Immersive Phantom Revival Masquerade Extends After Total Sell Out

Remember those new performances we found out about last week for the immersive Phantom of the Opera revival, Masquerade? Now we know more. After selling out the originally announced six-week run in less than three hours, the production has added six weeks to its run, which will now continue through October 19. Tickets for the newly added performances (which begin September 11) will be made available to fans (phans) who have signed up at MasqueradeNYC.com or are members of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Box Five Club July 9. General sales will follow beginning July 10 at 10 AM.

Masquerade will open its doors to patrons beginning July 31 at a renovated venue at 218 W. 57tht Street (formerly Lee's Art Shop).

The production, modeled after the seminal immersive Shakespeare production Sleep No More, which ran for 14 years at NYC's McKittrick Hotel, seeks to immerse audiences by planting them right into the plot of Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Operaâ€”of course, within the lens of Andrew 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 Daaeâ€”a young soprano who has become the object of his obsession.

Tony winner Diane Paulus (Waitress, 1776) is directing. The recently announced cast will include Baby Byrne, Nicholas Edwards, Gabriella Enriquez, Haile Ferrier, Nkrumah Gatling, Cooper Grodin, Maxfield Haynes, Bryan Hernandez-Luch, Satomi Hofmann, Kody Jauron, Francisco Javier GonzÃ¡lez, Maree Johnson, Tia Karaplis, Nathan Keen, Joe Kerr, Jeff Kready, Jacob Lacopo, Eryn LeCroy, Raymond J. Lee, Telly Leung, Claire Leyden, Francesca Mehrotra, Georgia Mendes, Betsy Morgan, Riley Noland, Charles Osborne, Hugh Panaro, Chris Ryan, Kyle Scatliffe, Paul Adam Schaefer, Clay Singer, Phumzile Sojola, Jeremy Stolle, Kaley Ann Voorhees, Nik Walker, Andrew Wojtal, Kevin Zambrano, and Anna Zavelson.

Notably, the cast includes Broadway Phantom alum, particularly Hugh Panaro, who played the title role in over 2,000 performances; Kaley Ann Voorhees, a former principal Christine; and Jeremy Stolle, another former Phantom and fan-favorite, who served as a frequent understudy and swing in the production for many years up until its closing. Other alumni include Eryn LeCroy, who served an an alternate Christine on Broadway beginning in 2019; Paul Adam Schaefer, who served as an understudy on Broadway until the production's closing; Cooper Grodin, who played the Phantom on the national tour; and Maree Johnson, who played Madame Giry on Broadway until its final performance in 2023.

The creative team will also include 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, Diane Paulus, 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 production has also announced that it is a 21+ only event, but guests 16+ will be permitted to attend matinee performances during the special preview period. 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 will comprise 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.