PHANTOM PHACTORY: Squigs Phetes The Phantom of the Opera

PHANTOM PHACTORY

Squigs Fetes Phantom

As The Phantom of the Opera concludes its legendary Broadway run, here is a series of collected stories and trivia from backstage and beyond. This chapter, PHANTOM PHACTORY, finds us in the room where Phantoms are made: the makeup room. I witnessed the process in person one evening in March, and here are the resulting sketches. A chapter will be posted daily until the final curtain falls on Sunday April 16. 2023.

Special thanks to press rep Mike Borowski of The Publicity Office, Greg Mills whose amazing photos have been both reference and inspiration, Steve Brodner who inspired this feature’s format, and the phine pholks at Phantom Broadway past and present who have shared their stories.