(© Joan Marcus)
Jason Mills will take over the title role in the national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s international award-winning musical The Phantom of the Opera on November 29. The show is currently playing at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre through January 5. He succeeds John Cudia in the production, which is directed by Harold Prince.
The cast includes Sara Jean Ford as Christine, Greg Mills as Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, Kim Stengel as Carlotta Giudicelli, D.C. Anderson as Monsieur André, Bruce Winant as Monsieur Firmin, Rebecca Judd as Madame Giry, John Whitney as Ubaldo Piangi , and Polly Baird as Meg. At certain performances, Sarah Lawrence plays the role of Christine.
Mills returns to the tour directly from the Broadway cast of Phantom, where he was seen as both the Phantom and Raoul. His other stage credits include Forbidden Broadway: SVU South Pacific, Pardon My English, Illyria, and Miss Saigon.
