Who Wrote The Phantom of the Opera Musical?
“Hi, I’m Christopher Rokosz, actor and director of both stage and screen, and I’d like to share with you some information about who wrote the musical, “Phantom of the Opera.” Well, the original writer of the musical “Phantom of the Opera,” was a gentlemen by the name of Ken Hill, an English playwright and composer. His version – musical version of “Phantom of the Opera” inspired Andrew Loyd Webber to produce the “Andrew Loyd Webber” version. That’s the one that you may be familiar with; with the famous “Phantom of the Opera,” “Music of the Night;” it’s been the longest running play on Broadway. Andrew Loyd Webber is also the composer and writer of such other famous plays as, “Cats” and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” Critically acclaimed, seven Tony awards, three Grammy awards, a Golden Globe award, and Academy award, and he was also knighted in 1992 and had the Kennedy Center award bestowed on him in 2006. So he’s pretty not– he’s not really a “shlob.” He’s a very, ve
