one star because:\n1. my boyfriend's parents took us to the show.\n2. the costumes, pyrotechnics, and faux-opera-house decor was decent.  not nearly enough bang! for las vegas, however.  and the pyrotechnics blinded me they were so bright.  but maybe i just have sensitive eyes...\n3. a three hour(?) broadway musical was squished down into a 95-minute \"las vegas spectacular\" so i didn't have to sit through three hours of crap and yawning.  (what exactly was \"spectacular\" about Phantom?  i'm still not sure).\n\ni really hate musicals and stageshows.  call me \"uncultured\" but i feel they're all a bit too over-the-top and contrived.  ten minutes into Phantom, my mind was already wandering (ex. \"when is this shit going to end?!\").\n\nmaybe if i weren't such a musicals-hater, i would have given this show a better rating.  but i am.  so boo.\n\nthe highlight of my evening was my dinner at bouchon.