Ben Lewis, the Australian actor who played the title role in The Phantom of the Opera in London’s West End, died today of of bowel cancer in Sydney. He was 46. His death was announced on Instagram by his friend, the Australian TV presenter Todd Woodbridge. Born into a family of opera…

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based SND has unveiled a slew of pre-sales on Alexandre Castagnetti's contemporary, French-language reimagining of 19th century classic The Phantom of the Opera and the start of principal photography over the summer. The film production, distribution and sales arm of french…

The six-week preview period for Masquerade, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s immersive spin-off of The Phantom of the Opera, sold out with three hours of going on sale this morning. Due to the response, tickets to additional dates for Masquerade will be released on Wednesday, July 9, exclusively to those…

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Masquerade, the immersive spin-off of The Phantom of the Opera, will begin previews in New York on July 31, producers announced today, with a large cast that includes former Broadway Phantoms Hugh Panaro and Jeremy Stolle. Character roles for the large cast were not…

Diane Paulus, a 2013 Tony Award winner for her direction of Pippin whose other Broadway credits include Waitress, Jagged Little Pill and Real Women Have Curves, is directing Masquerade, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s immersive spin-off of The Phantom of the Opera. While tickets go on sale Monday – and…

Tickets for a six-week New York summer preview run of Masquerade, the immersive Phantom of the Opera spinoff production from Andrew Lloyd Webber, will go on sale June 30 with access for anyone who has signed up on the production website by then. Dates for the six-week preview period have not…

For months, cryptic messages have appeared on the social media of one Andrew Lloyd Webber about the pending return to New York City of The Phantom Of The Opera, or at least a Phantom-like experience. Now, the clues have become less cryptic. A man dressed in the famous half-mask and formal…

Since 1949, the Tony Awards have recognized an array of remarkable shows with the coveted title of Best Musical. Show-stopping classics from Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables to contemporary toe-tappers such as Rent, The Book of Mormon and Hamilton have won the Broadway honor over the years. Most…

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is doing some heavy hinting that his The Phantom of the Opera musical – or some version of it – is returning to New York two years after the show ended its 35-year Broadway run. In a new Instagram video – watch it below – Lloyd Webber, pretending to speak for the…

EXCLUSIVE: Deva Cassel (Netflix’s The Leopard), Julien De Saint Jean (The Count Of Monte Cristo) and Romain Duris (Heartbreaker) are set to co-star in a contemporary, French-language version of Gaston Leroux's classic Paris-set novel The Phantom of the Opera, aimed at a young adult audience and…

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, one of the most successful musicals in Broadway history when it ended its 35-year run in 2023, is coming back to North America in a tour featuring a reconfigured version. The multi-year tour, which will launch at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre in…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ is in early development on Phantom, a YA movie reimagination of classic novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, sources tell Deadline. The project hails from Disney Branded Entertainment and Kenny Ortega, who has led two major Disney franchises with High School Musical and…