Erik (The Phantom of the Opera) took roughly four hours per performance to put the prosthetics on in the original London productions. On Broadway, it was cut to roughly three, and over the years has been reduced to 45 minutes. More than one Phantom has described make-up disasters onstage. Michael Crawford recounts a story where he pulled away from the kiss at the end only to see that "[his] lower lip was now hanging off Sarah [Brightman]'s face!". To cover the flub, he pulled her back for another kiss and "took back the lips" and kept that side of his head turned away from the audience.
The King's Speech (play) Supporting Actor. The success of the film encouraged producers to bring the story to the stage as originally intended. The play made its World Premiere in February 2012 at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre. It then went on a short tour in the UK and then premiered at the Wyndham's Theatre on the West End. In 2015, the play was staged at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. In 2016, the play was staged in Germany at the Neuss RLT Theatre. The King's Speech (play) The King's Speech is a 2012 play written by David Seidler and based on the 2010 Academy Award-winning