Andres Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA If you've been waiting for a formal invitation to visit Israel, Directed by Harold Prince TORONTO Mary Martin's soaring invita- tion to join her in Never- Never Land, to fly with her to this place beyond magic and beyond imagination, a place that's "90 miles beyond the moon," where "once you have found your way there, you can never, never go home." As J.M. Barrie wrote in Peter Pan and Wendy, his masterful book on which tonight's show is based, "Of all delectable islands, Never-Never Land is the snuggest and most com- pact; not large and sprawly, with tedious distances bet- ween one adventure and another, but nicely cramm- ed." Miss Martin, no stranger to wholesome Broadway hits (South Pacific, The Sound of Music) has said that Peter Pan was "the most important thing I have ever done in theater." She knew whereof she spoke. South Pacific's Nellie Forbush and all the other good-hearted characters played by Miss Martin could not hold a candle to the lad from Never-Never Land: He came from a place that they only dreamed about, a place that only he, not they, could go. It was a place, in fact, from which inspiration sprang and which had produced, in a sense, all the other characters into whose shoes Miss Martin had stepped on Broadway. I first saw Mary Martin in her Peter mufti when I was 9 years old. This was my third trip to a Broadway show: Tickets were almost less ex- pensive then than a candy bar costs these days. But although I was a Broadway veteran, I knew there was something special about the show, and I insisted, nay, demanded, that my parents take me with them despite the miserable cold and sore throat I had been nursing for more than a week. After all, what red-blooded boy wants to miss out on pirates and In- dians and a glance at what real boys — the Lost Boys — would do if they were ever lucky enough to get away from all the "No, we don't do that in our house" of their parents? Two notes into the overture of Peter Pan, my sore throat disappeared. My body ob- viously wanted to soar with Peter and was in no mood to be encumbered by some silly germs. (The darn sore throat reappeared during the inter- mission and again, somehow, went into remission during the second act.) I watched Nana, the dog-nannie, tuck in Wendy, Michael and John for the night, saw a strange shadow at the nursery win- dow and knew that Broadway PHANTOM OF THE OPERA • Round Trip Coach • 2 Nights Hotel DBL • Excellent Seating For Phantom of the Opera CALL NOW • LIMITED SPACE TORONTO LES MISERABLES LES MISERABLES 44:4) "Theatre Weekends In - • ROUND TRIP COACH • 2 NIGHTS HOTEL • EXCELLENT SEATING FOR LE MISERABLES ALL WEEKENDS STARTING APRIL 1989 TORONTO FROM $ The Israel Program Center invites you to join us for the • ROUND TRIP COACH • 1 OR 2 NIGHTS WESTBURY OR PLAZA HOTEL • EXCELLENT SEAT FOR PHANTOM • ALL WEEKENDS STARTING IN SEPT. • CITY TOUR • AVAILABLE BY RAIL — — — —NEXT DEPARTURE — — — — (SEPT. 15-17) (SEPT. 28-1) (OCT. 13-15) (OCT 20-22) (OCT. 27-29) (NOV. 3-5 (NOV. 10-12) (NOV. 17-19) (NOV. 24-26) • Round Trip Coach • 2 Nights Hotel • Excellent Seating • Fully Escorted YOU'VE GOT IT!! 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