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Status
Released
Release
2006
Runtime
1h 30m
This made-for-television documentary tells the story of the creation of the world's most successful musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera.
22 Cast Members
Fay Ripley
Narrator (voice)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Self - Composer
Sarah Brightman
Self - "Christine Daaé" - Original Cast
Michael Crawford
Self - "Phantom" - Original Cast
Cameron Mackintosh
Self - Producer
Gillian Lynne
Self - Choreographer
Hal Prince
Self - Director
Steve Harley
Self - Lead Singer, Cockney Rebel
Janos Kurucz
Self - "Joseph Buquet" - Original Cast
Christopher Tucker
Self - Make-up Creator
Charles Hart
Self - Lyricist
Richard Stilgoe
Self - Lyricist
Michael Reed
Self - Musical Director
Cliff Richard
Self
Don Black
Self - Lyricist, "Tell Me on a Sunday"
Michael Le Poer Trench
Self - Photographer
Rosemary Ashe
Self - "Carlotta" - Original Cast
Claire Moore
Self - "Christine Daaé" - Original Understudy
Clive Barnes
Self - Theatre Critic
Simon Callow
Self
