If I could rate this zero stars, I would.  My boyfriend and I were so looking forward to seeing this show on a recent trip to Vegas.  We are theater lovers and had heard such great things about this show.  \n\nI could go on and on about how much this show disappoints, but I'll trim it down in the spirit of Phantom's butchery.\n\n1. Very low energy from all the actors.  It was pretty clear that they had been doing multiple shows a day for a few months and just no longer cared.  \n2. The plot was entirely lost on my boyfriend who had not  been exposed to the story before.  I can not believe how much has been cut out.\n3. The music was so loud, it was hard to hear anything else.  My favorite numbers did not have any of the power I was looking forward to because I couldn't hear the singing.\n4. The \"special effects\" could be bought at a fireworks stand.  They were pretty pathetic and at times literally laughable.  The chandelier in the first 10 minutes, however, was a pleasant surprise.\n5.  The audience clearly needed a quick course on how to properly attend a show.  From the tourists who translated every single line, loudly for their relatives to the couple behind us who were talking loudly and eating their dinner in the theater, during the show.\n\nI'm pretty sure we weren't alone in these feelings, due to the sparse amount of applause at the end.  \n\nDo not see this show!