Few singers have lived behind the mask as long as Hugh Panaro. He played the Phantom on Broadway in more than 2,500 performances, including Broadway’s 25th Anniversary production, after more than 900 as Raoul, both roles cast by the original director, Hal Prince. He made his Broadway debut as Marius in the original production of Les Misérables, created Buddy in Side Show and Julian Craster in The Red Shoes, and earned an Outer Critics Circle nomination for the title role in Lestat. He has toured Europe with Barbra Streisand, sung Jean Valjean at the Muny in St. Louis, and appears with symphony orchestras across the country. A Philadelphia native, he is a graduate of Temple University.