![]() ![]() New Age guitarist-keyboardist David Arkenstone opened the evening with a surprisingly good performance. Crawford then sang Music of the Night to another standing ovation. But as soon as that song ended, Crawford vanished as the organ strains to Webber's The Phantom of the Opera theme began.ĭale Christian, who played the role of Christine more than 700 times with Crawford in Phantom, then performed a Think of Me solo with exhilarating vocal trills.Ĭrawford returned to the stage, unmasked, to reprise his best-known role with duets that included All I Ask of You and a humorous anecdote about a ''nautical'' disaster involving Phantom and Webber. In tribute to Kelly, Crawford sang the Barbra Streisand piece Before the Parade Passes By.Ī high point in the show was Crawford's impassioned rendition of Love Changes Everything from Aspects of Love amid a starlit background. Looking for an ''attractive idiot,'' Gene Kelly cast Crawford in his film Hello Dolly. ''I'm probably the only actor who ever beheaded himself,'' Crawford said. He then joked about his early days doing radio with the BBC, which included playing the roles of Henry VIII and two of his wives. ''I always wanted to be a Jet - and I ended up a Phantom,'' he said. ![]() After dedicating an Irish song to her, he briefly launched into Tonight from West Side Story. ''Music is truly the universal language,'' Crawford said between songs, speaking touchingly about how his grandmother first inspired his love of song. I've never heard Crawford sing as well before. Opening with the stirring Gethsemane from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, Crawford hit the high notes perfectly with his piercing voice. Backed by an orchestra and the Soul Children of Chicago Choir, Crawford got a standing ovation before he sang. Tony-winner Crawford slipped easily into the roles of actor and singer as he performed selections from musicals and films. Michael Crawford enchanted a mostly middle-aged audience last night at Polaris Amphitheatre with songs and spoken reflections on his life and career. ![]() For one night, The Phantom of the Opera became ''The Prince of Polaris.'' ![]()
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