Well to start off on my review, I will start off with our three stars: Erik (the Phantom), Christine Daae, and Raoul (aka: The Vicomte de Chagny).

Erik (played by Jason Mills) - I gave him the nickname of "Young Phantom" due to the fact that his voice sounds really young, compared to the other Phantoms, ex: Les Miserables Phantom (aka: Anthony Crivello) and Lisp Phantom (Howard McGillin).  He has a really good range when he sings.  The song in which he shined the most was probably in "The Phantom of the Opera".  Personally I would be saying "Music of the Night" as the shining song for Jason, but he just stumbled a little while singing the song that I felt sort of sorry for him.  He made it up by hitting the high notes correctly at least.  I found it funny that he sounds a lot like Lisp Phantom, only without the lisp, but it's probably the director's choice on what type of person that is chosen as Erik should sound.  I was mostly disappointed in was his acting skills.  He needs to work more on attaining the character of Erik because he acted as though Erik had a childish and cocky personality OR he acted like a really really bad game show host.  I know it's based on all of interpretations of the actor, BUT there are certain parts that need to be yelled out in either anger or sadness.  He just failed at that by only barely yelling it out with a weird tone that sounds like a host saying "You just won a brand new car~!!!"  Jason, please learn to react better...if you had a deformed face and someone took off your mask, wouldn't you automatically cover your face to hide it from other people? You sort of killed the magic and mystery by allowing other people to see ya' deformed face for those few seconds.  Sadly Jason is my least favorite Erik out of all of the PotO performances I have seen.  I believe he could go far as Erik if he improves on his acting and reacting skills.  So keep improving and I hope to see you do a better performance sometime in the future! :D

Christine Daae (played by Sara Jean Ford) - Nickname: "Greenhorn Christine" since this is her first time as a major lead role.  She has a very pretty voice who has an awesome range and good control of her voice.  Sara hit the high notes very easily during the cadenza in "The Phantom of the Opera" even though she sang it a little softer than most Christines, ex: Vibrato Christine (Jennifer Hope Wills) and Las Vegas Christine (Kristi Holden).  But when she needs to sing loud, she can sing really belt.  She shined a lot in "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" and especially in "The Phantom of the Opera".   Unfortunately, I believe Sara needs to learn to emote a little more.  But by the time it got around to Act 2, she was emoting much better.  Like Jason, she also needs to learn to react better to certain situations.  Certain parts like where Christine is shocked by the Christine manequin for example, Sara needs to be more shocked....not just fall over and that's it.  Along with the part where she   I believe overall she just needs a little bit more emoting and she will make it!  Another Broadway show I believe she'll go far in is "Beauty and the Beast" or "The Little Mermaid".  She has that type of voice which will fit those type of shows. ^^;

Raoul (played by Greg Mills) - Nickname: "Non-appealing Raoul".  Yes you read it correct...he was not appealing in looks wise.  I am sorry, but he wasn't that handsome compared to the other Raouls I've seen, ex: Michael Raoul (Michael Shawn Lewis), Black-haired Raoul (Ryan Silverman), and Psychology Raoul (Tim Martin Gleason).  He does make up in a really good voice.  The only problem was that he always seem to be drowned out when he's singing with two or more other people.

Now after all of that, I'll probably do short summaries about the other characters.

Piangi (played by John Whitney) - Nickname: "African Piangi".  He was very funny! XD He is probably my favorite Piangi next to Zubi Piangi (Larry Wayne Morbitt).


Carlotta (played by Kimilee Bryant) - Nickname: "Thin Carlotta".  She's probably the thinnest Carlotta I have seen.  Not saying that it's a bad thing... .__.;;;  The problem for me is that she tends to sing really really quiet, and Carlotta is a diva.  A diva will always sing loudly!! D: So sing your heart out girl!!

Madame Giry (played by Nancy Hess) - Nickname: "Non-Vibrato Mdme. Giry".  She sounds a lot like the Mdme. Giry from the movie version.  Also not saying that's a bad thing! D: It's just a little different from most of the other Mdme. Giry who always sing with A LOT of vibrato.

Meg Giry (played by Polly Baird) - Nickname: "Sweet Meg".  Meg on stage is a sweet heart even when doing background actions.  She also has this tone which is very quiet, but yet pretty voice.

Monsieur Firmin and Monsieur Andre (played by Bruce Winant and D.C. Anderson) - Nicknames: "Young Firmin and Andre".  I dubbed them this name because most guys look really old. Yes I know these guys are old also, but the costume people made them look younger compared to the other Firmins and Andres I've seen in previous shows. So yeah...*shrugs*  Andre is especially funny during the part where he tells the people that the Act 3 of the opera "Il Muto" would start.  Firmin was funny during the part where he and Andre tried to convince Carlotta to come back and perform in "Il Muto" since Christine was missing.