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‘‘This national touring company, which has played to critical acciaim across this country, has it‘s own character â€" it‘s own identity,‘‘ he said. ‘"And it is every bit as much the same quality â€" in fact, | would have no problem in taking this touring company and putting it on the stage of the Drabinsky called this staging a ‘"onceâ€" inâ€"aâ€"lifetime opportunity‘‘ for the residents of Kâ€"W to see Phantom of the Opera in their own community. And he said this producâ€" tion is every bit as spectacular, and is of the same superb quality, as the production being staged now at Toronto‘s historic Pantages Theatre. Tickets for Phantom of the Opera at Centre in the Square go on sale ‘"at the stroke of midnight‘"‘, Friday, April 10. The Centre‘s box office and phone lines will remain open for 24 hours through April 11 at 11:59 p.m., and will reâ€"open on April 12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Normal box office hours will resume April 13. Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s Phantom of the Opera is coming to Kitchener‘s Centre in the Square next November for a 30â€"performance engagment. Pantages tomorrow night." The first 200 ticket buyers to purchas The first 200 ticket buyers to purchase Phantom tickets at the Centre in the Square box office April 10 will receive a free cassette of the Canadian Cast recordâ€" ing of The Phantom the Opera. For further ticket information, or to order tickets by phone with a major credit card, call the Centre in the Square box office at 578â€"1570, or toll free at 1â€"800â€"265â€"8977. ‘‘When you‘re physically covered you have to have a certain energy that transcends any barmers such as a mask," he says. ~| think, perhaps. he saw that combination, and saw that the words meant a lot to me Rather than being a great singer of notes. | d much rather concern myself with what the words are saying â€" with what the words mean. And he‘s very much that kind of director (Continued on page ‘9