Leroux Less Travelled: A Phantom of the Opera Recap Podcast

Hi Barbie! Kristin and Cara are coming fresh from their screenings of Barbenheimer to bring you Chapter 22 of the Phantom of the Opera, very scarily named, "Concerning the interesting and instructive ordeals undergone by the Persian in the belly of the Opera."

Raoul is desperate to rescue his low commitment long distance girlfriend from Erik's Mojo Dojo Casa House, but the Persian has his own sordid tale to tell about his OWN low commitment long distance boyfriend. (We promise not to talk about Barbie the whole time!)

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⁠Opening: Audiobook narr. by BJ Harrison⁠

Opening: Ken

Horsegirl Rik

Broadway Con - check out this awesome artist!

Lindsay Ellis' video about The Persian!  

Daddy Norm Phantom footage

Lars And The Real Girl Trailer 

Ryan gosling reads hey girl it’s UNTOWARD 

Sublime!

We go down once more to Erik's house, AKA the Home Alone booby-trap house, in this episode of Leroux Less Travelled! We are recapping Chapter 21 of "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux: "In the Belly of the Opera." Cara and Kristin follow Raoul and the Persian down the five levels of the opera house, find out what the 401k situation is for stagehands, and dare to ask the question: what's that squeaking sound? Come along, and you might just get a juice box!

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Opening: Audiobook narr. by BJ Harrison

Opening: Home Alone

BYU Phantom: take flight 

People’s Princess Earl Carpenter

Pod of No Return

Glassprism Cape Flip Hair Slick comparison 

Hugh Panaro Supercut

Ayanga - Phantom China

Paris Commune Info

Hot Air Ballons in the Paris Commune??

Teach your Raoul to Beatbox

Sufjan Song

We are at the halfway point of recapping The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, so let's recap how far we've come and where we are going next! Cara fills us in on her recent trip to Paris, aka Rik's house, Kristin checks in on her younger self from 1997, and we hastily* recap the first half of the novel before we move on with the stunning conclusion next time! Enjoy!

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Opening: Audiobook narr. by BJ Harrison

⁠Opening: Wasabi Scene from Succession

English Patient (1996) Trailer

A Royal Affair (2012) Trailer

Manon Ballet Summary

"Portrait of a Scotsman" Info!

Hey, has anyone seen, uh....Christine? Daae? The managers sure haven't in this week's episode. We are recapping Chapters 19 and 20 of Gaston Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera," and this week the police are outsourcing their job, the managers are desperately trying to get out of doing theirs, and The Persian is quickly learning that Raoul de Chagny is a terrible Escape Room partner. Enjoy!

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Opening: Audiobook narr. by Christopher Lee⁠⁠

Opening: Young Frankenstein

The Lake under the Opera House

Last episode gave us a million questions, and now we have answers! Cara and Kristin dive into Chapters 17 and 18 of "The Phantom of the Opera" to find out why the managers were walking backward, what's up with Madame Giry's fit, and HOW Erik made 20,000 francs of monopoly money! Check it out!

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⁠⁠⁠⁠Opening: Audiobook narr. by Christopher Lee⁠⁠

Opening: BBHMM

Check out Klaus Scrimshaw's awesome fan art and webtoon, Ghost on the Roof!

Check out Jeremy Stolle and Greg Mills' new pod, "Pod of No Return!"

Chaos reigns at the Opera Garnier! Christine is missing! The managers are nowhere to be found! The police are en route! Chapters 15 and 16 of "The Phantom of the Opera" are full of employees trying to find answers while poor Raoul looks for his girlfriend in the tunnels of the opera house. We check in with Cara about Broadway closing and Kristin recaps what 1997 Kristin went through when San Francisco Phantom closed back in the day. Enjoy!

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Intro: BJ Harrison Audio

Intro: Arrested Development Lucille "Good for Her"

Last Chandelier Lift

San Francisco Article about closing (1998)

Last Public Show Standing Ovation

Miss Vanjie Exit.....Miss Vanjie

Coming to you LIVE and IN PERSON, Cara and Kristin do a LIVE REACT to the most famous (arguably) chapters of the book: Chapter 13 "Apollo's Lyre" and Chapter 14 "A Masterstroke from the King of Traps." We listen to BJ Harrison's audiobook version of Texiera de Mattos' English translation of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera.

If you like canned wine and broads saying "wow, that's hot" about a man who lives in the cellars of an opera house, this bonus episode is for you!

Our regularly planned, organized version of our Chapter 13/14 discussion will be out on Sunday, 4/23! Thank you for your patience as we mourn the closing of Phantom on Broadway and generally try to get our lives together!

It's Rik Hours, baby! Cara and Kristin jump into Chapter 11 and 12 of "The Phantom of the Opera!" Christine desperately tries to have her cake and eat it too when she tells Raoul to "Forget the Name of the Man with the Voice." Raoul addresses the whole "hey you disappeared through a mirror" thing and Christine attempts to protect her poor mother from realizing her daughter may be in imminent danger. Will Christine be able to keep her opera ghost happy AND protect her boyfriend from a terrible death? Find out this week!

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⁠⁠Opening: Audiobook narr. by Christopher Lee⁠

⁠Opening: Tom and Greg from Succession

Yeston Kopit Phantom

Call your Ubers and join Cara and Kristin as we investigate Chapter 9 and 10 of "The Phantom of the Opera!" We read the famous chapter that inspired the "Masquerade" scene in the musical and take a ride through the Bois de Bologne. Poor Raoul is trying to puzzle out impossible questions, such as: Who is the man driving this "Mysterious Carriage?" Who could POSSIBLY be the man in the Red Death costume at the masquerade ball? WHO is the man Raoul can't stop thinking about?

We bet you can't figure out the answer!

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⁠Opening: Audiobook narr. by Christopher Lee

Opening: Boots the house down

Alan Cumming's Fragrance

Viktor and Rolf Slogan Gowns

Wafflehouse Employee Deflects Chair

Hey, has anyone seen a horse anywhere? 

Sit down with a Sprite n' Rosé cocktail from the Majestic Theater and join Cara and Kristin as we explore Chapter 7 and 8 of "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux. We check in with how Cara's mental health is doing after seeing the 35th anniversary on Broadway, make sure Raoul is cool after That Thing happened in the graveyard, and watch Carlotta's "Get Ready with Me" as she prepares for her star turn at the Opera. Surely, nothing could go wrong, right? Right?? 

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Opening: Audiobook narr. by Christopher Lee

Opening: Wanda Says "Run" in Multiverse of Madness

Emilie Kouatchou singing "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" 

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