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wheel-of-fish · 1 month

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It's been almost a year since Phantom closed on Broadway, and I miss these folks.

#phantom of the opera #gifset #edit #ben crawford #kanisha marie feliciano #ted keegan #emilie kouatchou #laird mackintosh #greg mills #bronson norris murphy #john riddle #paul schaefer #jeremy stolle #julia udine #elizabeth welch

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operafantomet · 3 months

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MY CHEMICAL RAOULMANCE (...hussarlicious...!)

Vale Ridout and Corps de Ballet, Hamburg

Steve Barton, West End

Hwang Gun Ha, Seoul

Jemal Felix, West End revival

Fred Silveira and ensemble, Sao Paulo

Joe Griffiths-Brown, West End revival

Jay Armstrong Johnson, Broadway

Joe Friffiths-Brown, West End revival

Michael Ball and Rebecca Caine, West End

Jeremy Taylor, West End

Jeremy Hays, Broadway

Alexander Lewis, World Tour

Greg Mills, Kyle Barisich, Carrington Vilmonth, Paul Schaefer and Jeremy Stolle, Broadway

#phantom of the opera #raoul de chagny #hussar #vale ridout #steve barton #hwang gun ha #jemal felix #fred silveira #joe griffiths brown #jay armstrong johnson #michael ball #jeremy taylor #jeremy hays #alexander lewis #greg mills #kyle barisich #carrington vilmont #paul schaefer #jeremy stolle

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cdaae · 1 year

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Happy 35th Anniversary

#phantom of the opera #the phantom of the opera #ben crawford #emilie kouatchou #Paul Schaefer #phantom

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mistressofthelair · 1 year

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Curtain call pics of all the current Broadway phantom understudies.

I'm going to miss them all very dearly🥀

P1-2: Ted Keegan

P3-4: Laird Mackintosh

P5-6: Jeremy Stolle

P7-8: Greg Mills

P9-10: Paul Schaefer

*📷 by me*

#the phantom of the opera #poto #my photgraphy #phantom broadway #ted keegan #laird mackintosh #jeremy stolle #greg mills #paul schaefer #curtain call

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opera-ghost · 1 year

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phantom of the opera broadway audio gift - march 1st, 2023

ben crawford, julia udine, paul a. schaefer

[untracked audio]

CAST: ben crawford (phantom), julia udine (alt. christine), paul a. schaefer (raoul), nehal joshi (andre), craig bennett (firmin), maree johnson (giry), raquel suarez groen (carlotta), chris georgetti (u/s piangi), polly baird (u/s meg)

notes: click here for visual notes/thoughts. audio is relatively clear - i was with a friend so you may hear some extra rustling (but very minimal) / few whispered reactions. also, i could've sworn the board said that trista moldovan was on for carlotta, but she was listed on the playbill insert as wardrobe mistress/confidante, and i somehow lost the picture i took of the board. i'm not too familiar with trista and raquel's vocals so if anyone is able to make the distinction please let me know!

#again sorry it's untracked #the doctor in my brain said i'm not allowed to listen to phantom for at least a week so i can heal #also i clipped ponr bc i like giving an audio sample lol and i really love the way ben sings “our games of make-believe are at an *end*”#and his ponr in general is just so feral #i wish i could transmit a video from my mind #phantom of the opera #poto #ben crawford #julia udine #paul schaefer #audio gift #save

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marleneoftheopera · 1 year

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More photos from Broadway’s 35th anniversary.

#happy that they included julia too!#ben crawford #emilie kouatchou #julia udine #paul schaefer #raquel suarez groen #nehal joshi #craig bennett #carlton moe #sara esty #maree johnson #poto broadway #The Phantom of the Opera

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littleeliza-lotte · 2 years

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Kanisha will be on for today’s matinee performance!

#phantom of the opera #christine daae #kanisha marie feliciano #paul schaefer #jeremy stolle #raoul de chagny #poto broadway #the majestic theater #phantom #final lair #Broadway

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faded-florals · 1 year

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Paul A Schaefer and Emilie Kouatchou as Raoul de Chagny and Christine Daaé

Broadway, December 8th 2022, 2pm

#Phantom Of The Opera #POTO #POTO Broadway #Raoul de Chagny #Christine Daae #Emilie Kouatchou #Paul A Schaefer #Paul Schaefer #Okay but they are so cuteeee 🥹💖#Gimme Raoul and Christine smiling at each other all day every day I love it

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angelofmusicals87614 · 1 year

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Photo by Greg Mills

#paul a schaefer #raoul de chagny #phantom of the opera #broadway #poto broadway #paul schaefer #phantom broadway #raoul #phantom of the opera broadway #greg mills

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nerdywriter36 · 1 year

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Notes - Phantom Broadway - Monday, March 20 (evening)

Notes courtesy of my best friend @brendadaaedestler (I can tag her now, she's on Tumblr 😂)! These are long, so enjoy the read if you're up to it. I'll put them below the cut!

Act One

The trio was Jeremy Stolle, Julia Udine, and Paul A. Schaefer

Paul’s old man Raoul sounded like he was three seconds from keeling over.

Ted’s Piangi was really funny. Also, his top notes? Stunning.

Ted’s Italian accent has improved.

During Think of Me, Paul stood up really quickly to excitedly applaud Christine.

He looked around at everyone else in the box like, “Why aren’t you clapping?”

Julia and Sara had real bestie energy, their hug before Angel of Music was so sweet.

You could tell Paul’s Raoul enjoyed joking with Christine during the whole “Little Lotte, where is your red scarf…” bit.

Paul and Julia’s shared giggles were so sweet; they seemed so happy to see each other.

Jeremy spat out his “Insolent boy…” lines, and we got a really good “fool”

Jeremy’s HAND when the mirror closed!!!

Paul had a very good, very confused, “Angel?”

For the title song, they had a bunch of tech issues, which meant Jeremy and Julia had to do a bunch of improvising. The candles didn’t totally move aside, so the boat didn’t completely come out. They stayed in the boat until just before Jeremy’s last “Sing for me!”, when he walked around the candles to then lift Julia out of the boat.

The organ and mirror bride didn’t make it out at first, so Jeremy took his hat and cloak off during the whole “I have brought you…” bit and had to lay the cloak on the floor.

He just had to Strolle™ around the stage a little at the beginning of Music of the Night, as the organ and mirror didn’t make it on to stage until a little before his top note on “soar”.

When the organ finally came out, Jeremy Strolled™ over to smoothly pick up the cloak from the floor and then draped it over the organ.

The first time they nearly kissed, Jeremy pulled away with an audible intake of air, as though very overwhelmed by the proximity to Christine.

The portcullis didn’t come down, but Jeremy is incredible with his improv, so instead of a portcullis sprawl, he briefly wrapped his arms around Julia’s waist.

Jeremy’s voice was so rich throughout the whole song.

He looked so amazed at Christine’s presence during the whole “you alone can make my song take flight”, and we also got a voice crack, which just made it heartbreaking.

Jeremy really chose to be anger in Stranger Than you Dreamt It, and I was so here for it.

The candles were still out, so they had to run around them. Jeremy half hopped/half tripped over the boat at one point while chasing Julia.

He had to take a moment to compose himself before going into “Stranger than you dreamt it…”

His crawl was so smooth.

We got some growls in his singing, some voice cracks, all of the good stuff.

“Oh, Christine” sounded so devastated.

You could see the confidence visibly return once he had the mask back on.

Craig and Nehal had such great chemistry during Notes and the beginning of Prima Donna. Nehal did his usual frantic gesturing to Carlotta to get Firmin to join him in his groveling, and Craig sounded like he wanted to throw up at having to say “we need you too.”

Jeremy acting on the proscenium was fantastic. His “Madame, perhaps it is you who are the toad.” had Cherik sarcasm vibes. He was absolutely killing himself laughing; they weren’t evil laughs, it was laughter of pure amusement.

He yanked the chandelier so hard that it was still swinging well into All I Ask of You.

Paul’s All I Ask of You was so comforting. He did the little lean over and head tilt thing at the beginning when standing in front of her.

Paul’s vocals were incredible, as always!

He gave Julia a good spin at the end.

Jeremy shattered me with his Reprise. He was a broken man throughout the whole thing.

When Paul and Julia started singing, he immediately shoved his hands over his ears and seems so tormented/broken-hearted to hear her with Raoul. His voice got really low on “no” and he sounded so broken.

Jeremy went off on “You will curse the day…”

Act Two

Paul’s dancing in Masquerade was absolutely phenomenal. Him lifting Julia was sooo smooth and honestly really hot.

Julia’s dancing was also super good! You can tell she’s done ballet.

Nehal had a solid catch when Jeremy tossed the Don Juan score. Great job on both their parts.

Paul is really soft in Notes II when he kneels in front of Christine.

Julia’s Wishing was absolutely stunning. Up until now, her Christine was sort of generic for me, but she went off from this point forward.

Wandering Child was absolutely gorgeous.

Paul really put his back into that belting.

Jeremy went up a note on “do not shun me.”

The way Jeremy hits the last “angel” really does things to me.

Julia’s Christine stood there very entranced during Jeremy’s “Come to me, Angel of Music” and was genuinely shocked to turn and see Raoul standing there.

Jeremy shuts the curtain in a really sexy way when he appears as Don Juan.

His voice was soooo rich, and the choreography was super smooth. You can tell he’s been playing this role for years.

PHANTOM HANDS!!!

The way Jeremy sings “soul” is sooo sexy.

He went progressively lower on “what rich desire unlock its door?” 👌🏻👌🏻

How he hits “seduction” might actually be the sexiest thing in this show, and it should be illegal.

Julia’s vocals and acting were stunning throughout the whole song.

After Julia starts singing, when Jeremy got up from the bench to walk around it and sit down on the other side, he was super sexy in his movements. HANDS.

The bench acting was phenomenal. He started out not really moving, and then the hands started going up and down his thighs, and he touched some ahem other things a couple times.

He went rigid when Christine put her leg up on the bench.

We got a fully body reaction when Christine touched him.

Julia scooped her hands really low when he was on the bench and she was standing behind him. You can draw your conclusions about where the hands nearly were.

When Christine was feeling the mask, Jeremy tried to turn his head away like he was trying to stop her.

They both startled at the same time and ran from each other.

When Jeremy noticed Madame Giry, he stood up straighter and looked very resigned, like he’d just realized: “wow, so you betrayed me too.”

His proposal was shattering. He was so pleading, and he got really breathy on “save me.”

The POWER in his voice when he got to “anywhere you go…”

Down Once More was so full of anger and betrayal. “Christine, why?” sounded genuinely confused and so hurt, and then the second “why?” was angry.

Jeremy gave Julia a good shove forward when they entered for final lair.

Jeremy turned into such a sad Mama’s boy at “this face, which earned a mother’s fear and loathing…”

He immediately switched to being angry when he got to “Pity comes too late…”

Jeremy was very sarcastic when Raoul showed up, while also seeming frustrated that Raoul came to throw a wrench in things.

Paul’s vocals when begging at the portcullis? chef’s kiss

Paul looks like he’s actually choking to death when he’s caught in the lasso. I was concerned for this man for a second there.

At “raise up your hand to the level of your eyes,” Jeremy just kinda Strolled™ over and held his hand up and stared at Paul for a moment before walking away. Had vibes of “are you dumb?”

You could watch the plan form in his head during the whole “nothing can save you now…except, perhaps, Christine.”

Jeremy did the “This is the choice!” opt up!!!!!!!!

The whole “You try my patience. Make your choice” was very low and a bit growly at the end.

Julia’s Christine sounded sooo sad singing, “Pitiful creature of darkness…”

THE KISS!!! Jeremy’s arms sort of hovered around her like he wanted to hold her to him but didn’t really know how, and then he just kinda froze when she hugged him. When Christine kissed him again, his arms reached up like he didn’t know what to do with the situation, but then he melted into it and brought them down around her, almost holding her (he may have actually held her very briefly, but I don’t 100% remember).

I once again feel the need to state that Paul’s acting in the noose is so amazing. It really does look like he’s dying, and then his collapse when the Phantom lets him go is very realistic. Props, man.

Jeremy’s “take him, forget me…” lines sounded so broken.

He sounded so sad when yelling at Raoul and Christine to leave him.

When he got up to face Christine when she came to return the ring, we got a little snuggle before “Christine, I love you.” He held on tightly to her hand for a moment before she pulled way, and they stood there looking at each other for a moment before she turned to leave.

Jeremy seemed so dejected when she left and after a moment of standing there by himself, he went over to shove his face in the veil.

His final line was absolutely breathtaking, and I love the way he looks around at his lair, taking it all in before he disappears

#long post #poto #poto broadway #phan review #jeremy stolle #julia udine #paul schaefer #that's my friend!

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wheel-of-fish · 1 year

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