michael crawford played the first phantom of the opera in the west end.
michael crawford played the first phantom of the opera in the west end.
who played the first phantom of the opera in the west end?
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
the singing contributions on 'the hero' were recorded by west end & broadway performers: stephen ashfield (book of mormon broadway); sam bailey (x-factor winner); david bedella (rocky horror show); norman bowman (42nd street west end); christina bianco (joseph & the amazing technicolor dreamcoat); alan burkitt (kiss me kate west end); sophia anne caruso (nbc sound of music live!); rodney earl clarke (on the town west end); collabro (britain’s got talent winners); maria coyne (wicked west end); louise dearman (wicked west end); killian donnelly (les miserables west end); samantha dorsey (les miserables west end); kerry ellis (wicked west end); alice fearn (wicked west end); ben forster (phantom of the opera west end); emma hatton (wicked west end); kara lily-hayworth (cilla uk tour); matt henry (kinky boots west end); rob houchen (les miserables west end); ida; james monroe iglehart (hamilton broadway); charlotte jaconelli (heathers the musical west end), emma kingston (evita international tour); luke mccall (phantom of the opera west end); jai mcdowall (britain’s got talent winner); nadim naaman (phantom of the opera west end); trevor dion nicholas (aladdin west end and broadway); david phelps; dame siân phillips (cabaret west end); laura pitt-pulford (seven brides for seven brothers west end); joe aaron reid (dreamgirls west end); david ribi (dreamboats and petticoats west end) oliver savile (wicked west end); cleve september (hamilton west end); charlie stemp (hello dolly! broadway); savannah stevenson (wicked west end); marisha wallace (dreamgirls west end); emma williams (mrs henderson presents west end); michael xavier (sunset boulevard broadway).
daniel and laura curtis