James Barbour – Phantom

(The Phantom of the Opera) has starred on Broadway as Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities (Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle awards nominations), Czolgosz in Assassins, The Beast in Beauty & the Beast, Billy Bigelow in Carousel, Officer Lockstock in Urinetown and Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre (Drama League nomination).  James also appeared on Broadway in Cyrano, opposite Jeremy Irons in Camelot and in the national tour of The Secret Garden.  Other recent credits: Jean Valjean in Les Miserables (LA Ovation Award, Best Actor), Daryl Van Horne in The Witches of Eastwick (U.S. premiere), Daddy Hogan in Anna Nicole (BAM).  TV: The District, Just Shoot Me, Flashpoint, Sex and the City, That’s Life, Beauty & the Beast in Concert (CBS)

  Julia Udine – Christine

JULIA UDINE is honoured to be making her Broadway debut with Phantom! She was most recently seen playing Christine in the new production of Phantom, currently touring the U.S. Theatre credits include Jack’s Back (Jenny) and West Side Story (Maria).  TV: Law and Order: SVU,All My Children.  Much love to her wonderful family, friends and teachers, especially Melissa Daniels and Andrea Duffin for their inspiration and endless support. Many thanks to Tara Rubin Casting, Erica, Rachel and Bruce Kolb.

  Rachel Zatcoff

Rachel is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut with Phantom!International tour: West Side Story (Maria). Regional: A Little Night Music (Anne), The Most Happy Fella, Mirette. Opera: Street Scene (Mae Jones), Die Fledermaus (Adele u/s), La clemenza di Tito (Servilia), Cos¬ fan tutte (Despina). Education: BM, Rutgers University. MM, Temple University. Special thanks to my Mom, Dad, family, friends, teachers, Michael and Tara Rubin Casting! Endless love to my incredible husband, Seth. For my Grandparents, my angels of music.

  Jeremy Hays – Raoul

made his Broadway debut in the first revival of Les Miserables and went on to originate the role of Enjolras for the 25th Anniversary production at Paper Mill Playhouse and the subsequent national tour. He recently performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival as a soloist in Play It Again, Marvin. Tour: Rum Tum Tugger in Cats. Regional: starring roles in Hair, Camelot, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Oklahoma!, West Side Story. TV/Film: Showtime’s The Affair, the short film Between the Black and both the 85th Annual Academy Awards and America’s Got Talent representing Les Miserables. Jeremy founded the non-profit, non-partisan organization Broadway Votes, which promotes voter registration and political involvement in the Broadway community.

  Craig Bennett – Monsieur Firmin

Broadway: The Last Ship (Billy Thompson), A Tale of Two Cities (Jerry Cruncher), South Pacific (Thomas Hassinger), Miss Saigon (Sgt. Schultz).  Off-Broadway: Music in the Air (City Center Encores!), Citizen Ruth (NY Fringe Festival). National tour: The Phantom of the Opera(Monsieur Firmin), The Light in the Piazza (Signor Naccarelli), Billy Elliot (Big Davey), Mamma Mia! (Bill Austin), Ragtime (Willie Conklin),Les Miserables (Combeferre). Regional: A Little Night Music (Fredrik),Randy Newman’s Faust (Michael), House of Martin Guerre (Jehannot), all at The Goodman Theater, Chicago. Thanks to Steve and Dale. Love to Sala and Mako

  Laird Mackintosh – Monsieur Andre

Laird is thrilled to return to the role of “Monsieur Andre after having served as interim Phantom at The Majestic. Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde(John Utterson), Mary Poppins (Mr. Banks). The Stratford Festival: My One and Only (Billy Buck Chandler), Fuente Ovejuna (Leonelo), To Kill a Mockingbird (Boo Radley), South Pacific (Lieutenant Cable), Hello, Dolly! (Cornelius Hackl), Into the Woods (Rapunzel’s Prince), Anything Goes (Evelyn Oakleigh), My Fair Lady (Freddy). Other: Private Lives(Victor Prynne) at the Pittsburgh Public, The Phantom of the Opera(Raoul, also Phantom u/s) in Toronto, The Drowsy Chaperone (Robert Martin), White Christmas (Phil Davis), Arcadia (Septimus Hodge).

Michele McConnell – Carlotta Giudicelli

Also: Camelot (tour with Robert Goulet), NYGASP at City Center (Mabel,Pirates; Josephine, Pinafore), Beauty and the Beast (Montreal/Las Vegas), DiCapo Opera, Mobile Opera, Missouri Symphony, Skyline Theatre Company, San Diego Repertory, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Totem Pole Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Allenberry Playhouse, Peter Grey Terhune Presents. Original Broadway cast recording: Anna Karenina, and numerous recordings for Hal Leonard Publishing via Aireborn Recordings.

Rebecca Eichenberger – Madame Giry

comes to Phantom from An American in Paris on Broadway, where she originated the role of Olga. Other Broadway: Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera, Evita, 1776, A Grand Night for Singing, The Frogs andCarousel, plus Dessa Rose at Lincoln Center. National tour: Ragtime(Mother, Helen Hayes nom.), Carousel (Nettie, Nicholas Hytner, dir.). Regional credits include The Light in the Piazza (Margaret, TheaterWorks), Grey Gardens (Little Edie, Portland Center Stage) and Sunday in the Park with George (Dot, Seattle Rep). TV: Law & Order, The Good Wife. Concert work includes Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall, as well as numerous cast recordings.

John Easterlin – Ubaldo Piangi

A four-time Grammy Award recipient, John’s international opera credits include multiple productions with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Opera National de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, ROH Covent Garden, ENO, Teatro Real, Bolshoi and COC Toronto, in addition to the Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco, L.A., Seattle, Washington, Houston and Dallas Opera. Soloist with the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra and ASO at Carnegie Hall, he created the role of Andy Warhol in Glass The Perfect American and Larry King in the U.S. premiere of Turnage’s Anna Nicole. Additional opera appearances: Glimmerglass, Ravinia, Spoleto, Saito Kinen, Merida festivals. This marks his Broadway debut.

Kara Klein – Meg Giry

Kara Klein is thrilled to return to PHANTOM. She also previously spent two and a half years with the national tour. Other Broadway: Billy Elliot(Swing). Encores!: Bye, Bye Birdie. NSMT: Beauty & the Beast. She’s performed with the Radio City Christmas Spectacular for multiple seasons. Film: Mona Lisa Smile. TV: Food Network Sweet Genius, CMAs. Graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts.