Musings...
Apr. 8th, 2008 02:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
almaviva90Lol...still can't get over the fact that I might be going to Sydney and see Phantom in July! *grins broadly* And richrose0107was obviously delighted as I was (mostly because she just wants to see the pictures...hahaha) And it really is a race as to who can see Phantom first...she wants to go to Broadway and I seriously want to see it in London mostly since it was technically there in 1986 that POTO first opened...so much history...*sigh*
Grr...just a short note of realisation...was just browsing through the famous HEAP guide to Degree Course Offers in the UK [2008 edition] in the Careers centre today and realised that while Cambridge had an average of 4 people competing for one History place, Oxford had a 39% success rate (come on, NINE people for one place as in my chosen Oxford college to FOUR people at Cambridge...my God, I should have applied to Cambridge instead based on that record had I known of it earlier!). And both surprisingly and not so surprisingly, Durham had an average of FIFTEEN people competing for ONE History place...so I guess I should consider myself extremely lucky and fortunate in this light of things...lol. =D
richrose0107was obviously delighted as I was (mostly because she just wants to see the pictures...hahaha) And it really is a race as to who can see Phantom first...she wants to go to Broadway and I seriously want to see it in London mostly since it was technically there in 1986 that POTO first opened...so much history...*sigh*Grr...just a short note of realisation...was just browsing through the famous HEAP guide to Degree Course Offers in the UK [2008 edition] in the Careers centre today and realised that while Cambridge had an average of 4 people competing for one History place, Oxford had a 39% success rate (come on, NINE people for one place as in my chosen Oxford college to FOUR people at Cambridge...my God, I should have applied to Cambridge instead based on that record had I known of it earlier!). And both surprisingly and not so surprisingly, Durham had an average of FIFTEEN people competing for ONE History place...so I guess I should consider myself extremely lucky and fortunate in this light of things...lol. =D
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Date: 2008-04-08 10:20 am (UTC)waaaaaait didn't you apply to Cambridge??
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Date: 2008-04-08 06:02 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, MC was only Phantom from 1986 - 1990 in the original London (where the show had its premiere), Broadway, NY and Los Angeles. Since then many Phantoms have taken his place in many productions around the world, from London, Broadway to Korea, Japan, Australia, Sweden, etc...most of them having national casts (e.g. Phantom in Japan being played by a Japanese Cast and songs sung in Japanese). And yes, the show in Sydney is commissioned by the composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber - who basically gives the right to certain countries/theatre groups (and actors of his own choosing sometimes) to play his work so yeah, it's the one with MC but not with him in the role as Phantom. Anthony Warlow (original Australian Phantom in 1990 and reprising his role for this two year tour) will play the Phantom...eh, he will be ok, I guess...he is after all ALW's next favourite Phantom to MC.
I didn't apply to Cambridge because we were only allowed to apply to one (either Oxford or Cambridge) this year. Regine was the one who wanted to go, lol...and maybe, I should have done so too. =( I liked Cambridge in the first place but my mum said that Oxford was more well-known and I couldn't get her round that particular fact and persuade her from changing her mind. T.T So stupid, I know...but who cares? I'm contenting myself on the fact that I want to get a Masters at Cambridge instead after going to Durham for my Bachelors. =D
Hope you're feeling better, by the way...=)