Has Jason Mills left the Phantom tour already?

This is very odd. I know Jason Mills who has been the touring phantom since december has been out a lot, and it looks like his u/s Stephen Tewksbury is replacing him already!

I first found this article:
http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=7899380&nav=menu438_2 that phantom will come to Spokane october, and "Stephen Tewksbury, the actor who plays the Phantom in the production, performed the song "The Music of The Night" at the luncheon to give guests a sneak peak of what to come."

Then I found this blog post: http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=7895909&nav=menu438_2 that says: "We were fortunate enough to be treated to a performance by the Star of the Show Stephen Tewksbury. He took two days off playing the Phantom from the show's Omaha Nebraska run, to come to Spokane for the announcement."

Then I found these two videos:

http://www.khq.com/Global/SearchResults.asp?vendor=wss&qu=Phantom


What is going on?

Updated On: 2/21/08 at 10:21 AM

It's about time they let Steve take over....VERY well deserved. :)

Tewksbury played Phantom when I caught the tour in Chicago over Christmas and the audience loved him.

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I really don't care for 'Phantom', but I'd sit thru it again HAPPILY to see Stephen Tewksbury :)

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He was an average Enjolras but a spectacular Javert (when he first started out). I'd love to see him as the Phantom but because of my general disdain for the city of Sacramento hope that he's just filling in for a city or two and is not actually the principal Phantom.

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