
For this reason I haven’t been able to enjoy the changed West End revival, and I haven’t been able to fully appreciate the original Broadway production’s reopening as I didn’t handle to get attached, knowing it too would soon be gone. From that day I knew Broadway’s days was also limited. I think my major grief came when CamMack axed the original West End production (AND fired everyone through Zoom, what a class act…). He axed Prince’s Vegas version without any obvious reason, he staged the RAH version without Prince (both of which Prince expressed surprise), and he’s pushed that dreaded restaged tour version ever since. I knew - I KNEW - it was a matter of time before Cameron Mackintosh would kill off original Phantom. There is a reason my motto has been «In Hal Prince we trust»
