Re: blond-haired Phantom - I got it out again last night (disappointing as it is, it's still The Phantom), and the dark hair is a wig which gets ripped off with the mask! Why this didn't happen when she took the mask off the first time is not explained, but at least now we know why he turned blond!

On an interesting sidenote, I was looking through my programme for the London show, and the guy who played the Phantom also played Gaston in the Beauty and the Beast show. From one extreme to the other.