The Three Phantoms

Already Performed this Season

An Evening of MASK-uline Broadway Entertainment!

For the first time on stage in the Edgerton Center, three Broadway performers who have shared the same role of the Phantom in Webber's Phantom of the Opera, join forces for an evening of incredible song and music. Kevin Gray, Cris Groenendaal and Craig Schulman have collectively worn the mask a few thousand times over a 10-year period. Each tenor brings an average of 20 years of Broadway experience to the stage as well as experience in numerous regional roles, TV roles and opera.

Mark Jacoby
For two and-a-half years Mark played the title role in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, a role he had created to critical acclaim in the American National tour. Mr. Jacoby received a 2001 Drama Desk nomination for his performance Off-Broadway as the Playwright in Enter the Guardsman, a performance heralded by The New York Times as "Just right in every way." He also appeared as Baron von Gaigern in Grand Hotel on Broadway, Oscar Jaffee in the Goodspeed Opera revival of On The Twentieth Century (Connecticut Drama Critics' Award: Best Actor in a Musical), Guido Contini in the Chicago premiere of Nine (Joseph Jefferson Award: Best Actor in a musical), Robert in Robert and Elisabeth (the inaugural production of the Paper Mill Playhouse), and John Jasper in the First National Tour of The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Cris Groenendaal
Mr. Groenendaal's Broadway credits include Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd, the role of George in Sunday in the Park with George, Rizzolli in Passion and Miles Gloriosus in the 1996 revival of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. Mr. Groenendaal originated the role of Andre in the Broadway production of Phantom and went on to play the role of the Phantom for 860 performances.

Craig Schulman
Mr. Schulman is the only actor in the world to have portrayed three of the greatest musical theatre roles: The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, Jean Valjean in Les Miserables and the title role in Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll & Hyde. Mr. Schulman holds the world record for his role of Valjean – nearly 2,000 performances. Regional roles include Che in Evita, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Archibald in The Secret Garden and Father in Children of Eden.

A special performance in conjunction with the Discovery Gala, which raises important dollars for University Scholarship programs.