BREAKING NEWS: Broadway veteran Ben Crawford (recently in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) has been tapped to become Broadway’s newest masked man in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera this Spring. He will begin haunting the Majestic Theatre 8 times a week beginning April 16th, 2018.
For Ben Crawford (nope no relation to the show’s Tony winning original star Michael Crawford), he will make history as the 16th main actor to play the title role full time and the 21st total (which includes 5 actors who played limited engagements in the role on Broadway).
The show’s current and 30th Anniversary “Phantom” himself Sweden sensation Peter J?back will take his final bow at the end of this month of March.
Congrats Ben!!
Who is excited?
Breaking: Ben Crawford Will Be the New Man in the Mask in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA on Broadway
Producers Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group announced today a new leading man for the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince. The longest-running show in Broadway history, and one of the most successful worldwide stage production…
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