She has a smoldering chemistry with Butler. Speaking of Christine, Emmy Rossum ( The Day After Tomorrow) gives a superlative performance here, both as a vocalist and as an actress.
It's easy to see why young Christine is caught up in her attraction to him. That said, he carries a tune just fine (if a bit too gruff at times) and what he lacks in training he makes up for in charisma.
He is not a classically trained singer, and as such pales vocally when compared to role-originator Michael Crawford. As the Phantom, Gerard Butler ( PS I Love You, 300) exudes machismo, madness, and sensitivity. Lovesick for his muse, an orphaned soprano named Christine, he walks the line between genius and madness as his affection turns to obsession.
The key in its appeal lies in its ability to evoke both sympathy and terror towards its title character, a musical prodigy who has endured loneliness and cruelty due to horrific disfigurement. Not surprisingly Phantom made it to the big screen in this adaptation but Starlight did not.By Jonathan Decker Scary but beautiful, lavish but intimate, Gaston Leroux's tragic story of The Phantom of the Opera, as channeled through the vision of playwright Andrew Lloyd Webber, has moved and frightened audiences around the world for over 20 years. Andrew Lloyd Webber admits that although he does not regret doing the show he should have marketed it as a "Disney kiddie ride sort of a thing" a special effects extravaganza just for kids, to be performed at amusement parks exclusively, not a serious big budget Broadway musical for the masses where it would be compared to much more critically acclaimed Webber shows like Jesus Christ Superstar Evita Joseph and Phantom. But where Phantom got positive reviews and is mostly considered a classic Starlight was slammed by the critics some who say though it was a hit it is one of the worst Broadway and London theater productions of all time focusing as it does on people dressed up like trains and roller skating and featuring a sporting event like race replete with monitors. This theatrical production premiered in London in 1985-6, the same year Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber rolled out Starlight Express, an adaptation of the Thomas the Tank Engine novels (with all character and place names changed when the rights deal fell through).
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