{"id":12963,"date":"2012-05-10T15:45:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T19:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=12963"},"modified":"2021-09-10T13:51:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T17:51:11","slug":"follow-the-phantom-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/05\/10\/follow-the-phantom-opening-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow the Phantom: Opening Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Go behind the scenes of Wright State University\u2019s sold-out production of <em>The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In the final episode of the Follow the Phantom series, Casey Jordan, the junior musical theatre major playing the Phantom, shares his excitement about the show\u2019s opening night. We also visit the entire cast during their final dress rehearsal to see the show in all its glory.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s gothic musical tells the story of a twisted musical genius and his dangerously obsessive love for the young soprano capable of giving life to his songs. Winner of seven Tony Awards, the <em>The Phantom of the Opera<\/em> is currently the longest-running show on Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>Wright State\u2019s production plays May 10\u201327, 2012. The show is currently sold out for its entire 15-performance run.<\/p>\n<p>Watch previous Follow the Phantom episodes to look back on Casey\u2019s journey to becoming <em>The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Previous episodes:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/12\/follow-the-phantom-part-1-auditions\/\">Auditions<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/20\/follow-the-phantom-hitting-the-right-notes\/\">Hitting the Right Notes<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"Acting the Role\" href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/26\/follow-the-phantom-acting-the-role\/\">Acting the Role<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/20\/follow-the-phantom-hitting-the-right-notes\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the final episode of the series, Casey Jordan shares his excitement about the show\u2019s opening night.  <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/05\/10\/follow-the-phantom-opening-night\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":12263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,725,727,747,715,719,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-home-news-sidebar","category-homepage-photos-and-video","category-liberal-arts","category-news","category-special-categories","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12963"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12967,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12963\/revisions\/12967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}