text: I have wanted to see Phantom of the Opera for some time as well as see a show in Vegas so I knocked both those things off my list nIt was good but not mind blowing It is a personal problem of mine but I do not follow story lines that are being sung very well so when I found out min of dialog were taken out of this production I was saddened The theater looked small enough that there was not a bad seat in the house but I was in Row D so I do not speak from experience nThe pyrotechnics were a nice touch nThe scene where the two coowners are about to go into the masquerade and a huge prop is used for about seconds I found that a little amusing nI enjoyed the show but reading some of the reviews it may be worth it for me to see the full version either on stage or videonnEditnI watched the production of Phantom of the Opera on DVD a week after seeing this performance The extra dialog really did help tie the story together With that said I would add that this show is still really good but if you have not seen Phantom of the Opera before you may want to not have this be your first impression