michael crawford played phantom of the opera on broadway.
who played phantom of the opera on broadway?
michael crawford
lloyd webber also premiered "the phantom of the opera" in 1986, inspired by the 1911 gaston leroux novel. he wrote the part of christine for his then-wife, sarah brightman, who played the role in the original london and broadway productions alongside michael crawford as the phantom. the production was directed by harold prince, who had also earlier directed "evita." charles hart wrote the lyrics for "phantom" with some additional material provided by richard stilgoe, with whom lloyd webber co-wrote the book of the musical. it became a hit and is still running in both the west end and on broadway; in january 2006 it overtook lloyd webber‘s "cats" as the longest running show on broadway. on 11 february 2012, "phantom of the opera" played its 10,000th show on broadway. with over 13,400 london productions it is the second longest-running west end musical.
andrew lloyd webber
bullet::::- ben lewis in love never dies australian production - may 2011, as well as phantom of the opera in london until september 2018









































bullet::::- peter jöback previously played the phantom in the west end and broadway. took over on broadway in 2018 for the 30th anniversary.









































bullet::::- hugh panaro previous phantom had portrayed both raoul and the phantom. and played the phantom in the 25th anniversary production on broadway









































bullet::::- norm lewis played the phantom until february 2015 becoming the first african american phantom on broadway









































bullet::::- james barbour played the phantom until december 2017.
erik (the phantom of the opera)