A scorned employee

of the Paris Opera House, whom everyone considers dead, lives on in the

catacombs beneath the opera house.

He terrorizes

all those who inhabit the building, until he falls in love with a new

singer. The "Phantom" devotes all of his time to making her

a star and he will do so by any means necessary. That is the story behind

"The Phantom of the Opera," the classic novel by Gaston Leroux

and now, some would say, the most popular musical of all time.

The Fox Theatre

will present Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera"

Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8, Sunday evenings at 7:30 and Saturday

and Sunday matinees at 2. Additional performances will be Thursday, Aug.

23 at 2 p.m.; Monday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m., and Thursday, Sept. 13 at 2

p.m. Ticket prices range from $62.50 to $17.50.

The musical

premiered at Her Majesty's Theatre in London Oct. 9, 1986, winning every

major British theater award including the Olivier and Evening Standard

awards. A year and a half later it opened on Broadway with a then-record

advance of $18 million. Worldwide, "The Phantom of the Opera"

has had over 50,000 performances and has been seen by over 63 million

people. With worldwide box office sales of over $3 billion it is the most

successful entertainment venture of the 20th century, surpassing such

blockbuster films as "Titanic," "E.T." and "Star

Wars."

This production

of "The Phantom of the Opera" stars Ted Keegan as "Phantom,"

Rebecca Pitcher as "Christine" and John Cudia as "Raoul."

Cudia was recently on Broadway in "Les Miserables" and Pitcher

and Keegan are familiar with their roles as they have played Christine

and Phantom on Broadway. There are 36 people in the company and the sets

and costumes are exquisitely elaborate.

Tickets for

"The Phantom of the Opera" can be purchased at the Fox Theatre

Box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 404-817-8700 or online

at www.broadwayseries.com .

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