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 Boys in the Band (play) the gay men in the original production (as well as director Robert Moore and producer Richard Barr) died in the ensuing AIDS epidemic. The play was revived Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in 1996, running from August 6 to October 20. "The Boys in the Band" was presented by the Transport Group Theater Company, New York City, from February 2010 to March 14, 2010, directed by Jack Cummings III. In 2002, Crowley wrote "The Men from the Boys", a sequel to the play, which takes place 30 years after the original. "The Men from the Boys" premiered in San