Joel Schumacher's The Phantom of the Opera (2004): Adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart musical, starring Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum. The Phantom of the Opera (1991): Featuring David Staller and Elizabeth Walsh. The Phantom of the Opera (1986): Musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Crawford as the Phantom, Sarah Brightman as Christine.Andrew Lloyd Webber written the musical for his then wife Sarah Brightman. Heather Sears was the first to compare her experience with the Phantom to that of Joan of Arc who she plays on stage, a musical adaption. The Phantom of the Opera (1962): Hammer Horror version featuring Herbert Lom and Heather Sears. Susanna Foster is the first to play Christine in full color and sound. A recluse who has shut himself off from the world because of a disfigurement covered up by a half-mask, he lives within the catacombs deep beneath the old theater. Phantom of the Opera (1943): Featuring Claude Rains as the Phantom and the singer Susanna Foster as Christine. We learn that this 16 year-old singer has been mentored for years by the mysterious musical genius known only as the Phantom (Gerard Butler) and, to Christine, as The Angel of Music. Mary Philbin was the first to play Christine. Not surprisingly Phantom made it to the big screen in this adaptation but Starlight did not.The Phantom of the Opera (1925): Featuring Lon Chaney, Sr.
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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