25th anniversary of phantom of the opera cast

But Lewis uses his character's skin color to explain not others' actions, but his own, something that's reinforced by the sea of white, unblemished faces that fill Paris's Opera Populaire, which the Phantom designed and under which he's made his home. I'm willing to admit that Crawford, or other performers who worked intimately with director Harold Prince in the early years of the show (before I came to it), may have unlocked and presented psychological explanations for the Phantom's solitude that have eluded most of the (even otherwise excellent) men I've seen in the role. (Robert Guillaume, who replaced the role's creator, Michael Crawford, in the original Los Angeles production, was the first.) And, for better or worse, his presence forces a complete revamp and rethink of this show, which has amassed nearly 11,000 performances across its history-making 26-year Broadway run.

Its singer, the Phantom, is now being played by Norm Lewis, who is also the first African-American actor to perform the role on Broadway, and only the second to do so in a major production. What had always before sounded like nothing more than the manic, paranoiac complaint of a diseased mind rang out with a deeper, sadder, and scarier subtext that cast the long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in a cold but clear new light. I've seen, and/or listened to cast recordings of, The Phantom of the Opera dozens of times, but it wasn't until my most recent return trip to the Broadway production at the Majestic that that lyric really hit me. Why, you ask, was I bound and chained in this cold and dismal place? / Not for any mortal sin, but the wickedness of my abhorrent face. Schedule: Mon 8 pm, Tues 7 pm, Wed 8 pm, Th 2 pm, Th 8 pm, Fri 8 pm, Sat 2 pm, Sat 8 pm Children under 4 are not permitted in the theatre. Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes, with one intermissionĪudience : May be appropriate for children 4 and older. Theatre: Majestic Theatre, 245 West 44th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue At certain performances Sara Jean Ford plays the role of ∼hristine. Cast: Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess, Jeremy Hays, Laird Mackintosh, Tim Jerome, Michele McConnell, Ellen Harvey, Christian ebek, Polly Baird. Orchestrations by David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber. Musical Staging & Choreography by Gillian Lynne. Based on the novel Le Fantôme de L'Opéra by Gaston Leroux. Book by Richard Stilgoe & Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The Phantom of the Opera Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

25th anniversary of phantom of the opera cast