Gaston Leroux News

Broadw.ai, the leading AI platform solution for Broadway shows, announced today that The Phantom of the Opera has launched a new skill for Amazon Alexa, providing fans a new, voice-forward way to engage with the Broadway production. For the first time, through an integration with Amazon Pay and Telecharge, customers can search for and purchase tickets entirely by voice.

Full casting has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of the brilliant original production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA opening at Curve, Leicester on 22 February 2020.

Actor Killian Donnelly, will don the mask of the title character in a new UK tour of The Phantom of the Opera!

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh have announced three further venues for the UK and Ireland tour of the brilliant original production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. These are Sunderland Empire (4 November a?" 5 December 2020), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (9 December 2020 a?" 16 January 2021) and Plymouth Theatre Royal (20 January a?" 20 February 2021).

Autumn is here and the holidays are approaching. As the temperature begins to drop, warm up with a trip to a Broadway show! Today, we're taking a closer look at Broadway's long-running classics. What better way to escape the hustle and bustle than with a trip to experience one of the most beloved musicals on the Great White Way. 

BroadwayWorld has learned that Spectra Musique will present a concert version in French of the musical THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in Montreal. In a staging by Etienne Cousineau, 20 singers and an orchestra of 40 musicians will share the stage to give life to the characters inspired by the famous novel by Gaston Leroux and the musical work of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

On October 23 the Lied Center for Performing Arts will be filled to the magnificent chandelier with glorious sets, costumes, music, and 52 cast members and musicians, making this one of the largest touring productions. Derrick Davis, the first African American Phantom on national tour, is an artist who has realized his dream from childhood.

Due to overwhelming demand, 5 extra shows have been added for The Phantom of the Opera in Dubai. The show now plays through November 9th!

On Wednesday, October 16, Meghan Picerno, who previously thrilled audiences worldwide as Christine Daaé in the new World Tour of The Phantom of the Opera, will make her Broadway debut as Christine.  Kaley Ann Voorhees' final performance will be Sunday evening, October 13 at 7PM.

He has haunted Broadway for over three decades, and in 2020, his story will be adapted yet again. Titan Comics will release a  fully authorized graphic novel of The Phantom of the Opera, adapted from the original libretto.  Written by Cavan Scott and with illustrations by José María Beroy, The Phantom of the Opera Collection will be released on June 2, 2020. 

Maury Yeston's PHANTOM on Hale Centre Theatre's Centre Stage has been cast, designed, and directed to magnificence. Experience a new, more human side to the story you know so well through this magnificent, emotional production of a beautifully crafted musical.

Tickets are now on sale for Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh's brilliant original production of The Phantom of the Opera at Birmingham Hippodrome from 29 July a?" 12 September 2020. Tickets can be purchased online at birminghamhippodrome.com or over the telephone on 0844 338 5000 (4.5p per minute plus your phone company's access charge).

A concert version of Le Fantome de l'Opera, the French language production of The Phantom of the Opera is coming to Montreal and Quebec in January 2020!

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, welcomes two Broadway favorites today, September 11- John Riddle (Frozen, The Visit) and Bradley Dean (Dear Evan Hansen, A Little Night Music, Spamalot). They will assume the roles of Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny and Monsieur André, respectively.

Half of the mainstage shows in Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre's 2020 Season are new to its stage, with a lineup that takes audiences to New York City and Paris a?" twice a?" as well as Louisiana, Austria, and Bedford Falls, New York.

Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will go on sale Friday, September 6 for the triumphant return Chicago engagement at Broadway In Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph). 

Producers Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group announced today three principal cast changes for Broadway's blockbuster phenomenon, Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by theater legend, the late Harold Prince.

Before Wednesday night's performance of Broadway's longest-running musical, The Phantom of the Opera, the show's original music director, David Caddick, made a poignant speech about the show's beloved director Hal Prince, who passed away on Wednesday morning. Be sure to check out the full tribute.

The Phantom of the Opera is inside our mind, and up on the marquee! The legendary musical The Phantom of the Opera just received a new look with its marquee at Broadway's Majestic Theatre! Take a peek with the photos of the theatre; that's all we ask of you.

As THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA heads in to its 34th year in the West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh are delighted to announce that Australian singer and performer Josh Piterman will play 'The Phantom' from 9 September 2019.