Seeing Phantom of the Opera Followed by an Actual Opera

Phantom of the Opera plays through August 19. Porgy and Bess plays through August 25.by Christopher FrizzelleThe night after I saw Phantom of the Opera at the Paramount, I saw Porgy and Bess at McCaw Hall. Guess which one was better.Matthew Murphy/Philip Newton
Last Friday, a new national tour of Phantom of the Opera opened in Seattle. I hadn't seen a performance of the show since 1992, when my parents took me to see it at the Los Angeles Music Center for my twelfth birthday. Back then, we were