A musical combines dancing, songs, spoken dialogue, and acting. The songs are used to help tell the story. Each song adds to the story and brings you to the next scene with a new thought of how the last one ended. The music is very touching and has so much meaning. It is so powerful and adds very intense background. It has won about 70 different major theatre awards. Michael Crawford is an actress in the film and has taken home awards for best actor in a musical at both of these. Some of them including Olivier in 1986, Tony Awards for best musical in 1988. The Phantom of the Opera has won multiple films. The film was written based off the novel and has been around since 1909. It is a very popular film written about love, powerful music, and constant entertainment. This film is important because it has been around for so long. For example, performers on stage will dance or add movements to make it feel more alive. Music can involve dancing a lot of the time. Dance is used in this film to help add background, since it is a musical there is a lot of music. Dance is also used in the Masquerade scene.

This is a scene between Raoul and Christine professing their love for one another. They also dance in the scene on the roof. They usually use ballet dancers in the background to help add to the story. They include dance in the performances of the operas. These are just a couple of the performers each with a specific role. Jennifer Ellison plays Meg who was Christine’s best friend in the film. Patrick Wilson plays Raoul who was Christine’s crush and saves her from the Phantom. Gerard Butler plays the Phantom who was an intense character that was obsessed with Christine. Emmy Rossum plays Christine Daae who was orphaned as a young girl and is the main character. Raoul tries to figure out his plan, ending with a scene of Raoul rescuing Christine.Īctors are very important to each film. As the Phantom realizes this relationship going on, he creates a plan to keep Christine by his side. Instead of Christine falling for the Phantom, she falls in love with Raoul who is a childhood crush. The Phantom hides his disformed face by a mask adding a darker look to him. The Phantom tricks Christine into thinking he is the Angel of Music Christine’s father told her about when he passed. A film about a Phantom, who lives deep below a theater in Paris, is obsessed with an orphaned girl named Christine.

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