one star because:
1. my boyfriend's parents took us to the show.
2. the costumes, pyrotechnics, and faux-opera-house decor was decent. not nearly enough bang! for las vegas, however. and the pyrotechnics blinded me they were so bright. but maybe i just have sensitive eyes...
3. a three hour(?) broadway musical was squished down into a 95-minute "las vegas spectacular" so i didn't have to sit through three hours of crap and yawning. (what exactly was "spectacular" about Phantom? i'm still not sure).
i really hate musicals and stageshows. call me "uncultured" but i feel they're all a bit too over-the-top and contrived. ten minutes into Phantom, my mind was already wandering (ex. "when is this shit going to end?!").
maybe if i weren't such a musicals-hater, i would have given this show a better rating. but i am. so boo.
the highlight of my evening was my dinner at bouchon.