Abronsius is very close to a starring role! Crawford's name above the title with whoever plays the Phantom, playing up the theater vs. rock angle in commercials (which would work because the Professor's music is mainly Gilbert & Sullivan while Krolock is mostly symphonic rock), and giving him the comic role he wants to dissociate from "Phantom" add up to a good opportunity.
As for assuming that Crawford will torpedo everything he's in, he's got a huge ego, but he didn't kill "Phantom". He killed "Vampires" because he insisted on making a role what it wasn't. Give him a role that's basically what he wants, and where's the complaint?
> > Another thing I thought of was that if Crawford wanted a
> > comic role from Tanz, why didn't he take Abronsius? The
> > absent-minded professor! The comic centerpiece of the
> > show! Even has a funny accent in most productions! And a
> > song with a showboat high note!
>
> Absolutely not! He'd have tried to steal the show and make
> it all about him. Abronsius is the comic centerpiece, yes,
> but he still plays second fiddle to the vampire. Somehow I
> don't think that Crawford would've settled for that...
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