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Wayne Bryan
Wayne Bryan, now in his 18th season as producing director for Music Theatre of Wichita, has produced over 75 large scale musicals, and helped guide MTW to being the highest subscribed arts organization in Kansas. Broadway acting credits include Good News!, Tintypes, and Rodgers and Hart (supervised by Richard Rodgers). TV credits include "M*A*S*H" (CBS), "American History" (PBS), and "Keystone" (A&E). Awards: 1999 Brotherhood Sisterhood Award from NCCJ; 2002 Recipient of Governor's Arts Award; Joseph Jefferson Award (Chicago) as director; Atlas Award (San Diego) as actor. Co-authored new version of Good News! seen around the world, author of many articles on musical theatre. He can be reached at WBryanKS@aol.com, or at the Music Theatre office (316) 265-3253.
Arts & Entertainment
2005-04-01 10:50:00
Different versions of Phantom?
: Why are there so many different versions of "The Phantom of the Opera"? Is the story based on any kind of historical truth?
ANSWER: To answer this, one must begin at the Paris Opera House itself. In December of 1860, the Ministry of Fine Arts in Paris instigated a competition for a magnificent, state-funded Opera House. After reviewing 700 drawings, the judges selected 35-year-old Charles Garnier, a comparatively unknown architect with a demonstrated talent for romanticism.
 
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