New Carlotta at Phantom?

Patti Cohenour is at War Paint until it closes or Christine Ebersole leaves.

Sarah Brightman would have no interest in doing a supporting role and, in all honesty, she would not be able to sing the role nowadays anyway. The soprano voice required for the role is very robust and the high notes are well beyond her 'live' range now. I like Brightman's voice, but it definitely is not a 'Carlotta' voice.

I'm sure James' offers will be scarce after he leaves, so he probably will be staying for a long time, keeping me away for a long time.

Howard McGillin played the Phantom over 2,500 times. Barbour would be somewhere around 1,000.

Hugh Panaro was also over 2,000, just below McGillin's record. Barbour is nowhere near the record, and hopefully never makes it to that point. The man just cannot act well enough for this role. Hopefully we have a new face here for the 30th.

But to the original point, the past couple Carlottas have been understudies that got promoted when the principle left. I don't know if the same thing would happen now, but I think there's a good chance of it.