Before his rise as a leading screen and stage actor, Paul Mescal was another high school kid donning a cape and a half-mask ...

Iconic characters aren't always easy to wear. These actors spent grueling hours in makeup chairs, enduring painful ...

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If there’s one thing you can count on with the title character in “The Phantom of the Opera,” it’s that this spooky subterranean composer will never die. In 2023, the Broadway production closed after ...

Theater producer Cameron Mackintosh has been bringing long runs of grand theatrical spectacles to Chicago for nearly half a century now. Delivering a big night out for regular folks remains a point of ...

Most of Cameron Mackintosh’s monster Broadway hits — “Cats, “Les Miserables,” “Miss Saigon,” “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Mary Poppins” — are decades old now. But two things have swung in the ...

British singer Sarah Brightman, bewitcher of the “angel of music” and audiences around the world, is known for many things. She’s Broadway’s OG Christine Daaé, “The Phantom of the Opera” ingénue with ...

A massive crystal chandelier descended from the ceiling of the Orpheum Theatre’s house as its lights flickered and the classic “The Phantom of the Opera” theme boomed throughout the theater. Curtains ...

OK, it’s hella creepy for a music teacher to keep a wax mannequin in a wedding dress that’s basically a 1-to-1 replica of his student. Eww. No wonder she keels over shortly after seeing it. Yet the ...

French author Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera was released in 1910, based on rumors he'd heard about the Palais Garnier, the Paris opera house, one about a fire in the roof of the opera ...

Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom Of The Opera" has a new life of sorts - off Broadway. The show ended its 35-year Broadway run in 2023. The new immersive version is called "Masquerade." Jeff Lunden ...

Just like the character that gives the musical its name, it seems “The Phantom of the Opera” will continue to haunt our theaters. When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical take on Gaston Leroux’s creepy 1909 ...