We knew the opera ghost couldn't stay away for too long! Cameron Mackintosh has announced that Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera will embark on a new, multi-year North American tour in November 2025. The new production will use the revised version of the musical's original staging, currently playing London's West End.
The new tour will premiere at Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, MD. Casting and a full itinerary will be announced at a later date.
Seth Sklar-Heyn is directing both the London run at the His Majesty's Theatre and the forthcoming tour, based on the celebrated original direction by Harold Prince with choreography by Gillian Lynne, recreated and adapted by Chrissie Cartwright. The staging also features production design by Maria Björnson.
"I'm really delighted to bring Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera back to thrill American audiences once again after its phenomenal record-breaking run on Broadway," Mackintosh said in a statement. "When I unveiled this new production in London after the pandemic, many of our brilliant original creative team—including Hal Prince, Gillian Lynne, and Maria Björnson—were sadly no longer with us. Our exciting new team, inspired by their predecessors’ glorious work, updated certain aspects of the production that resulted in a dazzlingly fresh version of the much-loved original, which was rapturously received by audiences and critics alike. So, in just a year’s time, when we raise our even more sensational chandelier, you can once again thrill to Andrew’s soaring music of the night and be swept away by a revitalized Phantom in all its glory!”
“The Phantom made it very clear that it would not be long before his legend would, once again, be told in America," added Lloyd Webber. "While Hal, Gillie, and Maria are, sadly, no longer with us, they live on in the show we all created together. Love, passion, and live theatre are what The Phantom of the Opera is all about. I still get goosebumps every time that chandelier comes alive and infuses the theatre with something that only happens when design, direction, and music are completely at one. I am absolutely delighted that we are bringing this very special production back to audiences across North America.”
The Phantom of the Opera has music by Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, and a book by Stilgoe and Lloyd Webber, based on the novel Le Fantôme de l’Opera by Gaston Leroux.
The musical also has orchestrations by David Cullen and Lloyd Webber, music supervision by Simon Lee, set design adapted by Matt Kinley with associate costume design by Jill Parker, lighting by Andrew Bridge, associate lighting design by Warren Letton, and sound by Mick Potter.
Originally produced by Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group, the world premiere production opened in 1986 at its current London home, known as the Her Majesty's Theatre at the time. A subsequent Broadway transfer opened in 1988, and received seven Tony Awards including Best Musical. The Broadway bow closed in April 2023, and remains the longest-running Broadway show in history.
Dean Chisnall and Lily Kerhoas in Phantom of the Opera in the West End
Dean Chisnall and Lily Kerhoas in Phantom of the Opera in the West End
Dean Chisnall in Phantom of the Opera in the West End
Dean Chisnall in Phantom of the Opera in the West End
Eve Shanu Wilson in Phantom of the Opera in the West End
Company of Phantom of the Opera in the West End
Joanna Ampil in Phantom of the Opera in the West End
Joe Griffiths Brown in Phantom of the Opera in the West End
Lily Kerhoas and Joe Griffiths in Phantom of the Opera in the West End
Company of Phantom of the Opera in the West End
