photo CALL: Meet the Cast of Re-Conceived Phantom of the Opera Tour 

Phantom of the Opera Tour, With Mark Campbell, Julia Udine, Ben Jacoby and Linda Balgord

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Mark Campbell and Julia Udine will head the cast of the reconceived national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber\'s long-running hit musical The Phantom of the Opera. Performances begin Nov. 27 in Providence, RI.

Laurence Connor, who is also directing the returns of Miss Saigon and Les Misérables, stages this new production of Phantom that was first seen in March 2012 in Plymouth, England, and has been popular on a U.K. tour. The tour retains the late Maria Björnson\'s original, Tony Award-winning costume design.

Ben Jacoby, Julia Rose Udine and Mark Campbell

Mamma Mia!, Guys and Dolls) will star as the Phantom opposite Udine as Christine. The company will also feature Ben Jacoby as Raoul, Jacquelynne Fontaine as Carlotta Giudicelli, Craig Bennett as Monsieur Firmin, Edward Staudenmayer as Monsieur André, Linda Balgord as Madame Giry, Frank Viveros as Ubaldo Piangi and Hannah Florence as Meg Giry.

Completing the company are Adam Bashian, Nick Cartell, Dan Debenport, Amy Decker, Mark Emerson, Cooper Grodin, Michael Thomas Holmes, Celia Hottenstein, Christopher Howard, Merritt David Janes, Amy Justman, Edward Juvier, Dustin Layton, Luke Lazzaro, Jay Lusteck, Katie McCreary, Grace Morgan, Christy Morton, Quinto Ott, Eric Ruiz and Marguerite Willbanks. The Corps de Ballet includes Morgan Cowling, Anjelica Bette Fellini, Ramona Kelley, Abigail Mentzer, Lily Rose Peck, Tara Sweeney and Micki Weiner.

This new Phantom has choreography by Scott Ambler, set design by Paul Brown, lighting design by Paule Constable, sound design by Mick Potter and musical supervision by John Rigby.

The production is overseen by Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh.

"It\'s wonderful to have a new production of Phantom touring America in the same year that the show celebrates 25 years on Broadway. Director Laurence Connor has done an amazing job and this production has received huge critical acclaim in the UK," Lloyd Webber said in a statement.

Providence, RI, Providence Performing Arts Center (Nov. 27-Dec. 7)

Minneapolis, MN, Orpheum Theatre (Dec. 13-January 5, 2014)

Chicago, IL, Cadillac Palace Theatre (Jan. 9-March 2)

Boston, MA, Boston Opera House (June 26-July 20)

The Phantom of the Opera has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe) and book by Richard Stilgoe and Lloyd Webber, based on the Gaston Leroux novel about a deformed musical genius who lives in the bowels of the Paris Opera House and tutors a young soprano.

Since its debut, The Phantom of the Opera has grossed more than $890 million on Broadway. The musical\'s worldwide gross is estimated at over $5.6 billion.

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