Bowling Green native Bronson Norris Murphy trained at Western Kentucky University and at New York University. He created the title role in the first North American production of Love Never Dies, the Phantom who sings “’Til I Hear You Sing,” and has sung Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. His other credits include the 2019 New York City Center revival of Evita, the national tour of Cats, and Tony in several productions of West Side Story. He is Associate Artistic Director of The Stephen Foster Story in Bardstown, where he has also played Stephen Foster himself, in the United States and in Japan.