The master composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and the innovative film director Joel Schumacker discuss bringing the beloved musical "Phantom of the Opera" to the screen. They talk about how the transition from theater to the big screen went, as well as the effort to make it original.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Composer
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