9. You know without having to think about it what the acronym TMCPMC stands for.

8. You find yourself dreading the delivery of this week's edition of Variety Magazine.

7. You swear that if you sit alone in your office you start to hear singing in your head.

6. You realize the music you hear is NOT flat, strained, or sung with an unintelligible accent of some sort, therefore it is NOT coming from your sound stage...

5. You go to speak with the director and part of the scenery crashes to the ground, after which there is a spate of maniacal laughter.

4. During the filming of a critical scene, you realize that the croaking you hear is NOT the actress playing Carlotta.

3. The sound engineer swears there was no background noise during filming, yet when you view the dailies, you hear persistent, heartbroken sobbing on the soundtrack.

2. The night of the premier, a huge crystal chandelier comes crashing down in the theatre lobby.

And the number one sign your production of Phantom of the Opera is in deeeep trouble is:

The actor your studio signed to play the part of the Phantom was someone other than Michael Crawford!!

Regards -

Kate