Revisit: The Restaged National Tour of "The Phantom of the Opera"
After seeing the national tour of "The Phantom of the Opera" this past July, I revisited the tour as apart of the 2016/17 Broadway in El Paso season. I am happy to report to all of you that this lavish production is still in terrific shape. With a packed house, the city of El Paso seems to be thrilled with this production. Since I have already reviewed this show and production before, I am just going to touch on the cast changes that have occurred since the last time I saw the show and a few other things that I feel the need to talk about. In the title role, understudy Eric Ruiz took the stage and was absolutely great in the role of the Phantom. He has a lovely voice and he did a wonderful job carrying the role of the Phantom. His rendition of "The Music of the Night" was gorgeous and he certainly did Andrew Lloyd Webber's score justice. I hope the production considers moving him up to the full time Phantom someday because Ruiz truly did a wonder