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 Sweepers (play) 10-play series depicting the experiences of Italian Americans, the play has had regional productions across the United States, including a West Coast premiere at the International City Theater in 2008. The Sweepers (play) The Sweepers is a two-act play written by John C. Picardi. A dramatic comedy set in the Italian-American neighborhood of North End, Boston, the play centers around the lives of three women towards the end of World War II. "The Sweepers" premiered Off-Broadway at the Urban Stages theater in New York in 2002, where it was directed by Frances Hill. In his review of the original production,