Anthony Crivello, great in anything he does, is not a very tall individual.
Peter Lokyear (spelled that wrong I know, he is currently in South Pacific), he also is smallish for a phantom.
On the other hand, London sometimes has GIANTS as the Phantom. Nic Greenshields, alternate Phantom a couple of years ago, I believe was 6'4 or around there.
Munkustrap, a huge phan might know this and I care because I'm really short and would kill to play the phantom when I'm old enough. So far, of the heights I can find, Wilkinson is the shortest at 5'8. All of the others I was able to find are 5'11- if that's considered short, I don't have a chance in hell.
Funny my problem with Phantom is that the phantom is as small as Christine in most productions...Michael Crawford looked huge and scary as the Phantom....especially in the Mascarade number..the other 4 or 5 I have seen are not intimidating in stature just vocally and it ruins the show for me...just like gerard Butler in the movie skinny and slight....Raul would have kicked his ass LOL
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Funny, Tony Crivello looked really tall when I saw clips of him in Les Mis... but that might have just been his enormous hair. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo_JqU8vxeI
If they have a short Christine, they can cast a short Phantom, though, as long as you're still an inch or two taller than her.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
I'm 5'7" and he's definitely more than just two inches taller than I am, even if I'm wearing heels.
And I'll second was Cape Twirl said...Howard is very tall.
David Gaschen isn't too tall and has understudied the role a lot, as well as playing it abroad...and I've heard speculation that he's never been considered for the role full-time with the Broadway company.
I know Hugh Panaro's taller than Colm Wilkinson, because he said he was considered for the role of Marius in the original cast on Broadway, but Colm Wilkinson was having back problems (probably from hauling Michael Ball around in the original London cast every night!) and they needed a Marius who was under 5'8" or something like that.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Didn't have a chance to pull it from my file this morning, but I have a copy of Hugh's CV (from right around the time he played Marius) and it gives his height as 6'