The Phantom of the Opera Returns to Atlana!

Casting has been announced for Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA for the triumphant return Atlanta engagement at the Fox Theatre February 22 – March 5 as a Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta 2016/2017 season special. With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of PHANTOM is performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making this one of the largest productions on tour in North America. Tickets go on sale Sunday, December 18.  Tickets start at $33.50 and are available by visiting www.FoxTheatre.org/phantom, calling 1-855-285-8499, or visiting the Fox Theatre Box Office (660 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308).  Group orders of ten (10) or more may be placed by calling 404-881-2000.  Performance schedule, prices, and cast are subject to change without notice.  For more information, please visit www.ThePhantomOfTheOpera.com/ustour or www.BroadwayInAtlanta.com. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will play at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre February 22 – March 5. The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesday-Thursday, 7:30 p.m.  Thursday, 1 p.m.  Friday, 8 p.m.  Saturday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.  Sunday, 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. For more information on the production and a video sneak peek, please visit www.ThePhantomOfTheOpera.com/ustour/ Derrick Davis will portray the man behind the mask, ‘The Phantom,’ with Katie Travis as ‘Christine Daaé, Jordan Craig as ‘Raoul,’ Trista Moldovan as ‘Carlotta Giudicelli,’ David Benoit as ‘Monsieur Firmin,’ Price Waldman as ‘Monsieur André,’ Anne Kanengeiser as ‘Madame Giry,’ Phumzile Sojola as ‘Ubaldo Piangi,’ and Emily Ramirez as ‘Meg Giry.’ Derrick Davis has been seen on Broadway as ‘Mufasa’ and ‘Scar’ in The Lion King as well as on national tour.  His regional and opera credits include Dreamgirls, Show Boat, Amahl, and the Night Visitors and Die Fledermaus.  As a recording artist, his two albums A Christmas Journey and Life Music are available online.  Katie Travis continues in the role of ‘Christine Daaé’ after two years with the Spectacular New Production.  She has performed principal roles at The MUNY (Les Misérables, Cosette), Fireside Theater, Liederkranz Opera Theater, and was a 2014 winner of the Lys Symonette Award (Lotte Lenya Competition).  Jordan Craig has performed at the Houston Grand Opera (Billy Bud, Tosca, Carmen) as well as the Alliance Theater, Geva Theatre Centre, Actor’s Express, and Atlantic Lyric Theatre. Trista Moldovan played the role of ‘Christine Daaé’ in the Brilliant Original Production’s historic 10,000th performance on Broadway.  She has also been seen on national tour in White Christmas, Bridges of Madison County, and The Phantom of the Opera.  David Benoit’s Broadway and National Tour credits include Jekyll & Hyde, Avenue Q, Les Misérables, Dance of the Vampires, Young Frankenstein, and All Shook Up.  Price Waldman joins the Phantom tour after two and a half years on Broadway in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.  Additional Broadway credits include The Little Mermaid, Grinch, and The Lion King.  Anne Kanengeiser has been seen on Broadway in the original companies of Little Women, Ragtime, as well as the 3rd National Tour of The Phantom of the Opera.  Phumzile Sojola has been seen on Broadway in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Lord Pinkleton – original cast) and The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess (Peter).  Emily Ramirez has performed with BalletMet and the Charlotte Ballet.  She has been seen regionally in The Addams Family, Cabaret, Stage Kiss, and Rock of Ages. The Ensemble includes Steve Czarnecki, Kaitlyn Davis, Tynan Davis, Dan Debenport, Mark Emerson, Jordan Ensign, Jim Hogan, Robert Anthony Jones, Edward Juvier, Ted Keener, Jay Lusteck, Laura Mann, Adryan Moorefield, Sarah Mossman, Shane Ohmer, Quinto Ott, Rebecca Robbins, Eric Ruiz, Ally Taylor Sacks, Travis Taylor, Victor Wallace, Marguerite Willbanks.  The Corps de Ballet includes McKenna Birmingham, Sarah DeBiase, Julie Eicher, Daniela Filippone, Abigail Mentzer, Lily Rose Peck, Ally Taylor Sacks, and Tara Sweeney. Andrew Lloyd Webber said, “Having received great critical acclaim in the U.K. and North America, I am really pleased that Laurence Connor’s new production of PHANTOM will continue to tour the U.S. playing in tandem with the Broadway production which soon celebrates 30 years.” Cameron Mackintosh said, “With PHANTOM still the reigning champion as the longest-running production on Broadway after 28 phenomenal years, with no end in sight, I’m delighted that this spectacular new production of PHANTOM has been as well-received in the U.S. as the brilliant original and has already been seen by over 2.5 million people across North America since it opened in November 2013.  With an exciting new design and staging, retaining Maria Björnson’s amazing costumes, the new PHANTOM is thrilling audiences and critics alike all over again.  With the production continuing to be such a success, we are delighted to welcome our exciting new stars to keep the music of the night soaring for many years to come.” PHANTOM IS AN ENORMOUS HIT ALL OVER AGAIN! “Powerful, gorgeous…and better than ever.” -The Philadelphia Inquirer “Extraordinarily opulent.  This PHANTOM’S storytelling and relationships have an electrifying tension.” -Chicago Sun-Times “An intense and spectacular new production with a stunning new design, fresh drama, and added momentum.” -Sunday Express (U.K.) “Take a deep breath and prepare to be dazzled; this kind of gorgeous escapism is exactly what audiences need.” -The Scotsman (U.K.) “This PHANTOM is for a new generation.” -Roy Leonard, Chicago Now Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is presented by Cameron Mackintosh, The Really Useful Group, and NETworks Presentations.  Directed by Laurence Connor (who co-directed the new production of Les Misérables that just finished a hugely successful two and a half year revival on Broadway and will start a North American tour in the fall of 2017, directed the award-winning new production of Miss Saigon coming to Broadway in 2017 and national tour in 2018, and also directed the stage version of the movie School of Rock now playing at Broadway’s Winter Garden and opening in London’s West End at the New London Theatre this November), with choreography by Scott Ambler, set design by Paul Brown, Tony Award®-winning original costume design by Maria Björnson, lighting design by Tony Award®-winner Paule Constable, sound design by Mick Potter, and musical supervision by John Rigby.  The production is overseen by Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh.  THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics by Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe); book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber; orchestrations by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on the classic novel Le Fantôme de L’Opéra by Gaston Leroux, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it.  He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine, and devotes himself to creating a new star by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods at his command. Cameron Mackintosh’s brilliant original production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA continues performances at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London and in its recording-breaking run at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway and many other cities around the world. BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA is part of The John Gore Organization family of companies, which includes Broadway.com, under the supervision of John Gore (Owner & CEO).   Current and past productions include On Your Feet!, Fiddler on the Roof, Shuffle Along, Beautiful, Finding Neverland, and Million Dollar Quartet. BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com; Broadway.com Official show site: www.ThePhantomOfTheOpera.com Facebook: www.Facebook.com/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Twitter: www.Twitter.com/PhantomOnTour Instagram www.Instagram.com/PhantomTour

The Phantom of the Opera Comes to Atlanta! Tickets on Sale August 10th!

TICKETS FOR

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

IN A SPECTACULAR NEW PRODUCTION BY

CAMERON MACKINTOSH

GO ON SALE AUGUST 10 at 10 a.m.

ATLANTA PREMIERE ENGAGEMENT
AT THE FOX THEATRE

OCTOBER 22-NOVEMBER 2

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Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will go on sale Sunday, August 10 at 10 a.m. for the premiere Atlanta engagement at the Fox Theatre.

With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of PHANTOM, the most successful musical of all-time, will be performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making this one of the largest productions on tour in North America.

PHANTOM is playing as part of the 2014/2015 Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta series.  To purchase tickets, visit www.foxtheatre.org/phantom, call 1-855-285-8499, or visit the Fox Theatre Box Office (660 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308).  Group orders of 15 or more may be placed by calling 404-881-2000. Ticket prices start at $43.

For more information on the production and a video sneak peek, please visit www.ThePhantomOfTheOpera.com/USTour

Andrew Lloyd Webber said, “It’s wonderful to have a new production of PHANTOM touring America now that the show has celebrated over 25 years on Broadway. Director Laurence Connor has done an amazing job and this production has received huge critical acclaim in the UK.”

Cameron Mackintosh said, ''After a glorious celebration of 25 phenomenal years on Broadway with no end in sight, I'm delighted to be able to bring this dazzling new production of PHANTOM -- which has been phenomenally well-received by both audiences and critics in the U.K this past year -- to North America.  With an exciting new design and staging, retaining Maria Björnson’s amazing costumes, I am confident North American audiences will fall in love with the PHANTOM in his new guise -- for the first time or all over again.”

The new production of PHANTOM is an enormous hit with audiences and critics alike…

“Extraordinarily opulent.  This PHANTOM’S storytelling and relationships have an electrifying tension.” – Chicago Sun-Times

“An intense and spectacular new production with a stunning new design,

fresh drama and added momentum.” – Sunday Express (UK)

“Take a deep breath and prepare to be dazzled; this kind

of gorgeous escapism is exactly what audiences need.” – The Scotsman (UK)

“Powerful, gorgeous…and better than ever.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer

“This PHANTOM is for a new generation.” – Roy Leonard, Chicago Now

This new production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is directed by Laurence Connor (the 25^th Anniversary production of Les Misérables now on Broadway) with choreography by Scott Ambler, set design by Paul Brown, Tony Award-winning original costume design by Maria Björnson, lighting design by Tony Award-winner Paule Constable, sound design by Mick Potter and musical supervision by John Rigby. The production is overseen by Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh.  THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics are by Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe) and the book is by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber.  Orchestrations are by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

There are currently seven productions of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA around the world:  the flagship London production (27 Years and counting), New York (26 Years and counting), Sapporo (Japan, 25 Years and counting, in repertory), Budapest (Hungary), Hamburg (Germany), the Asian Pacific Tour (now in South Korea), and Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular all-new production now on North American Tour.  The next international opening will be in Taipei, China in September 2014.

Since its debut, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has grossed over $5.6 billion worldwide, with over 65,000 performances that have been seen by 130 million people in 30 countries and 152 cities in 13 languages.  The show has won more than 70 major theater awards.

There have been three previous U.S. National Tours of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA that grossed over $1.5 billion in combined box office sales and played 216 engagements in 77 cities for an unprecedented total of 36 years and over 14,500 performances to 31 million people.

Based on the classic novel Le Fantôme de L’Opéra by Gaston Leroux, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it.  He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine, and devotes himself to creating a new star by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods at his command.

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