No, not Phantom of the Opera but Phantom of the Paradise, the campy 1974 rock opera by Brian De Palma and Paul Williams. It bombed everywhere but Winnipeg (http://www.phantomoftheparadise.ca/why.html) where it still has a cult following. In fact, there's a screening tonight at Winnipeg's Park Theatre @parktheatrecafe.
Back in the '70s, Phantom mania certainly swept my school, Grant Park High. One girl so identified with Old Souls she performed it about 500x until the cynical kids said it was making them sick. I ignored them. After all, she was a senior, a goddess with a soulful singing voice who strummed her guitar with real feeling. I was just a pimply grade 7er. Looking back though, she was kind of a one tune wonder. What are you playing for us tonight, Sandra? : )
Back in the '70s, Phantom mania certainly swept my school, Grant Park High. One girl so identified with Old Souls she performed it about 500x until the cynical kids said it was making them sick. I ignored them. After all, she was a senior, a goddess with a soulful singing voice who strummed her guitar with real feeling. I was just a pimply grade 7er. Looking back though, she was kind of a one tune wonder. What are you playing for us tonight, Sandra? : )
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