Something to watch

A trailer for the upcoming film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera is available here.

I have to confess that I reacted very strongly against this show for years, because for about five years you couldn't go anywhere without hearing that big, pounding organ theme or the song that every high school baritone in the country had to add to his repertoire, "The Music of the Night". But I finally did actually see the bloody thing in 1999, when a touring production finally came to Buffalo, and I was surprised at how effective the thing was. I hope the film is good, and if successful, that we get a film version of Les Miserables, the show I've managed to not see even though the thing plays in Buffalo almost annually.