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.
Stephen Hagan (actor) Stephen Hagan (actor) Stephen Hagan is an Irish actor. Hagan’s first big job after drama school was a part as Michaelangelo muse Vito Barratini in Anthony Sher’s play "The Giant". Hagan was in the original cast of the West End and Broadway hit production "End of the Rainbow", as well as in "Cyrano de Bergerac" opposite Joseph Fiennes at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Hagan also appeared in The York Relist at Riverside Studios, and The Real Thing at Salisbury Playhouse. He has also taken his turn in several productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including roles in "Twelfth Night", "The