Phantom phans eager for a behind-the-curtain look at Masquerade, the immersive Phantom of the Opera production Off-Broadway—your patience will finally be rewarded Thursday, December 18, as Playbill will lead you on an exclusive tour into the Phantom's lair. Tune into the official Playbill Instagram beginning at 5 PM ET.
Streaming live from the Opéra Populaire (more literally, the former Lee's Art Shop at 218 W. 57th St), the tour will include never-before-seen-online glimpses of the revolutionary immersive staging's design, plus appearances and conversations with the cast and creative team members, including director Diane Paulus, Haile Ferrier, Eryn LeCroy, Claire Leyden, Francesca Mehrotra, Riley Noland, and Kaley Ann Voorhees. And, as one can expect in the Phantom's opera, many more surprises may be in store—but be sure to keep your hand at the level of your eye, and watch out for falling chandeliers.
Masquerade officially opened September 29 Off-Broadway and is currently set to run through February 1, 2026. The inventive new staging plays to six small audience groups each evening, meaning the complete cast features more leads than the show did on Broadway. Across the six performance time slots, the Phantom is played by Jeff Kready, Telly Leung, Hugh Panaro, Kyle Scatliffe, Clay Singer, and Nik Walker. Erin LeCroy solely plays Christine, although there are five other Christines who also double as Meg Giry—Haile Ferrier, Francesca Mehrotra, Riley Noland, Kaley Ann Voorhees, and Anna Zavelson—with Georgia Mendes playing Meg specifically.
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Additionally, the role of Raoul is played in different scenes by Paul Adam Schaefer, Nicholas Edwards, and Francisco Javier González, and the role of Madame Giry is performed at various points by Satomi Hofmann, Maree Johnson, Tia Karaplis, and Betsy Morgan. Buquet is performed by both Jacob Lacopo and Andrew Wojtal, and Carlotta is played by both Satomi Hofmann and Betsy Morgan.
André is played by Matthew Curiano, Barker is played by Chris Ryan, Firmin is played by Jeremy Stolle, and Piangi is played by Phumzile Sojola. Maxfield Haynes, Kody Jauron, and Kevin Zambrano collectively play the role Boy in the Cage.
The ensemble features Baby Byrne, Gabriella Enriquez, Nkrumah Gatling, Cooper Grodin, Maxfield Haynes, Bryan Hernandez-Luch, Kody Jauron, Nathan Keen, Joe Kerr, Claire Leyden, Georgia Mendes, Sami Merdinian, Charles Osborne, Jack Sullivan, and Kevin Zambrano.
The production, modeled after the seminal immersive production Sleep No More, which ran for 14 years at NYC's McKittrick Hotel, seeks to plant audiences right into the plot of Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera—of course, within the lens of Lloyd Webber's long-running 1986 West End-Broadway musical. Once you have entered the Opera House, you will join in on the "ghost hunt," tracing the steps of the infamous Opera Ghost, who has been terrorizing the theatre's performers and management. As the story unfolds, you learn of the Opera Ghost's mentorship over Christine Daae—a young soprano who has become the object of his obsession.
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Tony winner Diane Paulus (Waitress, 1776) leads a creative team that includes Hunter Bird, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Kathy Fabian, James Fluhr, Jessie Flynn, Nicola Formichetti, Skylar Fox, Kate Lumpkin, J. J. Janas, Brett Jarvis, Marc Kimelman, Lee McCutcheon, Scott Pask, Emilio Sosa, Gypsy Snider, Ben Stanton, and William Waldrop.
Attendees of the production have been given instructions from "their host," which includes a dress code advising patrons dress "extravagantly" in black, white, or silver and to wear a masquerade mask (if you do not have one, one will be provided) and to avoid wearing high heels to facilitate safe walking in the building's recreation of the Paris catacombs. The venue is described as fully ADA accessible, and guests with specific accessibility needs are encouraged to email [email protected].
The production team for the revival comprises Rosario Arcuri, Stephen Arnold, Sarah Battaglia, Sean Beach, Evan Bernardin, Will Blumberg, Antoine Boissereau, Carolyn Boyd, Simon Brouke, Kelbi Carrig, Ruth Carsch, Kerry Concannon, Brittany Coyne, Hailey Delaney, Eric Dente, Eli Diker, Elizabeth Emanuel, Randall Etheredge, Stephanie Leah Evans, Shoshana Fisher, Dawn-Elin Fraser, Megan Frazier, Misha Fristensky, Christina Grant, Chris Habana, Simon Hammerstein, Billie Harmon, Cesar Hawas, Isaac Hayward, Morgan Holbrook, Amelie Julicher, Andrew Katz, Viktoria-Isabella King, Jeffery Kurtz, McBee, Fiona McDougal, Brian Messina, Vittoria Orlando, Amanda Perry, Dotty Peterson, Cinder Petrichor, Diana Rebholz, Alicia Rodis, Sadie Schlesinger, Jake Scudder, Max Seelig, Giza Selimi, Ashley Setzler, James Sherwood, David Shocket, Naomi Symeou, Nakkia Smalls, Monet Thibou, Kristopher Thompson-Bolden, Madilyn Tramonte, Benjamin Weigel, Kat West, Nzinga Williams, Chelsea Wilson, David Andrew Wilson, Mike Wojchik, Alex Wolfe, Asher Young, and Alec Zbornak.
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