Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera immersive spin-off Masquerade has announced its Broadway dates, director and cast.
Masquerade’s first performance will take place on 31 July 2025 at 218 W. 57th Street in New York, and has initially announced six weeks of special previews.
The show will be directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (Waitress, Pippin).
The show promises to bring new perspective to Lloyd Webber’s much-loved musical The Phantom of the Opera.
Phantom closed on Broadway in February 2023 after celebrating its 35th anniversary in January.
The cast of Masquerade will include two former Phantoms on Broadway, Hugh Panaro and Jeremy Stolle, and a former Broadway Christine, Kaley Ann Voorhees.
The cast also includes Baby Byrne, Nicholas Edwards, Gabriella Enriquez, Haile Ferrier, Nkrumah Gatling, Cooper Grodin, Maxfield Haynes, Bryan Hernandez-Luch, Satomi Hofmann, Kody Jauron, Francisco Javier González, 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, Chris Ryan, Kyle Scatliffe, Paul Adam Schaefer, Clay Singer, Phumzile Sojola, Nik Walker, Andrew Wojtal, Kevin Zambrano, and Anna Zavelson.
Alongside Diane Paulus, the creative team includes 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, Scott Pask, Emilio Sosa, Gypsy Snider, Ben Stanton, and William Waldrop.
Masquerade promises to blur the lines between fiction and reality, bringing audiences closer than ever before to the mysterious Phantom of the Opera – a mystery never fully explained.
From the highest rooftop to the subterranean lair deep below the Opera Populaire, guests will be invited to experience the music of the night more intimately than ever before. The iconic chandelier that features in the show will boast a dazzling display of over 30,000 crystals provided by Preciosa, the Official Crystal Partner of Masquerade.
Masquerade is based on the original musical The Phantom of the Opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Masquerade is presented by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Limited.
Guests attending Masquerade are invited to “dress extravagantly” and “hide your face” as they move through the building.
A note from “the opera ghost” distributed across social media said, “I have secured an address on 57th Street, a more salubrious part of town than my previous, where I have instructed the director Diane Paulus to prepare my new vision of the legend. I have observed that she has considerable credentials in the fields of opera and musical theatre. Under my guidance she has created, along with my minion Lloyd Webber, an event like no other with my characters played by performers of exceptional ability.” – O.G”
Phantom closing on Broadway was a blow to Lloyd Webber, both personally and commercially. His licensing and production company Really Useful Group saw its profits hit by the closure.
The Phantom of the Opera was produced on Broadway by Cameron Mackintosh, who also produces Phantom in the West End. Mackintosh is not believed to be involved in this new immersive version of the show. If Phantom was to come back to Broadway in its original production, Mackintosh retains the rights to produce it.
A company set up in America to produce Masquerade, Production and Concession POTO LLC, was established over a year ago, suggesting the production has been in development for a number of years.
Masquerade is playing at 218 W. 57th Street in New York from 31 July 2025.
Will Masquerade come to London?
This new Phantom spin-off, Masquerade, seems unlikely to come to London’s West End – at least whilst The Phantom of the Opera is still playing.
The original, world-premiere production of The Phantom of the Opera is still going strong in London, playing at His Majesty’s Theatre and currently booking to 28 March 2026.
Cameron Mackintosh hold the rights to produce Phantom in London, New York and worldwide.
The Phantom of the Opera celebrates its 40th anniversary in London next year, in October 2026.
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