The Four Phantoms Bringing Revue of Beloved Theater Favorite to The Mac this Fall

The McAninch Arts Center presents “The Four Phantoms in Concert” for one performance only, Saturday, Dec. 7. Veteran “Phantom of the Opera” singers Brent Barrett, John Cudia, Franc D’Ambrosio and Ciarán Sheehan, who cumulatively have performed the iconic Phantom role more than 6,000 times, celebrate the music of Broadway and more. Kaley Ann Voorhees, who played the role of Christine in the Broadway production, joins them as a special guest.

The show provides a non-stop, roller coaster ride of emotional highs and lows from the jovial buddy song “Old Friends” to the solemn soul-gripping “Bring Him Home” and includes a stunning finale paying tribute to “The Phantom of the Opera.” “The four men have studly voices – full and rich, like falling into a vat of dark chocolate” (We Are Green Bay).

Collectively, Barrett, Cudia, D’ Ambrosio and Sheehan have graced stages around the world from Germany to London to Toronto and across the U.S. in cities including New York City, Chicago, Las Vegas and San Francisco.  

Barrett has entertained millions of fans around the world from the stages of Broadway, the West End, concert halls, recording studios, and television. He recently reprised his role as Billy Flynn in the Tony Award winning hit, “CHICAGO-The Musical,” for which he received a LA Drama Critics Award.

Cudia holds the distinct honor of being the first and only actor to have performed both as the Phantom in “The Phantom of the Opera” and Jean Valjean in “Les Misérables” on Broadway. A lyric tenor, he proudly made his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Curly in their production of “Oklahoma!”

D’Ambrosio is best known for his impressive portrayal of the lead role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning musical, “The Phantom of the Opera.” Affectionately known as the “Iron Man of the Mask,” D’Ambrosio held the title of “The World’s Longest-Running Phantom” for more than a decade, bringing over five million theatergoers to their feet in a six and one-half year run.

Sheehan, a native of Dublin, Ireland, has performed the title role in “The Phantom of the Opera” to critical acclaim both on Broadway and in Toronto. He also had the honor to sing the memorial mass for John and Carolyn Kennedy (1999), and the funeral mass for Beau Biden (2015), at the request of then Vice President Joe Biden.

Their most recent album, “The Four Phantoms in Concert—Live at Feinstein’s/54 Below” was released in March 2024 on Broadway Records. All four Phantoms, plus soloist Voorhees, were featured in a PBS special broadcast “The Four Phantoms in Concert” this past summer.