Touring Phantom John Cudia's Phantom Make Up

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 3:14pm

WOW! Scary? Mannequin-ish? Whatever... I assure you John is as normal and handsome as anyone you'd love to meet and an impressive Phantom.

(photo credits:PhantomV90)

Updated On: 12/21/06 at 03:14 PM

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 3:42pm

In the last picture, he looks like someone from Taboo.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 4:59pm

Before I realized the last picture was in a mirror, I thought poor John was getting his makeup taken off because some moron put it on the wrong side of his face...

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:00pm

That's scary!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:01pm

no, it was being taken off after the show because some moron bought the tickets that keep that show around.

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:02pm

John is pretty much awesome! Gotta love him!

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:03pm

So wait- he has a full head mask on too? (I'm a little blonde today).

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:04pm

do you mean bald cap? uh.. yeah.... they put the disfigurement make up on the bald cap, then the wig over that....

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:07pm

I'm stupid. I've never actually seen the stage version, and I just saw that there was like a chunk taken out of his hear. Nevermind. lol. Just forget it!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:15pm

Stop Broadwayguy2.


Everyone is not as up to the minute on all things Broadway.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:22pm

Everyone is not as up to the minute on all things Broadway.

You mean Broadway as of 1988?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:30pm

BTW, credit for these photos should go to "PhantomV90," who posted them on musicalfans.net.

http://www.musicalfans.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=18307

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:36pm

I guess no one gets anything anymore.





Geez.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:46pm

I really liked his performance.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:47pm

In my opinion, he has one of the better U.S.A. Phantom "looks." Most Phantoms are done up a little awkwardly, John's is very original for America and fulfilling.

Thank you for post.

[Joshua488]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 6:03pm

You know what I just wondered?

What if, heaven forbid, something happened mid-show and the actor playing the Phantom couldn't continue the performance? Do they hold the show for however long it takes for the understudy to get put into makeup or is there a "quickie version"?

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 6:03pm

no, they make a preshow announcement and say "we are sorry the guy is ill, but be happy you won't be tortured anymore".

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 6:07pm

These days the only people who go see the show WANT to see it, though. So...you've become redundant. ttyl.

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 6:13pm

I think the understudy can perform most of it with the mask on and no makeup underneath, and then they quickly do something to him, but I'm not sure what.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 6:31pm

^It doesn't happen too often, but it does...

London now has a standby Phantom at the ready, but I'm not too sure if he has the makeup on during the show.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 6:38pm

I sleep with my make-up on....

You just never know.






Damn!? Is that cold outside?

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 6:47pm

"no, they make a preshow announcement and say "we are sorry the guy is ill, but be happy you won't be tortured anymore". :no, they make a preshow announcement and say "we are sorry the guy is ill, but be happy you won't be tortured anymore". "

Oh, give it a rest.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 7:27pm

I wonder about the makeup thing too...I mean they must do something, and I doubt they would make the standby put on makeup every day...or do they?

[SDav 10495]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 7:32pm

If something happened to the Phantom while he was onstage, they would just have to stop the show the way any other show would stop if, say, their lead tripped over a giant candelabra and broke a clavicle...they would get the standby ready in that time, I suppose.

If something happened at a time when the Phantom is offstage, I guess the crew would have to improvise based on what point of the show it was--but there are a number of long stretches in the show where the Phantom doesn't even have to be onstage, so those would be perfect for preparing the standby's makeup without having to hold everything else up. If they needed to, they could really just do it little by little throughout...he doesn't need it fully ready until "The Point of No Return" anyway.

Updated On: 12/21/06 at 07:32 PM

[Act4ever]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 7:40pm

they don't have the standby for Elphie waiting in the wings green...