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The Phantom of the Opera Matthew Murphy
[This article was published in 2017, before Eric Woodall was named the Artistic Director of NC Theatre, and has been updated to reflect the production s recent history.]
When Eric Woodall was a college student, training to be an actor at Carnegie Mellon University, he hung ceramic half-masks in his dorm room: an homage to
The Phantom of the Opera. âI was in awe of its spectacle and its beauty,â he recalls, after seeing the show in New York in the early â90s. These days, Woodall doesnât act much, but the mask still looms large in his life as he is now in charge of casting the Broadway production. âIt is a joy to be able to work on such a loved piece, and a timeless piece as