My wife had seen Phantom in London. She preferred the Las Vegas show, in it's purpose built theatre. The music, costumes, performances and effects were all excellent. Sitting in row C, close to the stage was a briliant place to sit. Hint - book early well in advance of your trip through The Venetian website. Also, hunt around the web for discount codes. We save $40 per ticket.

Phantom is an edited version of Phantom of the Opera so the Venetian can run two shows a night. We weren't offended by the Vegas shortened version and the production was excellent as were the performances.

The problem is the theatre which is too big in all directions and lacks atmosphere and intimacy. To fit in the dramatic chandelier special effects, the vaulted ceiling goes up forever. 30 seconds of chandelier effects affects the rest of the show. Atmosphere and applause seem to evaporate.

The performers have to work extra hard to create the Phantom atmosphere in such a large space. They did very well on our night but you can imagine they can't do it every night as shown by some reviews.

The show will be more enjoyable if you go on a busy night but don't try and take photographs or the lady bouncers will have you. I wouldn't mess with them.

Went to the phantom on 3/24/09. we sat in row q seats 29/30 right in the center. great view, great show. it was very entertaining.good luck:):)

My wife and I are both "Phantom fans" having seen at least five different productions. This production at the Venetian was without question very disappointing. In short both the Phantom Lead and Christine were mediocre at best and seemingly dialed in their performances. We had no connection to either of these performers. We thought that maybe it was our own problem on that nite, however even the rest of the audience gave very token applause throughout the play and even for the curtain call.

Of course the staging itself and the costumes were indeed spectacular and that is why I give it two stars.

Save your $$ (we coughed up $330 for 2nd row) and spend it on something else.