Nightlife / Music / Movies / TV / Dining / Arts / omaha. Arthur Kopit The playwright worked with Maury Yeston on “Phantom — the Musical,” which Creighton is staging. Ryan Malone and Chelsey Hill star as the Phantom and Christine in Creighton University’s spring show, “Phantom — The Musical. When: Thursday through March 30. Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. March 30 only. Information: 402-280-1448 or creighton. No, it’s not the “Phantom” musical everybody knows. That’s Andrew Lloyd Webber’s version. But “Phantom — the Musical,” with a book by Arthur Kopit and music by Maury Yeston, has had more than 1,000 productions in regional and community theater. It adds one more starting Thursday, when Creighton University Theatre opens it for a two-weekend run. Kopit calls “Phantom” the most popular musical never to play Broadway. And he’s coming to Omaha to see Creighton’s take on his and Yeston’s show. He listed two main reasons for its popularity, even as the lesser-known of two musicals based on Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel, “The Phantom of the Opera. “It’s a great underlying story, a ‘Beauty and the Beast’ story,” Kopit said by phone last week from his apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. “And I think we did a good job writing it. A third reason, he said, is that most musical productions are modeled after the way it was done on Broadway. Since this show has no Broadway history, directors and venues feel more freedom in how they choose to stage it. “Webber’s version requires a lot of equipment and technical resources,” he said. “Ours can be done quite simply, and it moves audiences. Plus audiences are curious about it because so many have seen the other. “Phantom of the Opera” has proved a popular vehicle for adaptation. Nonmusical movies starred Lon Chaney (1925) and Claude Rains (1943). A 2004 movie with Lloyd Webber’s music and Charles Hart’s lyrics starred Gerard Butler. Stephen Sheftz, Creighton’s director of musical theater, said he knew he had vocal students with the skills to do Yeston’s operetta-style score justice. Director Alan Klem, meanwhile, was hooked by Kopit’s script. “It follows the novel more closely,” Klem said. “And Kopit is never predictable. He makes interesting choices in a direction you’re not expecting. He can make a fast turn from light and gay to the darkest corners of the universe. I like that. Kopit and Yeston had most of the show written in 1986 when Lloyd Webber announced his Broadway version. Financial backing disappeared, and they shelved it. Then Kopit penned a network-television miniseries of “Phantom,” using his and Yeston’s approach to the material but without music. They shot it at the Paris Opera House. It was a hit, which led to their musical version finally being staged at Houston’s Texas Theater Under the Stars in 1991. It then played in Seattle, San Bernardino and Chicago, garnering strong reviews from Variety and the Wall Street Journal. Kopit remembers his reaction when he finally saw Lloyd Webber’s show in the early 1990s: “I thought ours was better. But I’m not at all surprised his was a hit. It’s effective. In Kopit’s view, his and Yeston’s version provides more backstory and explains why the phantom is drawn to Christine, how he came to be who he is, and how that connects to his love for Christine. “It’s the humanizing of the story, making it more character-driven. Kopit met Yeston when Tommy Tune asked him to rewrite the book for the musical “Nine,” based on Fellini’s movie “8?.” Yeston wrote the score. The show was a hit, and they then partnered on “Phantom. Musicals are a world away from Kopit’s playwriting roots. He’s a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for dramatic plays “Indians” in 1969 and “Wings” in 1978, and he was first noted for a sendup of absurdist theater, “Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad. “Musicals are closer to film than plays in some ways,” he said. “They’re a collaboration, particularly on the visual aspect and how you tell the story. A play moves like the peeling of an onion, and you get to the climax toward the end. Musicals start with a premise. The character wants something, and how does he get it? In a musical, the major scenes are sung. The book writer takes a back seat. He declined to state a preference for writing dramas or musicals. “I’m a playwright,” Kopit said. “I’m drawn to material I care about. Kopit will attend an opening-night public reception in Creighton’s theater lobby today from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. A fundraising dinner with Kopit as special guest Friday will be at Lucille’s in the Old Market. Reservations are closed for that event. Klem said Creighton’s version of “Phantom” features a large cast, a nearly 30-piece orchestra, scenic and lighting design by Bill Van Deest, choreography by Patrick Roddy and costumes by Lindsay Pape. “Everybody’s pretty maxed out,” Klem said. “The pieces are there. The challenge is to get all the pieces working together. bob.fischbach@owh. Bob reviews movies and local theater productions and writes stories about those topics, as well. Copyright ©2014 Omaha World-Herald®. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, displayed or redistributed for any purpose without permission from the Omaha World-Herald. We made our own silly March Madness bracket, and it will, for once and all, decide something VERY IMPORTANT. Playwright says his musical allows theaters more freedom, piques audience’s curiosity. Here's a dog's perspective of Nebraska. 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