A Broadway leading man's face is his fortune -- except, perhaps, when it comes to "The Phantom of the Opera." In taking on theater's most successful show, John Cudia, whose long turn as Raoul earned him a cadre of star-struck fans, had to come to grips with playing not beauty but the beast this time... -
The Phantom's Transforming Experience
A Broadway leading man's face is his fortune -- except, perhaps, when it comes to "The Phantom of the Opera." In taking on theater's most successful show, John Cudia, whose long turn as Raoul earned him a cadre of star-struck fans, had to come to grips with playing not beauty but the beast this time...-
By Eve Zibart