Phantom of the Opera, Australian Cast Recording/ Filmed Stage Performance

But... I have a feeling any petition won't be honoured. You forget that Australia is a rather small market for selling cast recordings, while America is huge. Any costs made in re-recording a cast original soundtrack would probably not be covered by sales. Further to that, there's probably a lot of legal reasons why the cast soundtrack is usually the US one. Legal issues, like performers contracts, the contracts for all of the musicians, composers, and other artistic talent... etc. I don't know a lot about the topic, but as big name musicals across the world are generally under contract to be presented exactly the same no matter what country it's in, or who's part of the show, I think the greater issue is: Why aren't we encouraging more original local Australian musical theatre, and why aren't we producing soundtracks for those? (Answer of course: the market is too small. So it comes full circle) I applaud the efforts though. Sticky Apple Legs www.thepromptcopy.com/sal Puppets in Melbourne www.puppetsinmelbourne.com.au My puppets www.collectzing.com/collection/137/