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Phantom Fan-Fare

by Nicholas Sheets, dramaturg As the production comes closer, I thought it might be fun to see some of the fanfare that comes with The Phantom of the Opera. For example, the video below (which I think is edited pretty well): There is no question that a musical which has gained the hearts of literally tens of millions of its viewers around the globe is going to have its own set of fanatic fans, let alone toys. Take the following for example: [caption id="attachment_975" align="aligncenter" width="300"]

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Phantom Snow Globe
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My Little Pony-Phantom
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Phantom Doll
sakky-attack.deviantart.com[/caption] As you can tell, there are lots of different avenues for fans to bring The Phantom of the Opera into their lives. I'm sure there are even some of our own visitors to this website who are in love with everything "Phantom." If you are, we'd love to hear what you like about Phantom and maybe any neat things you own that relate to the POTO. Leave your comments below.

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