Ted Keegan is an American musical theatre actor who is most well known for playing the title role in The Phantom of the Opera across the United States for over 25 years.Ted Keegan AboutTheArtists‘Phantom’ will have new man under mask starting Wednesday
Career Keegan's notable Broadway credits outside of The Phantom of the Opera include roles in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Camelot, Cyrano: The Musical, and Pippin.Playbill
In 1999, Keegan was promoted from his usual role in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway as Monsieur Reyer to principal Phantom as he replaced Hugh Panaro for a month before Howard McGillin took over. This made Keegan the twelfth principal Phantom on Broadway.Ted Keegan BioSee 20 Masked Men of Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera
Also in 1999, Keegan started a 4-year stint in the 3rd US national tour as The Phantom before joining the Las Vegas company in 2006.
In 2010, Keegan played Monsieur André in the Broadway company of Phantom. He stayed with the Broadway company on and off for 10 years in many roles, while also being a Phantom understudy. He was a permanent member of the Broadway company as the Jeweller (Il Muto) from the first performance after the Covid-19 shutdown, October 22, 2021, until the final performance on April 16th, 2023. During the show's last two weeks, Keegan alternated in the title role with Jeremy Stolle and Laird Mackintosh while principal Phantom Ben Crawford was sick. His final performance as the Phantom was the April 15th matinee, making him the penultimate actor to play the role in the original Broadway production.
Stage credits Source:Ted Keegan IBDB Year(s)ProductionRoleNotes1988My Fair LadyFreddy Eynsford-HillRegional1989Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetBirdsellerOff-Broadway1989–90Birdseller / Ensemble s/b Anthony HopeBroadway1992–94CamelotEnsemble u/s MordredNational tour1993Broadway1993–94Cyrano: The MusicalSwing1995The Music ManEnsembleRegionalPippinSingerBroadway1995–99The Phantom of the OperaMonsieur Reyer / Ensemble u/s The Phantom of the Operau/s Monsieur Andréu/s Ubaldo Piangi1999The Phantom of the Opera1999–2002National tour2006Monsieur Reyer / Ensemble u/s The Phantom of the OperaLas Vegas2007Jerry Springer: The OperaMontel / Jesus2010The Phantom of the OperaHairdresser / Monsieur Reyer u/s Monsieur AndréBroadway Monsieur André2013Passarino / Jeweler u/s The Phantom of the Opera2015Auctioneer / Fireman / Porter / Swing2016 Monsieur Reyer / Passarino u/s Ubaldo Piangi2017–20u/s Ubaldo Piangi2018–20u/s The Phantom of the Opera2021-22u/s The Phantom of the Opera u/s Ubaldo Piangi2022–23Jeweler u/s The Phantom of the Operau/s Ubaldo Piangi2023The Phantom of the Opera (Alternate)
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