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Unlike most other adaptations of the book, the Phantom is not disfigured. Lucky he had such technique, because he went on to appear in The Phantom of the Opera over nine thousand times over a period of 23 years — making him the Guiness World Record holder for the actor to perform the most in any Broadway show.

I loved my friends in the company. I filled up three rooms over my twenty three years on the show. By the time Andrews left the show, he was playing Monsieur Firmin, one of the theatre owners. And surely enough, upon leaving, it was kept in the family. His replacement: his son-in-law, actor Aaron Galligan-Steirle. It gave me a very solid foundation which allowed me to grow and thrive as a performer.

Playing such an iconic role in my hometown of Sydney, also added something extra special — it was a very proud moment in my life. As it is now being on Broadway — that is, under normal circumstances By now, the melodies are in our cultural DNA. Twitter Facebook. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me. Claude was a French engineer and inventor who invented neon lighting. Large amounts of neon gas were produced as a by-product of the process he developed to extract other gases from the air, and Claude discovered that passing an electric current through the neon in a closed tube created a bright red light.

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The touring version falls at 2. The original version was built by 5 people in 4 weeks.