gerard butler played the lead role in phantom of the opera.
gerard butler played the lead role in phantom of the opera.
who plays the lead role in phantom of the opera?
gerard butler
dave willetts, singer in musicals, was born in marston green on 24 june 1952 and was brought up in acocks green. while working for british leyland, he got involved in amateur drama and his ability was spotted. he sang in the lead role of valjean in "les misérables" in 1986, and took over the lead role from michael crawford in "the phantom of the opera", and is famous as a top class musicals singer.









































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lock left drama school at 19 to join the cast of "martin guerre" at the prince edward theatre. after initially understudying the lead role of bertrande de rols, she subsequently alternated the part and sang the role on the original cast recording. she was then in the royal national theatre's production of oh, what a lovely war! in 2000, she played jellylorum in "cats" at the new london theatre. she then appeared in "mary poppins" at the prince edward theatre, (while understudying the lead role of mary poppins, she played the part on many occasions, ending up alternating the role) . she was next seen in the west end when she worked alongside daniel boys in the cast of "avenue q", at the noel coward theatre, playing kate monster and lucy the slut . she took the role of carlotta in "the phantom of the opera" at her majesty’s theatre in 2009 . she next played svetlana in chess at the princess of wales theatre, toronto, directed by craig revel horwood. following this, she played the lead role of mary in merrily we roll along at theatre clwyd. she joined gillian lynne’s production of "dear world" in 2013 at the charing cross theatre, where she played opposite betty buckley . later that year, she played widow corney in oliver! at the crucible theatre, sheffield, directed by daniel evans. in 2014, she played rosie in "mamma mia!" at the novello theatre, then in 2015, she rejoined the cast of sir cameron mackintosh's production of "mary poppins" in a major uk tour, playing the role of winifred banks. she stepped in at the last minute to play the role of cheryl gillan mp in "committee" at the donmar warehouse in 2017 . in 2018, she played ms. fleming, alongside carrie hope fletcher's veronica sawyer, in the uk premiere of "" at the other palace and the theatre royal haymarket, directed by andy fickman. at the end of 2018, she played the lead role of lilli vanessi in "kiss me kate" in a return to sheffield's crucible theatre.
rebecca lock