So my sister who went to my school, Fairfield High school, and she was asking me if I remember Phantom Theater at KI, and of course I said yeah, and she was tellin me about how our high school got one of the old chandeliers that was in phantom theater and our school used it for the production of Phantom of the Opera, I was wondering if anybody knew if this was true?

That is true! If you saw the play, it was the very same chandelier that was rigged to crash down toward the stage on a zipline just before the intermission.

I caught the production of Phantom of the Opera at Fairfield High School 3 years ago and it was first class in every way. The guy who played the Phantom could really belt out a tune.

I wish I could have seen it.

How they got the rights will always astound me

And the fact that they were the first EVER Highschool (or any school for that matter) in the US to put on Phantom.

I did hear only positive reviews of it though.

That was the Phantom Theater chandelier?!?! If only I had known!

^^Do youj know how they got the rights for it? My school is doing it this spring (starts in about 2.5 weeks)

Okay I thought my sister was lyin or something haha it makes me wonder how we ended up with that chandelier?? But yeah, my sister helped put it together, but I never went and seen it.

^^Do youj know how they got the rights for it? My school is doing it this spring (starts in about 2.5 weeks)

Sycamore and KI are very well contected in ways . just looked at my 12th grade year book on of the pages it says Congrats to the class of 2006 Syacamore High school from all of us at Paramounts Kings Island with the parks logo. same with my 9th 10th and 11th grade ones to.

^^Do youj know how they got the rights for it? My school is doing it this spring (starts in about 2.5 weeks)

Sycamore and KI are very well contected in ways .

As is Kings.

Lets just say in the theatre business...

THANK YOU!*

Terp, one of about six adults who truly adores that ride...

(* and the posted video is from the original <and yet new> and best....)

^^Do youj know how they got the rights for it? My school is doing it this spring (starts in about 2.5 weeks)

Sycamore and KI are very well contected in ways . just looked at my 12th grade year book on of the pages it says Congrats to the class of 2006 Syacamore High school from all of us at Paramounts Kings Island with the parks logo. same with my 9th 10th and 11th grade ones to.

Huh, that's interesting! I don't think they've had any connection with KI in the yearbooks the past couple years. But I meant how did Fairfield get the rights to do a production of "Phantom of the Opera" three years before any other high school...

Linda Gardner my 7th and 8th grade music teacher (Amazing Woman BTW) you be surprised who she knows at Cedar Point .

Yes yes, Ms. Gartner (Gardner?)...I didn't take choir at the junior high but I have heard a LOT about her! Most people love that lady haha

Edit: And I wonder why shy knows ppl from CP?

^^Do youj know how they got the rights for it? My school is doing it this spring (starts in about 2.5 weeks)

Sycamore and KI are very well contected in ways . just looked at my 12th grade year book on of the pages it says Congrats to the class of 2006 Syacamore High school from all of us at Paramounts Kings Island with the parks logo. same with my 9th 10th and 11th grade ones to.

Huh, that's interesting! I don't think they've had any connection with KI in the yearbooks the past couple years. But I meant how did Fairfield get the rights to do a production of "Phantom of the Opera" three years before any other high school...

Our drama teacher mr.Muldoon actually wrote to R&H Theatricals asking for permission to do the play, and they said yes.

Oh wow, thats awesome! And here I thought it was because the author of the musical (Andrew Lloyd Webber) had the rights to it and wasn't willing to allow it to be produced...or is that just a different version?

Yes yes, Ms. Gartner (Gardner?)...I didn't take choir at the junior high but I have heard a LOT about her! Most people love that lady haha

Edit: And I wonder why shy knows ppl from CP?

How do you think our 8th grade Choir Trip was paid to Cedar Point . She has Hook ups. the woman is Amazing!!!!!

Well I didn't know it was paid for I'm kinda surprised they don't go there much then....lately I think its been a lot of Chicago or Atlanta...no CP recently

Oh rights for most shows are avail. It's just how much you are willing to spend. There are complications however, Acting Up this year wanted to do West Side Story; Saddly, because WSS was travalling in Broadway Across America (coming here in 2011-2012 season methinks) they could not secure the rights. However Acting Up is a bit different than a High School Production....

To anyone taking on Phantom....well good luck! haha Break-a-leg...BREAK BOTH OF THEM!

Here is an article

http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/27/fe072707phantomweb.html?cxsvc=7&cxcat=16

I remember Starlight Express, very great show. Never saw Phantom of the Opera

MarkR and I are going to see the Sycamore High production on April 16th. I will look and see if their chandelier is from Phantom Theatre. That ride had a similar story as the play. "Do you think you will be allowed to leave, once you have heard my music? I don't think so!"

"You'll Be Back! Bwa-ha-ha-ha!"

I went to my high school's (sycamore) production of Phantom on April 16, which was also Cappies night. It was nothing less that AMAZING! I cannot believe high schoolers can sing like that, and the music coming from the pit sounds soooo professional!! I was extremely impressed!

The other remarkable part of securing the Phantom of the Opera rights is the storage area that is demanded. I was on the committee that tried to secure the right to Phantom years ago, and one of the questions that was asked was "How much storage space do you have available?" In order to keep the production in its majesty, you have to have room for a chandelier of a certain size and a pipe organ of a certain size. I can't remember the specifics since this was close to 5 years ago, but its huge.

Thats very interesting because I always assumed that a synthisyzer(sp?) was used to make the pipe organ sounds...Hmmm, I can understand the chandelier

The Fairfield chandelier was NOT the PT one. Sycamore borrowed the one that was used by Fairfield and it was student made. 2x4, plywood, and the wiring was hand done. I'm an AVES Theatre grad and I know more about that production than the cast did.

I thought I read an article that says they were one of the first four to perform it. Not exactly the first. I heard four schools were given the rights at the same time.

In 2008, Fairfield's drama club was one of four schools in the nation asked to perform Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Fairfield also holds the title of performing the very first amateur production of Webber's Starlight Express.

Taken from Wikipedia.

I thought I'd just say I found the Chandelier haha. I got my first look at our Performing Arts Center today in theater class and it was just hanging backstage.

You'll be back!

(insert evil laugh here)