The McAninch Arts Center presents “The Four Phantoms in Concert” for one performance only, Saturday, Dec. 7. Veteran “Phantom of the Opera” singers Brent Barrett, John Cudia, Franc D’Ambrosio and Ciarán Sheehan, who cumulatively have performed the iconic Phantom role more than 6,000 times, celebrate the music of Broadway and more. Kaley Ann Voorhees, who played the role of Christine in the Broadway production, joins them as a special guest.
The show provides a non-stop, roller coaster ride of emotional highs and lows from the jovial buddy song "Old Friends" to the solemn soul-gripping "Bring Him Home” and includes a stunning finale paying tribute to “The Phantom of the Opera.” “The four men have studly voices – full and rich, like falling into a vat of dark chocolate” (We Are Green Bay).
The Four Phantoms. Photo by Dave Burke
Collectively, Barrett, Cudia, D’ Ambrosio and Sheehan have graced stages around the world from Germany to London to Toronto and across the U.S. in cities including New York City, Chicago, Las Vegas and San Francisco.
Barrett has entertained millions of fans around the world from the stages of Broadway, the West End, concert halls, recording studios, and television. He recently reprised his role as Billy Flynn in the Tony Award winning hit, “CHICAGO-The Musical,” for which he received a LA Drama Critics Award.
Cudia holds the distinct honor of being the first and only actor to have performed both as the Phantom in “The Phantom of the Opera” and Jean Valjean in “Les Misérables” on Broadway. A lyric tenor, he proudly made his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Curly in their production of “Oklahoma!”
D’Ambrosio is best known for his impressive portrayal of the lead role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning musical, “The Phantom of the Opera.” Affectionately known as the “Iron Man of the Mask,” D’Ambrosio held the title of “The World’s Longest-Running Phantom” for more than a decade, bringing over five million theatergoers to their feet in a six and one-half year run.
Sheehan, a native of Dublin, Ireland, has performed the title role in “The Phantom of the Opera” to critical acclaim both on Broadway and in Toronto. He also had the honor to sing the memorial mass for John and Carolyn Kennedy (1999), and the funeral mass for Beau Biden (2015), at the request of then Vice President Joe Biden.
Their most recent album, “The Four Phantoms in Concert—Live at Feinstein’s/54 Below” was released in March 2024 on Broadway Records. All four Phantoms, plus soloist Voorhees, were featured in a PBS special broadcast “The Four Phantoms in Concert” this past summer.
Tickets
McAninch Arts Center, located at 425 Fawell Blvd. on the campus of College of DuPage, presents “The Four Phantoms in Concert,” Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $59-$69.
To order or for more information visit www.AtTheMAC.org or call 630.942.4000. The McAninch Box Office is open Tuesday – Saturday, noon – 6 p.m. and two hours prior to performance.
Share the Spirit of the Holiday
Nov. 14 - Dec. 21 the MAC Giving Tree, located in the MAC lobby, will be accepting food donations for COD Fuel Pantry and People's Resource Center.
About the MAC
McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage is located 25 miles west of Chicago near I-88 and I-355. It houses three indoor performance spaces (780-seat proscenium Belushi Performance Hall; 186-seat soft-thrust Playhouse Theatre; and a versatile black box Studio Theatre), outdoor Lakeside Pavilion, plus the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and classrooms for the college’s academic programming. The MAC has presented theater, music, dance and visual art to more than 1.5 million people since its opening in 1986 and typically welcomes more than 100,000 patrons from the greater Chicago area to more than 230 performances each season.
The mission of the MAC is to foster enlightened educational and performance opportunities, which encourage artistic expression, establish a lasting relationship between people and art, and enrich the cultural vitality of the community. For more information about the MAC, visit www.AtTheMAC.org or @AtTheMAC on Facebook and Instagram.
Support for the McAninch Arts Center is provided in part by Brookdale Senior Living Glen Ellyn, Anonymous, College of DuPage Foundation, Sullivan Taylor Family Trust, DuPage Foundation, Ball Horticultural, Frank Modruson & Lynne Shigley, Enjoy Illinois, Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Media Sponsor is WDCB 90.9 FM, Hotel Sponsor is DoubleTree by Hilton Lisle/Naperville.
Established as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization in 1967, the College of DuPage Foundation raises monetary and in-kind gifts to increase access to education and to enhance cultural opportunities for the surrounding community. For more information about the College of DuPage Foundation, visit www.foundation.cod.edu or call 630.942.2462.