The next morning there's a champagne breakfast, after which everyone heads to the pool house, where a stage has been built for the world premiere of Act I of "Phantom . . . Once Upon Another Time."
Jack O'Brien, who directed "Hairspray," is staging the show. Dapper as ever, he describes the set and narrates the action as the actors sing the richly romantic score (more on "Phantom II" later).
As for "Phantom . . . Once Upon Another Time": It's set in 1906 in Coney Island. The Phantom, having fled Paris, is running a freak show. At night, he crawls into his lair and makes love to an automaton that looks like Christine.
