom, saying they really connected with him and that they had Asperger's. That was a big validation. I felt: Wow, this is affecting people like it affected me."

@lyndsie7148

2 жыл бұрын

@@fishbutler6170 Is this in an interview somewhere? I'd love to see it

@emmak.2490

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! And then he looks at his hand like “did I just do that?” and backs away shocked at himself for a minute

The hopeful look on his face at 11:42 when she comes back to give him the ring breaks my heart every time.

@luigisantoro113

8 ай бұрын

Her sadness of that moment is also heartbreaking. I can't stop crying every time

@megan2171

2 ай бұрын

😢

Honestly, the moment where Christine looks back at Erik at the end (12:23) and Erik gives that little nod for her to go on elevates this above any other performance of Phantom I've seen. It gives the sense that Christine does love Erik, or at the very least feels sympathy for him, and feels regret about leaving him alone. But Erik gives that little nod telling her to go on. And the fact that during her line "Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime", she's partly turning toward Erik there, as if she's singing it to him, before Raoul sings the next line and she turns to him. It's like Christine was giving Erik that one more chance to reach out, that final offering, but he let her go with Raoul instead. Heartbreaking, but gosh, it works so well. Absolute best performance of Phantom, bar none.

@blancarodriguezdiaz7205

2 жыл бұрын

This is why when I finally saw the Phantom live I was so disappointed it was portrayed, and Erik was simply a lunatic and Christine couldn’t wait to get away from him. And I came to appreciate how his nod and her reluctance to go shows that he really loves her and wants what’s best for her, and that she deeply cares for him, although she knows Raoul is the sane option

@renlish

2 жыл бұрын

@@blancarodriguezdiaz7205 Yep, it makes all the difference when it's portrayed like this. The only other version that got close to Sarah and Ramin's version is the Australian version I saw with Marina Prior and Anthony Warlowe. Much the same emotion in their rendititon and you did get the feeling that Christine really loved Eric and understood why he wanted her.

@bestistmate

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on

@helpstopanimalabuse8153

2 жыл бұрын

Who is Erik?

@blancarodriguezdiaz7205

2 жыл бұрын

@@helpstopanimalabuse8153 Erik is the Phantom

"Christine I loooo-oo-OO-oove yoouuuuu." 🥺 Gets me every time.

@wildkratts16aj59

2 жыл бұрын

Christine: I love you too

@daynacooper1163

2 жыл бұрын

He really did love her so much

@KuromiAsuni

2 жыл бұрын

@@daynacooper1163 he did

@ohworm3807

2 жыл бұрын

when i first watched the whole musical i was full-on sobbing

@Goliath691975

2 жыл бұрын

Gets me every single time as well

When Sierra ends the line "turn to tears of hate" . . . Ramin's reaction is just INCREDIBLE!!! Then again, this cast is just perfection and this Final Lair is just breathtaking!!! I could watch this production OVER & OVER again!!!

@bethanyirene7120

2 жыл бұрын

The temporary regret in his eyes is great. Almost like, “Did I really make her hate me? 😳”

@sofiapacheco4734

2 жыл бұрын

@@bethanyirene7120The best phantom and christine ever

@Nate-dn1gx

2 жыл бұрын

The face is the easy part. What was cool is the more subtle gestures, like the wringing of hands starting around 3:18

@bisexualbestie4351

2 жыл бұрын

Time stamp: 5:40

@stephaniexoxo3879

2 жыл бұрын

I agree!!! I watched that part so many times lol

Sierra must have been so emotionally exhausted after these shows. She just gives her all. When she collapses around the 7 minute mark, I feel her desperation. She's pleading not only for Raoul's life but hers as well and it's just incredible to watch.

@na1959

2 жыл бұрын

Ramin too 😊

@amayajones68

2 жыл бұрын

@@na1959 I especially wonder this for him vocally. When he screams, “Of this angel in Hell!” I feel every bit of his pain. But I wonder if it ever strained his voice. I know this performance here was only 2 nights, but he has had a run as The Phantom, so I can only imagine him having to belt-scream that line multiple times a week. I hope he had cough drops.

@marspowr

2 жыл бұрын

@@amayajones68 a lot of phantom is pre-recorded for this reason, especially in this performance.

@mckendreecochran1176

2 жыл бұрын

@@marspowr the are all miked up. They do not have to strain to get volume. Have used them and you get all the projection you need without strain.

@marspowr

2 жыл бұрын

@@mckendreecochran1176 I'm aware. doesn't change the fact that hitting an E6 for eight shows week is hard on the voice. that's why they sometimes use pre-recorded tracks in the show.

(4:17) When Erik realizes that he maybe shouldn't be choking Christine, and probably didn't even know he was in the heat of the moment, is the small details that make me love the way Ramin plays this character.

@JoceLawson

2 жыл бұрын

If you have good headphones,you can hear the whispered exchange between Christine and Rauol. 4:25-4:30. She tries to tell him she's fine and he says I'm here, I'm here....😭

@askeladd6115

2 жыл бұрын

“MaYbE”

Ramin Karimloo the only man able to made me not only sympathise with the phandom but understand and CRY for his pain

@normgilmore7541

2 жыл бұрын

Ben Lewis and Josh Peterman would be number one and Two

@googleuser2874

2 жыл бұрын

I have that with Michael Crawford.

@alineraquelh

2 жыл бұрын

Im always cry with the phanton

@lancer525

2 ай бұрын

Tell us you've never heard Michael Crawford, without saying you've never heard Michael Crawford... 🤨

@JaceyMitchell

2 ай бұрын

Michael Crawford DEFINITELY had that effect on me from the first time I heard him. That being said, I think Ramin did a stellar job here.

fun fact: in 12:20 the turn that christine does to see the phantom again wasn’t planned or scripted, so, the little nod that the phantom does wasn’t scripted either, it’s just that sierra turning to face him surprised ramin

@Lollygirl00

2 жыл бұрын

That's one of my favorite parts! Like the nod he gives her let's her know that she is making the right decision despite her pity for him. That's so cool to hear it was unscripted

@SatansFire

2 жыл бұрын

Source?

@TabloidJunkieclts

2 жыл бұрын

@@SatansFire Ramins podcast he and Sierra talked about it

@SatansFire

2 жыл бұрын

@@TabloidJunkieclts Wow look at you Phantom stans go. Thanks

@ramandeepnijjar8281

2 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks for sharing!

I love this section of the show (particularly in this performance) because at this point everyone is sweaty, screaming, crying, their wigs are a mess and it just adds to the intensity, somehow? 😂

@lyndsie7148

2 жыл бұрын

Right? It's such an emotionally intense part of the show. No one should be standing around looking pretty at this point. They all look distressed which makes it more real.

@mystery1317

2 жыл бұрын

@@lyndsie7148 Which is why the original cast recording is so hilarious to me, they all sound like they're sitting on lounge chairs and sipping margaritas as this whole thing goes down 😂

@lyndsie7148

2 жыл бұрын

@@mystery1317 LOL so true

@chrisparkes2179

Жыл бұрын

@@mystery1317 Cast recordings are done to sound "nice" musically. It's the same with opera recordings, the producers of musical and opera albums prefer them to sound like a perfect concert performances rather than full on dramas. It wasn't always the way. I've heard some pre-Second World War recordings that have more emotion. During one part of the 1935 Turandot you can hear one of the characters crying in the background as the bloke she fancies goes on about how he's in love with someone else.

@christinewells-leddon9287

Ай бұрын

I agree. At this point, they are exhausted; both emotionally and physically. They are a mess ...but the disarray only ads to the realism and intensity.

Karimloo managed to play both sides of The Phantom brilliantly. He found a balance between the Villanous Monster and the Desperate Broken Man. Most actors (while amazing in their own ways) pick one or the other. And that choice to do both is what makes Ramin’s phantom stand-out in my opinion.

@winterwithawhyknudsen5166

Жыл бұрын

well, the phantom pretends to be the villain to look tough

@troyb4533

Жыл бұрын

Still no where near as good as Crawford though

@cassieo

Жыл бұрын

John Owen Jones did a very good performance run as Phantom, too. His voice was like melted butter in your ear. Electric stage presence.

@thunderedvision

11 ай бұрын

@@troyb4533that’s where you’re wrong

@Rosef1re

7 ай бұрын

@@winterwithawhyknudsen5166 I mean.... he did actually murder people tho.

Ramin’s “ christine why?!” Is addicting😭

@bethanyirene7120

2 жыл бұрын

It almost makes me think of a hurting child 😭

@lady-hightower4698

2 жыл бұрын

0:48

@nikanyxspitzer

2 жыл бұрын

His laugh

@soomysoom1419

2 жыл бұрын

I always thought that was the worst part of the performance. That and the “darkness black as HELLLLLL”. Thought it sounded whiney.

@silvers8229

2 жыл бұрын

@@soomysoom1419 i enjoy to watch that part so much cause it makes the whole story more hurtful and phantom being whiny here is make sense

12:59 if you listen past Raoul, you can hear Erik whisper, “I love you.” breaks my heart every time.

@evelynleclerc174

2 жыл бұрын

Omg I never paid attention to this my heart is breaking even more 🥺🥺

@wilyoldserpent

Жыл бұрын

Oh god this just killed me

@chloerose7015

Жыл бұрын

I never noticed that part in the song where he whispered I love you 😭

@iradubasalaysa4550

Жыл бұрын

It's like, you love someone deeply, but you have to let her go, for she love someone else, and even if you try so hard to push that relationship, you will be the only one who is happy while she is not.

@olllive

Жыл бұрын

KMS I NEVER NOTICED THAT 😭😭

His voice on “Christine, I love you” is one of the most angelic things I’ve ever heard in my entire life. Absolutely breathtaking.

@et9120

Жыл бұрын

That part kills me every time, and Christine instantly reflecting how we all feel on her face.

@fatuusdottore

11 ай бұрын

Agree. The whole ‘Masquerade’ reprise too. The innocent and whole part of Erik.

@mariammeliksetian7916

11 ай бұрын

It ALWAYS makes me sob, that pain in his voice.

@joshuamitchell1981

6 ай бұрын

Just had my first child. Her name is Airlie. Every night when rocking her to sleep i sing “Airlie…. I loveeeeeee you.” So amazing!

@richardkrol8929

5 ай бұрын

Look up Davis Gaines

Hadley's eyeliner is its own character.

@richardharoldmeddows728

2 жыл бұрын

I think you mean guyliner

@RemyJackson

Ай бұрын

The think they gave the Phantom a glossy eyeliner which gives him a constant appearance of having tears in his eyes

One song closer to the whole musical being uploaded on YT.

@Eli-tk5vd

2 жыл бұрын

*_Oh yeah, it's all coming together_*

@pauras6087

2 жыл бұрын

At this point im not sure what they're shy off. Every song is almost on YT 🤣

@TimeandMonotony

2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that. 😄

@darthkurland

2 жыл бұрын

Which one’s missing?

@adios5072

2 жыл бұрын

which one have they not uploded?

To me it is the way Ramin portrays the "shifting“ emotions of the Phantom that change in a single scene from anger, sadness, derangement, love, arousal, despair and back. As many have pointed out, it's the details he puts into facial expressions and hand acting (his hand acting deserves an essay of its own). Just to point out a few examples in this scene: 2:04 The way he looks down and shakes his head when Christine wonders if she is now to be "prey to his lust for flesh“. He seems called out, ashamed, but also peeved that she would think so lowly of him as to force himself on her. And then 2:21 when Christine turns away in disgust at his mention of the "joys of the flesh“ you can see a flash of hurt and despair on his face, seeing confirmed how she reacts to the very idea 3:23 and 3:31 when he shakes his head in disbelief at her words, like he desperately wants to believe that she might love him but reacts almost mockingly to her claim that his face does not bother her. Then at 3:28 when she touches him and he stops arranging her veil, you see him shaking, though he can't look at her as she speaks. He is so nervous, his hand (again Ramin's hand acting on point) is fidgeting. 3:36 "Wait. I think, my dear, WE have a guest.“ This is such a brilliant shift and his whole attitude changes. He had not even touched her directly, only turned her around and put the veil on. But now, knowing Raoul is there to take her from him, he grips her arms tightly. A second before he had listened to her, seemed open to reasoning. Raoul's appearance brings back the possessive, jealous and violent side. He acts unhinged, to the point that he chokes Christine without quite realizing what he's doing. 3:59 His reactions to Raoul's pleas is brilliant. When he asks to "free her“ he laughs as if it's the best joke ever, but at 4:09 when Raoul says "I love her“ he is not laughing anymore, he is furious! We see him snarl something at Raoul and the smooth, mocking facade is gone. 5:45 His reaction to her "tears of hate“, the shock and horror in his eyes. Hearing her say this, he legit has to sit down. 5:54 When she rips into him (Sierra's performance is beyond perfect) you see him shake his head slightly, willing her to stop, not wanting to hear this... 6:16 When he asks if she will "end her days with him“ his face is a mask of pure despair. Their back and forth, where he goes between angry pointing, approaching her, distancing himself, approaching again, glaring and then his face falling in despair as he breaks down 7:06 He stares at her for a moment, desperate and broken, and it seems like she got through to him, but it's a fake out. Again, there is that shift, that switch from reasonable to madness. It seems like he's listening to her, he even repeats her word "blindly“ but then he looks at her and the possessiveness and obsession take over. His demeanour changes again to threatening as he tells her "you try my patience“ 8:35 During the second kiss, his trembling hand comes up and he finally dares to touch her, pressing her hand to where she touches his disfigurement and you see Ramin is actually crying. Here is again a shift: 8:38 you see a brief moment of him closing his eyes, believing it, feeling loved by her and enjoying the kiss before he must end it. 9:11 You see the warring emotions and thoughts as he first touches his lips (But she kissed me!) and then touches the disfigurement on his face (But how could she love me!). As he goes with the candle he looks back at her exactly three times and every time is different: the first is desperate, the second is determined, the third is when he is close to Raoul and he looks a bit pissed, like 'Really? This dude?' but also like 'Now look how much I love you' before he frees him 12:27 I know that Sierra's looking back and his nodding at her was improvised, but it fits so perfectly into their body language and communication. The fact that he nods at her here means so much considering that Ramin often shakes his head at her in anger or disbelief throughout the play. Like when she pulls the hood off during PonR or earlier in this scene when she tells him his "haunted face“ does Not scare her and he keeps shaking his head, Not believing her. Here, her look back at him tells him 'I feel for you and in a way I do love you' and he finally believes her and nods as if to say 'I know'. This became a bit of an essay, but I found this performance recently and was just floored by how incredibly good it was. The cast was 10/10. So glad we got this on record.

@neurodivergent_queen

Жыл бұрын

Excellent observations

@cobaltChild

Жыл бұрын

This comment is amazing and it perfectly spells out why I'm so in love with Ramin's Phantom. It's such an astounding, emotion-filled performance

@Dragoness1717

Жыл бұрын

Oh my lord, these observations are awesome. And all very true now that you point it out. Good job noticing all that.

@crimsonmaverick8237

Жыл бұрын

I love comments that get analytical like this. Today people just want to give number ratings or praise things with slang words but we can’t forget the thorough worship a well thought out essay does for an artistic piece :D

@clarizamae09

Жыл бұрын

Solid essay. I give it a 10/10, a 100%, an A++

It's all in the little details. His expression during the kiss, his hands like he can't believe it. The hug. The way he sings I love you. How she cries when she returns the ring. The little nod when she turns to him. How she sings her first verse turning slightly towards him. I will never get over how good they are. I will never look at this scene without crying 💔

@sophialee1111

Жыл бұрын

Is it like She is singing to the phantom say you’ll share with me one love one lifetime, because she was turning to him instead of completely to raoul? That’s so sweet and sad to me

Christine's last word is [morning] while Phantom was [night]. Awit.

@renlish

2 жыл бұрын

How dare you make me think these things!

@KhoiV

2 жыл бұрын

@@renlish it's ok, I'll cry with you 😭😭😭

@phantomvideowatcher

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been obsessed with this show for 20 years and never put that together!!

@PatriotResearchGal

Жыл бұрын

Without giving the full explanation, he says night to her morning because she will carry his music with her to a world outside the lair. It’s music of the day. He has experienced compassion or mercy. Those are new experiences, awareness. Thus, the music of the night is over, but the music of the day has begun.

@rosalynelippington

2 ай бұрын

@@PatriotResearchGalI love your interpetation! The music of the morning/day (Daae) ends in Love Never Dies when Christine dies!!!

The phantom's face when Christine kissed him was absolutely amazing! Ramin did such an amazing job in the role!

@yerimiese3284

2 жыл бұрын

youre a kpop fan and a phan?! omg youre the person ive been loking for

@sparrow8534

2 жыл бұрын

@@yerimiese3284 yesss hi!!

@lyndsie7148

2 жыл бұрын

I love how he was crying and put his over hers to keep it on his face 😭

@SlyAmbition

2 жыл бұрын

hello fellow ARMY

@sparrow8534

2 жыл бұрын

@@SlyAmbition Hello!

The saddest moment of the show, I didn't watch it once without crying. How he tells her "I love you" and how she cries when she returns the ring. Wow. One of the best final lair I've ever seen. 💔

@ILYTH23

2 жыл бұрын

This scene always makes me cry!!!

@thomasmurphy83

2 жыл бұрын

Such a well done job. It can get lost in the show so I’m happy it’s such a striking and stunning moment in this one. Ramin really did it and Sierras face breaks the heart. 💗

@costanzabenvenuti4146

2 жыл бұрын

E vero 😭😭

@super3138

2 жыл бұрын

Not only here, but seeing it live made me bawl my eyes out.. I would love to perform this scene too, but my school sucks..

@andrewvasquez1960

2 жыл бұрын

First time I hear that I was balling for 2 hours, I guess I related to the phantom letting someone go after telling how I felt, it hit me so hard i couldn't believe it but i still believe in love even if it can't ever be.

I find it hilarious that when Raoul's being strangled, he's literally on a bunch of stairs, like bro, just go like two steps up and you're fine. Edit: why is this comment still getting corrected and fact-checked? this was intended as a *joke,* some of y'all need to go touch some grass smh

@offbrandhandymanny

2 жыл бұрын

clearly Raoul isn’t the brightest of people if he didn’t follow the one rule Madame Giry gave him

@cubonefan3

2 жыл бұрын

It’s just a prop, you get the point

@JC_artz

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@clareflattery8720

2 жыл бұрын

I know the stage is tiny that they had to work with. But he literally WALKED INTO the strangulation. LOL

@detectiveplutomindpretzel5626

2 жыл бұрын

@@offbrandhandymanny “Hand at the level of you eyes” *INSTANTLY PUTS HAND DOWN*

At 13:55, the moment when the Phantom lets the veil fall to the floor mimics Christine throwing the scarf at the end of "Think of Me." Such a powerful moment, the Phantom's final goodbye to Christine and his wish that some times she would think of him.

@YandS705

Жыл бұрын

heart breaking... 😢😢😢

@sansfan2215

5 ай бұрын

I listened to that part so many times and it still gets me.

I can't get over how good this production was.

@hawktalon7890

2 жыл бұрын

Neither can I! :)

@TimeandMonotony

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely phenomenal!

@lawrence_77

2 жыл бұрын

no one can😭😭

@miklein01

2 жыл бұрын

This is the one at Royal Albert Hall?

@clariekim2712

Жыл бұрын

I know right

Phantom: Wait, I think my dear, we have a guest! Christine: *barks*

I love this Christine, because it shows she could actually love the Phantom, but she couldn't bare his actions. Sierra is just amazing here!

@jacquelinelopez929

2 жыл бұрын

I believe she did love him but he is the darkness and she needs the light… imho

@devonbair2357

4 ай бұрын

Sierra just nailed it through and through. I think the whole cast is amazing but to me, she made this whole production.

5:40-53 For being a genius, The Phantom didn't realize how BADLY this would backfire on him. His expression when she holds up the veil, you can see him mouthing 'no' and honestly I think THIS was the beginning of the end for him, not the Kiss. The kiss sealed how WRONG he was. But this whole exchange where Christine is fighting back, and Phantom is like "I guess I better double down on this, just stick to the plan" but Ramin plays it SO WELL because he's not yelling AT her, he's basically BEGGING her. It just oozes _'wait, you- you can't do that. you're not supposed to do that, what's HAPPENING?!? Please don't make this so hard!!'_ Christine is breaking down and everything is already crumbling around him. Part of him, the Human Man, KNOWS he messed up, that this is wrong, but the part he's developed over the years to protect the scared scarred child within just refusing to acknowledge it. "Make your choice." The only way to fight what Christine is saying is to double down. The Kiss is what gives the Human Man strength and allows him to break free. She shows him "OH. there IS another way. *_Mercy._* Even filled with so much hate for me, what I did to her, trapping her here, treating her like THEY treated ME all my life... _If SHE can show mercy in the face of THAT... so can I..."_

@phantomvideowatcher

2 жыл бұрын

Love this!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@jacquelinelopez929

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You this analysis😍

@snoozyq9576

Жыл бұрын

Love makes fools of us all. Even geniuses.

This isn't Phantom related, but I think Ramin would make a very good Jekyll and/or Hyde, depending on if it's 2 actors or just him as both.

@railnut21

2 жыл бұрын

I believe that he has played that role in America

@ogaoms8985

2 жыл бұрын

Yes totally agreed. I'd love to see this

@lecielamf

2 жыл бұрын

Ramin would also make a good Dracula and Edmond in The Count of Monte Cristo

@melissam597

2 жыл бұрын

I was watching the Kings Academy production the other day and thought the exact same thing!

@isabellamoya3934

2 жыл бұрын

YES PLEASE

When he stands up at 11:38 and slowly and nervously walks toward her is heartbreaking. Every ounce of bravado, arrogance, bombast, and intimidation evaporates and suddenly he’s just a man who laid his heart bare. And at 12:40, she slightly angles her body towards him as she sings like she’s second guessing herself or giving him one last opportunity. Absolutely stunning ending and the best interpretation I’ve ever seen.

@alsndiego97

Жыл бұрын

I found that one of the most tragic scenes of this musical. The one time, no manipulating, no threatening, no intimidations, no grand gestures. Just him admitting his love, with all his vulnerabilities laid bare. And if he maybe did that from the start, she’d probably reciprocate. But it’s far too late. Erik allowed his pain to turn into the monster everyone saw him as and he’s past the point of no return in making his fantasy a reality.

@johnmasterson86

Жыл бұрын

100% agree, the phantom just looking for love; maybe not projecting it in the most healthy of ways tbf but a real rewrite from the previous incarnations of the phantom.

@abcabc-gl7ug

Жыл бұрын

@@johnmasterson86 11:33 that little smile is soooo good

@abcabc-gl7ug

Жыл бұрын

11:33 that little smile is soooo good

shoutout to hadley fraser for not just standing there while he’s being choked, a lot of raouls dont actually show struggle during this scene. he’s such a phenomenal actor

All respect due to Crawford, Wilkinson, Brightman, et al, but no one.. absolutely no one.. will ever beat this cast or this production. Ramin, Hadley, and Sierra, in addition to the rest of the cast just nailed this. It is timeless. Bravissimo!

@mrrocket400

2 жыл бұрын

agreed

@yvetteverania8988

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree!!!

@sherrybaby8

2 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%!!

@lizkoalita

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree!

@rebekahsegun8319

2 жыл бұрын

There are plenty of casts who have done just as good of a job as these guys (some probably better). They just didn't have it recorded.

10:14 Can we all just appreciate Raoul's temper in this scene? He was about to tear the Phantom apart and the only thing stopping him was Christine HOLDING HIM BACK 😂

@nasyabugg8240

2 жыл бұрын

I know right!🤣🤣 He was ready for round 3⚔️⚔️👊👊

@sarmajere2866

2 жыл бұрын

That's kind of an interesting nod to Raoul's arc in LND. I"m not a fan of LND, though I like the music, but that is a NICE characterization choice knowing what would carry over.

@sofesofe5367

2 жыл бұрын

Or say, he knew Christine would hold him back so he's just pretending so that he doesn't look so coward

@holly9096

2 жыл бұрын

@@sofesofe5367 Raoul throught the entirety of this musical never once expressed cowardice. The only time he was afraid was when Christine was in danger, and that doesn't even count because he was afraid for HER, not himself. He feared for her, so instead of doing nothing like a coward, he went out of his way to hunt and eliminate whatever was putting Christine in danger.

@Lilly_Rose861

2 жыл бұрын

XD

I love how The Final Lair makes clever call-backs to previous songs & leitmotifs. Here are my favorites: - Christine sings Angel of Music as she pleads for his mercy during the trio confrontation song, because she's appealing to his Angel of Music persona or his good side. - Phantom's reprise of Masquerade. The first time Masquerade was sung, it was in joy and celebration. Phantom's reprise turned it on its head and gave it a deeper and sadder meaning. The partygoers of the masquerade ball wore masks for fun, but Phantom wears a mask because he needs to hide from the cruel world. - All I Ask of You transitions to Music of the Night. All I Ask of You was Christine and Raoul's love song. The first time they sang it, Phantom did a reprise in the same melody, as if he's trying to insert himself in their love story. He couldn't accept that Christine loved Raoul and not him. In the Final Lair, All I Ask of You was sung again, but this time Phantom ended it with Music of the Night. This shows that he's finally let go of Christine (screw LND). Music of the Night was his song for Christine. "It's over now" means the end of his obsession of her, and also cleverly ends the play as a whole.

@sofesofe5367

2 жыл бұрын

According to LND, Christine went to find Phantom, so it's Christine herself reigniting (and sexually strengthening) his obsession.

@person6052

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like the “it’s over now” is meaning the end of his life, after all Christine is gone so what does he have left to live for?

@divergenttardis7378

2 жыл бұрын

@@person6052 I mean in the book, he apparently dies at the end, or so I've heard.

@nympseudo2096

2 жыл бұрын

I also love how the phantom and Raoul both sing "Past the Point of No Return" while Christine sings Angel of Music. Raoul is singing in an agonized plea to show Christine that there is no way to return to their dreams of the future---that there is no hope for him either way she chooses, and it would be better for him to die than for her to live the rest of her days as a prisoner. He sings "For either way you choose, he has to win! Don't throw your life away for my sake!" The phantom is singing to Christine to try force this moment to be about her making a choice, but then she turns it back on him by appealing to what their relationship was before and showing him that HE is the one who has a choice to make: in this moment, he can choose to be a demon, or an angel. This sudden shift in Christine shows how she has grown as a character: she's no longer deluded by the phantom's charade, but she sees him as he really is: a tragic, pitiful creature. The lyrics she sings are "Farewell my fallen idol, and false friend! One by one, I've watched illusions shattered." Then, as she pleads for Raoul: "Angel of Music, who deserves this?" This new awareness in Christine makes her pleas even stronger because the phantom realizes that she now sees everything clearly...she sees him for who and what he truly is, and yet, despite everything he's done, she is still appealing to his mercy. She is still trying to call forth the angel out of the demon. He tries to keep the focus on her, but by the end of the song he realizes that "past the point of no return" is really just about the fact that, after this moment, he and Christine's relationship will never be the same. They will never be able to have the tender teacher/pupil relationship they shared in the past...they are truly past the point of no return.

@ZannaZatanna1

2 жыл бұрын

and the little musoc that accompanied "they'll be wondering where I am" whek she approaches him at the end with the ring just before he sings, "Christine I love you" she must have told Raoul that she was going back, but there also must have been worry in his mind that she was REALLY going back and not leaving with him...

Everyone who's saying that Christine is in love with the Phantom at the end--you're not listening to anything Christine sings. "The tears I might have shed for your dark fate/grow colder now and turn to tears of hate"...."Angel of Music, you deceived me/I gave my mind blindly" are her final words in the argument. The Phantom instead doubles down with: "You try my patience...". This climax is not a confirmation of their true love. It's the final nail in the coffin of an abusive relationship. She doesn't kiss him to express her love for him. She does it to show a level of intimacy and kindness the Phantom was denied all his life, one last appeal to any humanity he has left. It's a goodbye kiss, not a "we're in love now" kiss. It's only after she kisses him that the Phantom's true mask is removed...he painted himself as the hero of this story in his own mind, but in this scene he realizes he was the bad guy all along. You see several flashes of guilt from Ramin's face throughout the final confrontation where you can see the fascade crumbling. Then she kisses him, and he knows after everything he's done he doesn't deserve it. He embraces the moment, but it also seals his fate and makes him realize HE'S the one "past the point of no return". And when she returns the ring? Those aren't tears of love. That is years of disappointment and gaslighting displayed the only way she knows how, and she mourns the man she THOUGHT he was and what COULD have been. A sincere and beautiful, "Christine I love you" was too little, too late. I've seen those same tears in a past relationship of my own, when she broke up with me saying that I wasn't the man she thought I was. Will never forget the look on her face, which the actress mirrors almost exactly as I remember it. It makes this moment painfully beautiful to watch.

@blissinchains

2 жыл бұрын

People can interpret this however they want. Seriously, get out. (And Raoul is a controlling narcissist, so neither man was anywhere near approaching perfection as a suitor anyway.)

@stevenhessler8179

2 жыл бұрын

@@blissinchains lol @ "people can interpret this however they want" coupled with "seriously, get out". It's almost like you don't see your own hypocrisy.

@swxxtspot

2 жыл бұрын

girl calm down

@Nate-dn1gx

2 жыл бұрын

Both could be right, in a sense. Her love for the phantom isn't romantic love, but a feeling of bondedness/gratefulness for the music.

@dorkinabubble7772

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful analysis! I feel for your story. I’m glad you grew as a person because of it.

So no one gonna talk about "You deceived me!" ? It's one of the most explosive lines in this scene omg 😭😭😭 Sierra my goddess ❤

11:43 when he straightens out his vest because even though she rejected him he still shows her respect of wanting to look presentable in front of a lady....AMAZING !!!!!!

@jamescooley8099

2 жыл бұрын

Well if you’ve worn a vest, you’d know that you just kinda automatically straighten it all the time. Can’t really help it.

@jamescooley8099

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonsteuer2237 I bet you’re fun at parties.

@madeleine5561

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen this production so many times and its always the little details most noticeably with Ramin that get me. He has such a nuance to his performance what you mentioned being an example

@jasonsteuer2237

2 жыл бұрын

@@madeleine5561 Glad I'm not the only person who spots those things, I always think I'm nerdy for that LOL

@madeleine5561

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonsteuer2237 nah, Ramin just gives us so much to observe you are in good company my fellow Phan! Incidentally the little gasp he gives in music of the night when he has his arm around christine and she sort of melts into him is one of my favorite moments.

Okay but can we talk about Raoul’s emotional whiplash here 3:47 - Caution/alert 3:51 - Panic 3:58 - Pleaing 4:03 - Frustration 4:11 - Anger 4:18 - Desperation

12:58 The soft "I love you" Ramin whispers kills me everytime I hear it.

@Skao_

2 жыл бұрын

Me too 🤧

Ramin's Phantom is so heartwrenching. I can't watch him without sobbing. His performance is devastatingly wonderful.

@jacquelinelopez929

2 жыл бұрын

Yes agreed😭😭😭

@jb6712

Жыл бұрын

I have far better emotional control than to "sob" at a fantasy story. That was done when my son, my only surviving child, was killed in an accident right before Thanksgiving a while ago. Now THAT was a heartbreaking, sobbing event, and the ten months after.

@emilybell5462

Жыл бұрын

@@jb6712 okay?????? A movie can be heart wrenching when you are immersed in the story. Sorry to hear about your loss but don’t bring it up to tear someone down and invalidate their feelings.

@jackobrienacting

5 ай бұрын

​@@jb6712get over yourself.

@IXScasualty

4 ай бұрын

The story and the acting is so amazing. Watching Ramin as he yearns for love and compassion and when Christine finally gives him what he needed his whole life, I always tear up listening to him cry and sing with such desperation. One of the most talented people of all time. ❤

So, fun story. I have a couple friends who just as big Phans as myself, and as a 'project', we took it upon ourselves to learn this ENTIRE song. A month later, we show up to our drama class (this is college, btw). And with our professor's permission, we preform this ENTIRE song in front of the class. We even dressed the parts (to the best of our abilities being broke college students). Best. Day. Ever.

@redballoon1604

2 жыл бұрын

Is there a recording?????? 😳

@WlngDlngBat

2 жыл бұрын

@@redballoon1604, probably??? We did not have the foresight to record it ourselves (drat), but I would assume people recorded us. I have no idea how to get my hands on those though XD.

@redballoon1604

2 жыл бұрын

@@WlngDlngBat Awww, that’s too bad, I love to watch every rendition of this scene I can find, it’s just so beautiful.

@theatrekidwithinternetacce704

2 жыл бұрын

Who did you play

@WlngDlngBat

2 жыл бұрын

@@theatrekidwithinternetacce704, I was the Phantom. Had the best time playing him too 😂

At 12:00 the way Sierra's face just crumbles, that moment gets me every time. The way she holds eye contact and just falls apart.

6:52 when she collapses and sing “i gave my mind blindly” literally sends chills down my spine

Starting at 12:52, as Raoul begins singing "Say the word and I will follow you" you can can just Barely, hear Phantom whisper "Love you" right as Raoul's "will," is sung. Watched this sooooo many times and only just heard it now.

@user-ow6ph6wk3n

2 ай бұрын

Я разрыдалась, как только переслушала. И правда 😢

How he hides the monkey's face "Hide your face, so the world will never find you." Brilliant. So many amazing little moments in this.

@sansfan2215

5 ай бұрын

I kinda got emotional at that part...

YALL HE STARTED TO SMILE WHEN SHE CAME BACK THEN CORRECTED HIMSELF WHEN HE REALIZED SHE WASNT STAYING 😭😭😭 I WILL FOREVER CRY AT THIS

@Ekinnajay

Жыл бұрын

Even his body language was upbeat as he walked towards her. When he saw the ring and understood why she came back, his shoulders slumped. Such incredible acting.

4:20 I love how he didn't even realize he was choking her until he looked back and releases her, the anger leaves his face and it's replaced with shock and concern, glancing at his shaking hand. But the anger and jealousy come back as quickly as they left, unable to cope with Christine being cared for by someone else.

"Pitiful creature of darkness, What kind of life have you known? God give me courage to show you You are not alone..." Beautiful... simply beautiful. Andrew Lloyd Webber was, and continues to be, a lyrical genius.

@musicaltheatrefan2k226

2 жыл бұрын

You are not alone!

@blissinchains

2 жыл бұрын

Charles Hart wrote the lyrics.

@blissinchains

2 жыл бұрын

Charles Hart wrote them.

@thephantomoftheopera7887

11 ай бұрын

Charles heart wrote the lyrics, and Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music.

I’m so obsessed at Ramin’s “you alone...”

At 13:37 it really looks like Ramin is consciously taking a moment to look around and drink in what is undoubtedly the pinnacle of his career.

the break in his voice when Raoul says 'LET ME SEE HER!!!" means everything to me. I've been watching this clip forever and that never stops breaking my heart every time.

@livridley3515

7 ай бұрын

Biiig same, I replayed it about three times oop

@rileym7110

4 ай бұрын

Also when he is begging for her forgiveness 5:47 just the pain in his voice. Hadley Fraser is so fucking talented

I have to say, my favorite part of every phantom is the “Christine I love you” when she returns the ring. It’s a true heart breaker

@bestistmate

2 жыл бұрын

I just come back to watch this scene it's just so touching

"Christine, i love you" always get me 😭💔😔

@pikeybot

2 жыл бұрын

same here :(

@isaa6287

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@francisjannmartinez5154

2 жыл бұрын

erik this comment... me too 😭💔

@ogato9006

Жыл бұрын

Me too

THIS LAST SCENE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. And the way these three act is phenomenal, I cried so much 🥺♥️

@ramandeepnijjar8281

2 жыл бұрын

I know!

This act got me ugly crying. The Phantom's shock when Christine says she hates him; the sense of confusion when she kisses him and it's everything he ever wanted, but not quite; her reluctance when leaving him behind and him nodding and letting her go 🥺 Sierra was absolutely perfect in this one! It must have been emotionally exhausting to perform this scene. She really gave her everything in this.

Hadley is the best Raoul ever. Such a powerful voice and performance!

@Goliath691975

2 жыл бұрын

For Raoul being one of the characters I despise the most in musical theater, Hadley's performance was well done.

@daynacooper1163

2 жыл бұрын

No Patrick Wilson is the best raoul ever gread butter is the best phantom ever and eammy rossum is the best Christine ever

@Goliath691975

2 жыл бұрын

@@daynacooper1163 Everyone has their favorites. Whether it's the movie version or theater versions. For me, I prefer the theater over movie. I did like Patrick Wilson as Raoul though.

@missgot2qtpies

2 жыл бұрын

@@daynacooper1163 no. Sorry, but just N-O.

@arandombard1197

Жыл бұрын

@@daynacooper1163 Lol, god no.

Credit to hadley for a brilliant performance during the entire stranglehold scene! Not overshadowed (a tough feat!) from Ramin & Sierra at all

Everyone: Andrew you can't create a thrilling climax where everyone just stands and sings Andrew Lloyd Webber: hold my phantom mask

@paulanthonyhoeflich8988

Жыл бұрын

Good one.

I've seen this show and this scene a hundred time but at the "go now and leave meeee" i genuinely burst into tears once again :')

@Bits_and_Bops

6 ай бұрын

One of my favorite moments out of this whole production, the way Ramin screams out you can tell the pure emotion he put into this role, makes me get full body chills every time

When Phantom sings Christine I love you it just hits. This moment gets lost in the musical sometimes but here it highlights how beautifully tragic and tender this moment is.

@baonganhang8122

2 жыл бұрын

I know right? That "I love you" is just....so emotional. You can even feel his pain and sorrow through it :'( plus with Sierra expression and the turnings after, I can stop myself from sobbing.

@thomasmurphy83

2 жыл бұрын

@@baonganhang8122 same here. There aren’t enough tissues ever! This moment is just one of the best shared stage interactions ever caught on film in such a brilliant moment in the score. I wish they would ease it a bit in the regular show so the audience can sit in the moment.

8:38 he's closing his eyes, just feeling the moment, exactly the way it's has to be 😔 it's so heartbroken, but SO LOVELY TOO!! I'm crying 🥺

@vivienne1904

2 жыл бұрын

Great observation! The detail is so subtle. I've watched The Phantom of the Opera for many times yet never noticed that before.

@jacquelinelopez929

2 жыл бұрын

😭😭😭

11:50 - 12:05 gets me every time! 💔😭 You can clearly hear his heart and soul in that "I love you"

@mxnniee

2 жыл бұрын

Ramin really is the best phantom cus of that part 😭💙

@knighttemplar9480

Жыл бұрын

Best Christine I love you out of all the phantoms

The way Christine projects her singing towards the Phantom at 12:38 is just genius. No need to turn completely, she manages to sing to her back. 👏🏻

When Christine came back to return his ring Erik truly thought he came back for him but as soon as he saw the ring he only smiled, accepting it all. THE EMOTION IN HER EYES ONCE HE TOLD HER HE LOVED HER MAKES ME CRY EVERY TIME.

I love 00:50. The first “Why?” is so rational, self aware of unfair abuse and betrayal; it is a sincere cry for help. Then the next “WHY?” is irrational, fueled by aggression and hatred while playing the victim. Bravo.

Rauol’s face when Christine kisses the phantom tears at my heart every single time.

Man, Ramin's screaming of 'Forget what you know of the Angel in Hell' and seeing him shaking with the intensity of how hard he was pouring his soul into those words, and everything that followed really punched me in the heart. God, what an incredible performance! Had me sobbing like a baby at his Masquerade refrain after such intense emotion.

I only recently noticed that on 12:56 Phantom whispers "I love you" as Raoul and Christine sing to each other 😭 Way to break my heart even more 💔

Their faces when Ramin says "Christine I love you" is so heartbreaking, they both did a PERFECT job. They're both in tears.

That little nod that the Phantom does is something no man ever wants to go through.....accepting that the woman you love is going with another man. Unfortunately I've been through it myself, and it breaks you as a man. I've never been the same since. There's not much in this masterpiece that makes me relate to the Phantom and his behaviour....but that moment, that moment I know how he feels

10:26 Ramins scream, literally chills!!!

Whenever someone says the problem with the Movie version of Phantom was that the phantom screams rather than sings some of his lines, I say "yo watch this and see if you still think that" it's the emotion behind each piece of singing or screaming that makes it work. Ramin screaming "Go Now And LEAVE ME!" makes my soul leave my body and shed a tear for how much emotion and pain is in it. Absolutely breathtaking.

@madeleine5561

2 жыл бұрын

True but Ramin reserves his scream for the very end when the phantom is at his lowest point. He makes the right desicion but it still hurts so his scream is heartbreaking. Butler yelled his way through half his songs. He never seemed to understand the difference between yelling and projecting. Its an issue you see in music of the night and more noticeably in the final lair scene where nearly every line is yelled instead of sung. It takes away any emphasis and just displays Butler's lack of talent as a singer and the utter failure of Schumacher as a director. So the difference is that Butler has me cringing over his voice and his pink eye and Ramin has me sobbing.

@PatriotResearchGal

Жыл бұрын

Ramin’s use of screaming is perfect in this. It’s so…. Metal. And I love it. ❤️🎤

@ygnit5793

Жыл бұрын

The problem is Geralt Butler can't sing and misses a bunch of notes in every challenging sequence. Just about the only problem

05:26 The tears I might have shed for your dark fate grow cold, and turn to tears of hAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

@oldyavannahhadafarm

2 жыл бұрын

*3 seconds later actually considering ditching Raoul for Phantom*

@jellybutter3123

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldyavannahhadafarm i would

@KhoiV

2 жыл бұрын

@@jellybutter3123 sis 😩

(Not so) fun facts as I listen to this with headphones in, I'm hearing moments I never caught before. At 7:04, right after Christine says, "gave my mind blindly", the Phantom whispers "blindly" to himself, almost in disbelief. At 12:58, while Raoul is singing and offering his hand to Christine, just before she takes it, the Phantom whispers "I love you". If anyone needs me, I'll be crying over here.

7:20 'you try my patience' OMFGTHATHGEKL Ramin is sch a good actor

The tear in Ramin's right eye just after 8:11. Just another piece of an amazingly acted scene.

One of the best conclusions in Musical Theater history!!

@worrywart1311

2 жыл бұрын

This production was staged in the Royal Albert hall, London and the show was originally produced in the West End.

12:38 When Christine slightly glances back at The Phantom as she sings KILLS ME!

@renlish

2 жыл бұрын

Leaves the door wide open for Love Never Dies.

sierra, ramin, and hadley KILLED this...hands down my favorite trio

10:24 him screaming and breaking his vocal control is what made him my favorite Phantom

I've never been one to cry at shows/movies. But when I first saw this show way back in 2015, tears just fell at the end. Ramin's 'Christine, I love you' will always get me in the feels no matter how much I've watched this. Everything is beautiful from start to finish. Sierra, Ramin, and Hadley just have so much chemistry that it is always such a joy to watch this phenomenal production on replay. Still sucks that the reunion concert in Japan didn't push through last year because of the pandemic. But, safety first. Dammit covid.

Sighs The vocals, the phenomenal acting, the casting, and of course, Ramin's existence *chefs kiss*

8:58 The way he caresses her hands here 😭😭

I appreciate the small gesture Christine makes when she comes back to find the Phantom crumpled on the floor, and she lowers her gaze as he gets up and composes himself.

@sohillsvettech1624

2 жыл бұрын

She’s taking the wedding ring off that the phantom but on her finger on point of no return scene

Cracking up thinking about ramin in a podcast with Sierra saying how after the phantom drags Christine away at the end of “point of no return", him and Sierra had to SPRINT with not a second to loose up 2 flights of stairs to get up there at the beginning of this scene. And after sprinting having to sing immediately right after ramin tells of how after singing the line “darkness deep as HEELLLL" he saw stars, on the verge of blacking out😭😂💀💀💀💀

@madeleine5561

2 жыл бұрын

Where the hell is the podcast because I now MUST listen to it!

6:01 oh my god. it sounds like they’re singing in completely different keys but it still harmonizes 😭

@itdoesntgetbetter1408

9 ай бұрын

The harmonies in this song have always impressed me. The part with the overlaying motifs has lived in my head rent free for years now

why no one speak about how wonderful and amazing hadley is😭

I went to see The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway in 2010 because I had seen the movie and I loved the musical. The first time I saw Ramin and Sierra was in the promo video for Love Never Dies, I fell in love with then and I wanted to see the musical live but when I could travel to Europe the musical was over. After, Ramin went to do his Ramin and The Broadgrass band show in Boston, I went from Brazil to Boston to see him. At the end of the show he went to talk to the fans, when I gave him a Cavaquinho (Brazilian Ukulele) he said: "Is it for me?" and he gave me a big hug, I was very happy, he is a nice, kind and loving person and an excellent guy. Then he went to play Jean Valjean in Les Mis on Broadway and I went to see him again. I saw Sierra live when she played Christine again with the first black actor to play The Phantom on Broadway, Norm Lewis, it was amazing. She is also very friendly and charismatic and spoke to fans at the end of the show. I hope, that someday, I can see, in live, Ramin and Sierra performing together again.

@itsamandy

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Eu aposto que o Ramin deve ter aprendido a tocar o cavaquinho e deve amar! Eu gosto muito da Sierra pq eu compartilho a personalidade good vibes igual a dela, e seguir ela acendeu de volta o meu sonho de tentar uma faculdade de teatro pra, quem sabe um dia, me apresentar na Broadway, um sonho esse que eu tinha deixado de lado a tanto tempo por falta de apoio de todo mundo que eu conheço.

"Show some compassion!" "The world showed no compassion to me!" *that line really hits hard*

When she loses it at 11:59 will always get me. This was one of the best productions of any show Ive ever seen. Phenomenal. I cant get over it.

@LingLing_Wannabe

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Same!! I keep coming back to watch it because the emotion portrayed is absolutely unparalleled.

The Show Must Go On, probably: "Alright fine, we'll upload this one too. Surely our viewers will be satisfied?" Everyone in the fandom: "Yeah no sorry, we're just going to need you to upload the whole show again, haha." Honestly though, for a modern musical [well, more modern than some others] it's hard to beat this 25th anniversary performance.

I've watched this performance dozens of times and only now have I found out that Ramin got stuck on an invisible wire around the 10:00 mark. He managed the situation really well!

Lol, Raoul's/Hadley's reaction to the kiss is my usual reaction to excessively long smooch scenes in most movies/TV shows but I LOVE THIS ONE

the way Phantom rushes to the veil that Christine tossed while she’s mad is so funny and lowkey adorable smsksksk

I’m so happy this is here, thank you! Raoul’s way of desperately shouting ‘let me see her’ gets me every time. In the movie he sings it too softly, but Hadley’s Raoul is so expressive in all the right ways. And the phantom’s ‘Christine I love you’ makes me cry same as Christine 😭

This shows why it is one of the best musicals of all time and why it is still on after all these years. A truly fantastic musical. The acting is fantastic. Such a talented group.