
But when I saw the video of All I Ask of You with the divine Sarah Brightman and Cliff Richard back in 1986 and learned that it was from a stage musical, my curiosity got piqued. Phantom was always memorable for me as it began my re-discovery of musical theatre.Īll I knew then of musicals were the old Rodgers and Hammerstein movie versions that we all used to watch when we were growing up. Here I feel he still deserves love, but he needs someone who doesn't care if they might get a little abused or come home and find a dead body. I want to like him and have him win in the end of the movies/plays. I think that anyone who has seen the play or watch the movies might have a hard time connecting to this version (the original) of Erik. It is much too easy for him to choose the easiest/darkest choices (torture or killing) to obtain his goals.

I want him to have a happy ending, but he is so broke. After reading the story, I found that he was much more intelligent and skilled, and his story was much more sorrowful.

I thought of him more as a poor soul who was disfigured and deformed, a man with a poor lot in life. I had never read the book (before now), I had only seen the movies so I never really thought about Erik as a hideous beast. Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol.Our villain who was abused and used as a freak show attraction in a gypsy circus, finds it easy to inflict pain on others. Garth Brooks “Blame It On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences”įAVORITE ARTIST – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONALįAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM) Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J “Dark Horse” NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY KOHL'S Votes are tallied from the AMAs site and through Twitter read more on how to cast your ballot here.īelow is the complete list of the 2014 American Music Awards nominees: The nominees are determined by a number of factors, culled from data via Billboard, Nielsen SoundScan and Next Big Sound, like number of sales, radio plays, streams and socials.

23 show on ABC, announced the first of the performers, too: Charli XCX is slated to play the show for the very first time. The Artist of the Year category - predictably - is the most cut-throat as it expands from five to 10 competing artists that include best-sellers like Azalea, Beyonce, Eminem and One Direction.ĭick Clark Productions, who will stage the three-hour show on Nov. Iggy Azalea, John Legend, Katy Perry and Pharrell Williams lead the nominations, with the Aussie rapper picking six nods and the latter three sweeping up five. The American Music Awards - one of the biggest fan-voted music awards shows - has revealed its 2014 ballot.
