Phantom Comparison - Abandon Thought

A comparison of the blocking during the line, "Abandon thought and let the dream descend" in 'Point of No Return', from The Phantom of the Opera. Note: This video was made almost a year ago so it's definitely a bit out of date. As per usual, the 25th anniversary concert is not included for copyright reasons (meaning that my video gets blocked worldwide if I include it).

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0:04 - Dave Willetts and Jan Hartley-Morris
0:45 - Ethan Freeman and Jill Washington
1:28 - Scott Davies and Meredith Braun
2:10 - Scott Davies and Charlotte Page
2:52 - John Owen-Jones and Celia Graham
3:32 - Matthew Cammelle and Rachel Barrell
4:10 - Earl Carpenter and Rachel Barrell
4:48 - Nic Greenshields and Robyn North
5:28 - Ramin Karimloo and Leila Benn Harris
6:09 - David Shannon and Gina Beck
6:50 - Earl Carpenter and Olivia Brereton
7:27 - Earl Carpenter and Katie Hall
8:03 - Marcus Lovett and Anna O'Byrne
8:50 - Marcus Lovett and Sofia Escobar
9:29 - Geronimo Rauch and Harriet Jones
10:15 - Ben Lewis and Amy Manford
11:00 - David Thaxton and Kelly Mathieson
11:45 - Tim Howar and Amy Manford
12:29 - Josh Piterman and Kelly Mathieson
13:14 - James Gant and Lucy St Louis
14:11 - Killian Donnelly and Holly-Anne Hull
15:03 - Killian Donnelly and Anouk van Laake
15:57 - Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman
16:36 - Cris Groenendaal and Rebecca Luker
17:11 - Davis Gaines and Tracy Shayne
17:46 - Thomas James O'Leary and Sandra Joseph
18:23 - Howard McGillin and Adrienne McEwan
18:59 - Hugh Panaro and Julie Hanson
19:35 - James Romick and Marie Danvers
20:12 - Tim Martin Gleason and Susan Owen
20:49 - Stephen R. Buntrock and Rebecca Pitcher
21:24 - Howard McGillin and Elizabeth Loyacano
22:01 - Hugh Panaro and Trista Moldovan
22:37 - Greg Mills and Marni Raab
23:12 - Jeremy Stolle and Samantha Hill
23:52 - Hugh Panaro and Sarah Bakker
24:27 - Paul A. Schaefer and Mary Michael Patterson
25:06 - Laird Mackintosh and Sara Jean Ford
25:44 - Norm Lewis and Sierra Boggess
26:21 - Laird Mackintosh and Kaley Ann Voorhees
27:02 - Rachel Eskenazi-Gold
27:39 - Ben Crawford and Ali Ewoldt
28:17 - Ben Crawford and Eryn LeCroy
28:56 - Jeremy Stolle and Emilie Kouatchou
29:51 - Michael Crawford and Mary D'arcy
30:28 - Davis Gaines and Dale Kristien
31:02 - Kevin Gray and Dodie Pettit
31:38 - Kevin Gray and Teri Bibb
32:12 - Brad Little and Megan Starr-Levitt
32:52 - Franc D'Ambrosio and Lisa Vroman
33:26 - Ted Keegan and Rebecca Pitcher
34:04 - Peter Lockyer and Rebecca Pitcher
34:40 - Gary Mauer and Elizabeth Southard
35:15 - John Cudia and Jennifer Hope Wills
35:49 - Jason Mills and Sarah Lawrence
36:27 - Anthony Crivello and Kristi Holden
36:58 - Tim Martin Gleason and Kelly Jeanne Grant
37:38 - Cooper Grodin and Julia Udine
38:17 - Cooper Grodin and Grace Morgan
38:57 - Chris Mann and Katie Travis
39:37 - Derrick Davis and Kaitlyn Davis
40:16 - Quentin Oliver Lee and Eva Tavares
40:58 - Derrick Davis and Jenna Burns
41:40 - Masachika Ichimura and Ryoko Nomura
42:12 - Jun Sawaki and Kyoko Suzuki
42:42 - Yuichiro Yamaguchi and Kyoko Suzuki
43:12 - Eiji Akutagawa and Hisako Hanaoka
43:43 - Toshihide Mura and Kyoko Suzuki
44:12 - Masayuki Sano and Tamami Sai
44:44 - Ernst-Dieter Suttheimer and Colleen Besett
45:23 - Nicholas Saverine and Colleen Besett
46:02 - Alexander Goebel and Luzia Nistler
46:41 - Christian A. Muller and Lisa Antoni
47:21 - Jeff Hyslop and Teresa DeZarn
47:55 - Colm Wilkinson and Patti Cohenour
48:30 - Peter Karrie and Elizabeth DeGrazia
49:05 - Paul Stanley and Melissa Dye
49:42 - Mikael Samuelson and Inger Olsson Moberg
50:17 - Peter Joback and Emmi Christensson
50:57 - Dale Tracy and Colby Thomas
51:38 - Jerzy Jeszke and Carla Nicholson
52:16 - Jerzy Jeszke and Lori Zeglarski
52:53 - David Hunerjaeger and Valentina Kozhanova
53:33 - Ian Jon Bourg and Alison Kelly
54:14 - Michael Nicholson and Olivia Safe
54:57 - Ian Jon Bourg and Janine Kitzen
55:43 - Roy Weissensteiner and Marion Wilmer
56:21 - Thomas Schulze and Maike Switzer
57:05 - Thomas Borchert and Sandra Danyella
57:49 - Ethan Freeman and Anne Gorner
58:33 - Uwe Kroger and Beatrix Reiterer
59:12 - David Arnsperger and Lauri Brons
59:57 - Mathias Edenborn and Daniela Braun
1:00:43 - Rob Pitcher and Valerie Link
1:01:26 - Brent Barrett and Elizabeth Welch
1:02:11 - Henk Poort and Joke de Kruijf
1:02:44 - Henk Poort and Els Bongers
1:03:18 - Hans Peter Janssens and Inneke van Klinken
1:03:54 - Saulo Vasconcelos and Lolita Cortes
1:04:32 - Saulo Vasconcelos and Irasema Terrazas
1:05:09 - Flemming Enevold and Teresia Bokor
1:05:48 - Peter Jorde and Mia Karlsson
1:06:27 - Tomas Ambt Kofod and Sibylle Glosted
1:07:06 - Luis Armando and Felicidad Farag
1:07:42 - Juan Carlos Barona and Julia Moller
1:08:19 - Sandor Sasvari and Andrea Maho
1:08:54 - Attila Csengeri and Renata Krassy
1:09:28 - Zoltan Miller and Linda Kiraly
1:10:06 - Attila Csengeri and Barbara Fonyo
1:10:16 - Saulo Vasconcelos and Kiara Sasso
1:10:55 - Fred Silveira and Lina Mendes
1:11:31 - Thiago Arancam and Darua Goes
1:12:08 - Thiago Arancam and Giulia Nadruz
1:12:44 - Simon Pryce and Ana Marina
1:13:22 - Brad Little and Claire Lyon
1:14:01 - Brad Little and Sara Sarres
1:14:38 - Jonathan Roxmouth and Meghan Picerno
1:15:19 - Tomasz Steciuk and Kaja Mianowana
1:15:52 - Carlos Vittori and Claudia Cota
1:16:28 - Marian Vojtko and Michaela Gemrotova
1:17:06 - Dmitri Ermak and Tamara Kotova
1:17:42 - Ivan Ozhogin and Mercedesz Csampai
1:18:15 - Dmitri Ermak and Maria Ivleva
1:18:53 - Andrey Shkoldychenko and Elena Bahtiyarova
1:19:33 - Ben Forster and Amy Manford
1:20:11 - Joshua Robson and Georgina Hopson

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Thanks so much! This is awesome. Love Ben Crawford’s Phantom very much!

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Great video❣

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🥰🥰🥰

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I think Charlotte Page, Anouk van Laake and Ryoko Nomura have the best acting in this scene. And what happened since 2021 with Christine's hair? Now they can choose to wear hair accessories, like a rose or that renaissance style hair net?

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When Phantom reopened on West End and Broadway after COVID, they made some minor changes to the sets, props, blocking, costumes, and wigs, and one of those was some different hairstyles: some will now have buns or ponytails, others will wear snoods, etc. The rose in the hair in PONR is not technically new, other productions have used it in the past, it was just inconsistent and seemingly up to the production/director.