Norm! column

June 3, 2006

Name Game

[hear the whole Andrew Lloyd Webber interview by clicking here]

Andrew Lloyd Webber apparently missed the memo on the working title of his upcoming Las Vegas "Phantom of the Opera" production at The Venetian.

In an interview from London with local writer-podcaster Steve Friess, the creator of "Phantom" was caught off guard when the title -- "Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular" -- came up in the conversation.

"To be honest, you lose me on that," said Webber. "I didn't know that. I thought it was to be called 'Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera.' ... I'm not being disingenuous. I did not know that. It's a long way away, and I don't get to see everything."

The previews run June 12-23, with a June 24 opening. The interview can be heard on the Internet at www.thestrippodcast.com.

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