What Are The Differences between the phantom of the opera movie and Broadway sho

Question:Well the Broadway show is more to the original. The Phantom isn't "Hot" like Gerard Butler, he is how he should be. Ugly, severly disformed, a beautiful voice and just a little crazy. They made him seem like a pretty boy in the movie. Tan and muscular. Who the hell would be tan and muscular living in the dark below the Opera House!?
It's so much more beautiful, the broadway version. It's more emotional and just seeing the scenery and the characters move around before you is truly mesmerizing. I sob hysterically each time the show ends watching the poor Phantom's love walk away. There really isn't that big of a difference, the movie is sexed up, the broadway show is more original. The chandelier crashes at a different time and the movie added some music that is not in the broadway show.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Well the Broadway show is more to the original. The Phantom isn't "Hot" like Gerard Butler, he is how he should be. Ugly, severly disformed, a beautiful voice and just a little crazy. They made him seem like a pretty boy in the movie. Tan and muscular. Who the hell would be tan and muscular living in the dark below the Opera House!?
It's so much more beautiful, the broadway version. It's more emotional and just seeing the scenery and the characters move around before you is truly mesmerizing. I sob hysterically each time the show ends watching the poor Phantom's love walk away. There really isn't that big of a difference, the movie is sexed up, the broadway show is more original. The chandelier crashes at a different time and the movie added some music that is not in the broadway show.

I heard the song order is different.

the movie is better really. and you can understand them when they sing unlike the broadway version

songs, scenes are differnt, carlotta in the movie isnt really singing,

I could write everything myself, but wikipedia puts it better.

While the film remained mostly faithful to the original libretto of the stage show, some minor changes were made. Some scenes were added; others were deleted; some songs were shortened or deleted; some lines that were sung on stage were spoken in the movie, as well as minor changes in the lyrics to suit the scenes. In addition, several slight changes were made to the story.

The famous chandelier crash - used to close Act One on stage - was moved to the film's climax after the song "The Point of No Return", and becomes a crucial plot point in that it explains the destruction of the opera house, which is set on fire as a result of the crash. This, as well as some other changes, was kept for Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular, a modified stage production modelled mostly after the film. The chandelier crash also received computer-generated imagery alterations. For example, before reaching the floor, the chandelier's cables rip through the ceiling of the Opera House where this would be all but impossible on a live stage.

Changes were also made to some of the characters and their backgrounds. In the film, Madame Giry first meets the Phantom when they are both children and helps him escape from imprisonment in a carnival, after which he spends his entire life living at the Opera. In both the original book and the stage adaptation, the Phantom winds up in the carnival as an adult after travelling the world and spending time in Persia. Also, during the film scene in which Christine visits her father's grave, a sword-fight ensues between Raoul and the Phantom. In the stage production, the Phantom stands upon the grave and attacks the couple with small blasts of fire from his torch. The Phantom's makeup for the film was changed from the stage and made much more subtle and natural as it would not be required to impact from afar, although the scarred face that ultimately was revealed proved to be far less horrific than one would have anticipated given the character's angst, and proved to be a bone of contention with many critics. The Phantom's various magical tricks (such as his sudden disappearances) were also demystified and fully explained in the film.

The pivotal unmasking of the Phantom was made more dramatic; unlike on the stage, close-ups could be afforded. Furthermore, there was a noticeable increase in the action and drama of the film incarnation, examples including the various sword-fighting sequences absent from the stage version. The Phantom's subterranean lair was enlarged and given various new furnishings including candles that lit themselves automatically (these were actually accomplished with a special type of candle which would light itself when brought out from underwater, instead of using CGI).

The ending of the movie was also very different from the play. The movie ends with the Phantom smashing all of the mirrors and walking through a passage behind one of them. A rose placed on Christine's grave in the final cemetary scene also indicates that he is still alive in 1917. The play however ends just after Christine and Raoul leave the lair in the boat; the Phantom notes of Christine that "you alone can make my song take flight; it's over now, the music of the night!" He sits in a large throne and covers himself in his cape. When Meg and the mob enter, she lifts the cape only to find the Phantom's white mask.

I only saw the movie and I have not seen the Broadway show I will be going to the Broadway show soon :)) I love the movie it was excellent I love Emmy Rossum she is awesome what a voice :))) I heard the soundtrack songs from the broadway play when my two cousins went two years ago and I thought the movie soundtrack was much better :)))) But I will still see the broadway play version......

I actually saw the movie on tv.. but also got to experience this broadway show in person in New York.. there is no comparison. THe live broadway show was absolutely spell bounding. THis btw was my only musical i ever saw.. and wish i could see it again.. along with some more live shows. I sat there in awe of the singing .. the costumes and hearing the applauds.. was the most beautiful play i have ever seen.

I bought the DVD but have not watched it yet, but I saw the it performed on Broadway last May, and nothing on film can top the live theater experience, especially one with such a grand set as Phantom. It was a beautiful experience that I will not soon forget. Do you think a movie can produce that kind of a review?