text: I consider myself an avid Phantom fan Phantom of the Opera is by far my favorite musical of all time I have listened to the musical countless times since high school I have seen the musical in San Francisco and Manhattan and I have even brought myself to watch the movie which was not half bad nnWhen I learned that Phantom was going to be available in Las Vegas I jumped at the chance to watch it which I did on Saturday Unfortunately for myself I was not blown away by this version of Phantom honestly I was a bit disappointed nnFor someone who has never experienced Phantom elsewhere I believe she might like it But for myself I did not Here are my Pros and ConsnnProsnTheater was beautiful and the technology is top notch The chandelier is amazing We sat a few rows from the front under the chandelier n The music was wonderfuln The company was great It was nice for everyone to get together and enjoy a shownnConsn The scaled down version felt too rushed Because of the shortened time I felt that things happened too quicklyn Songs were shortened and certain aspects of the musical were lost One of the things I liked about Phantom is that the Phantom is a magician of sorts with his punjab lasso But that was omitted from the shown There was so much more to the story that was lost The parts where Madame Giry tells Raoul or he asks about the Phantom were dramatically cut Those parts aided in giving the musical more substance but that was lost in the show For someone who had seen the musical and felt the emotions when watching those shows this shortened version did not elicit any emotion whatsoever unless you count my disliken The singing was not that great The actress who played Carlotta had a great voice but other then that I was not impressed with the singing OR the dancing The Phantoms singing I did not liken I really disliked the Phantom The Phantom is supposed to be smooth and debonairwhile being menacing I understand the actor was trying to make the Phantom grittier but I hated it At some points the part seemed overacted nnOverall the show did not live up to my expectations I was expecting to be blown away by an experience as wonderful as what I experienced in NY or SF but for myself the experience was sub par nnI would reccommend that you check out the show for yourself You might really like it I was looking for something that was truer to the musical and which in my opinion had more substance