{"id":165,"date":"2005-05-11T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2005-05-11T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=165"},"modified":"2005-05-11T11:00:53","modified_gmt":"2005-05-11T11:00:53","slug":"phantom-of-the-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2005\/05\/11\/phantom-of-the-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"Phantom of the Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thephantomoftheopera.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-928\" title=\"2005.05.11\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/05\/2005.05.11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>This weekend disappeared with the blink of an eye. Although I did get to attend a wedding, shoot some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonbilliardclub.com\">pool<\/a>, and even catch a <a href=\"http:\/\/hitchhikers.movies.go.com\/\">movie<\/a>, the days were also interspersed with chores and errands. Some were beyond my control (lab work, laundry), while others were kind of self-inflicted (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\">Kaplan<\/a> project, vacation album). I wonder how I&#8217;ll ever survive returning to the wards, when work time will nearly double. Fortunately, last evening afforded us the opportunity to enjoy some <a href=\"http:\/\/theedge.bostonherald.com\/diningReviews\/view.bg?articleid=6\">comfort food<\/a> in Chinatown followed by an evening at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadwayinboston.com\/html\/theatres\/operahouse\/\">Opera House<\/a> for none other than our favorite musical, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thephantomoftheopera.com\">Phantom of the Opera<\/a>. The newly renovated Opera House, costing a hefty $35 million, is certainly a feast for the eyes with its rich and extravagant interior details. The show itself was excellent, and still carried its deep emotional impact even though I must&#8217;ve heard it more than a dozen times, seen it performed in NYC, and even watched its Hollywood rendition. Some of the singers were a bit too operatic, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themauersonline.com\/gary-bio.htm\">Gary Mauer<\/a> totally owned the show with his portrayal of the phantom delicately blending the anger and angst of the character. If you&#8217;re in Boston, I&#8217;d highly recommend catching it before its limited engagement is over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend disappeared with the blink of an eye. Although I did get to attend a wedding, shoot some pool, and even catch a movie, the days were also interspersed with chores and errands. Some were beyond my control (lab &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2005\/05\/11\/phantom-of-the-opera\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}