{"id":131305,"date":"2018-12-18T13:16:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T13:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgianewsdesk.com\/news\/story\/131305\/23yearold-eric-anthony-lopez-makes-broadway-musical-history.html"},"modified":"2018-12-18T13:16:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T13:16:12","slug":"23yearold-eric-anthony-lopez-makes-broadway-musical-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.honolulunewsnow.com\/news\/story\/131305\/23yearold-eric-anthony-lopez-makes-broadway-musical-history.html","title":{"rendered":"23-year-old Eric Anthony Lopez Makes Broadway Musical History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;width:250px;padding:8px 10px 10px 10px\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1545082027.jpeg\" style=\"border:none !important\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29\" title=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1545082027.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The original Harold Prince staging of Broadway&#8217;s longest-running musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber&#8217;s <em>The P<\/em><em>hantom&nbsp;<\/em><em>of&nbsp;<\/em><em>the&nbsp;<\/em><em>Opera&nbsp;<\/em>musical is set for new World Tour, which kicks off in February 2019 in Manila, starring <em>Love<\/em><em>Never<\/em><em>Dies<\/em>Star Meghan Picerno.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"WordSection2\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p class=\"caps\">23-year-old Eric Anthony Lopez (fresh off his critically acclaimed run as Tenor Tony in the Chicago Revival of Terrence McNally\u02bcs Tony Award-winning play MASTER CLASS) is making theatrical history by becoming the youngest actor, understudy or otherwise to be cast to portray role of &ldquo;Ubaldo Pianji&rdquo; in the history of <em>The&nbsp;<\/em><em>Phantom <\/em><em>of <\/em><em>the <\/em><em>Opera&nbsp;<\/em>worldwide franchise. Lopez will understudy the leading opera tenor role, with his main responsibilities in the ensemble for the musicals 8 shows a week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After numerous rounds of callbacks, with the final session reviewed by PHANTOM composer Andrew Lloyd Webber &amp; titan producer Cameron Mackintosh&nbsp;of The Really Useful Group, Lopez got the call in June 2018.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"WordSection3\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>&ldquo;I am so incredibly thankful to be involved with my favorite show that already has so much legacy behind it. Getting the opportunity to see the world, Singing Sir. Andrew Lloyd Webber\u02bcs score &amp; make a living being a performer is really a dream come true&rdquo; Lopez said his @eric.anthony.lopez Instagram, which boasts an impressive 19k and counting following:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v1G7VGlg9Wc\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v1G7VGlg9Wc<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"WordSection4\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>Lopez\u02bcs notable credits include GRAMMY Nominated <em>Broadway Inspirational <\/em><em>Voices <\/em>(Michael McElroy, Dir.), Tony in Terrence McNally\u02bcs Tony Award-winning Master Class (Chicago), Chorus Ensemble of <em>Crazy <\/em><em>For <\/em><em>You <\/em>(The 25th Anniversary @ Lincoln Center), Puccini\u02bcs <em>Tosca&nbsp;<\/em>(London\u02bcs New Wimbledon Theatre), <em>Elijah <\/em>(Australia\u02bcs Sydney Opera House)<em>, <\/em><em>&amp; <\/em>FOX\u02bcs American Idol (2015)<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lopez\u02bcs 2016 studio album <em>21 <\/em><em>&amp; Counting <\/em>(featuring a&nbsp;<em>Love Never Dies <\/em>duet with Tony Award Nominee &amp; <em>Phantom <\/em>Icon Rebecca Lucker) is available on iTunes<em>: <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ericanthonylopez.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>w<\/em>ww.ericanthonylopez.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is produced by Cameron Mackintosh&nbsp;&amp; The Really Useful Group, features music by Lloyd Webber, direction by Harold Prince, lyrics by Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe), and a book by Stilgoe and Lloyd Webber. The musical also features design by the late Maria Bj&ouml;rnson, lighting by Andrew Bridge, and sound design by Mick Potter&nbsp;with original sound by Martin Levan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"WordSection5\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Musical staging and choreography are by the late Gillian Lynne. The musical has played to over 145 million people in 150 cities across 30 countries. It has won more than 70 major theatre awards, including seven Tony Awards and four Olivier Awards, including one for Best Musical. Orchestrations are by David Cullen &amp; Lloyd Webber.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:18px !important'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/companyname\/kaartistagency.com_41949.html\">KAA Agency<\/a><br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Kevin Andrews <br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/email_contact_us.php?pr=23yearold-eric-anthony-lopez-makes-broadway-musical-history\">Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 917-994-8728<br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kaartistagency.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.kaartistagency.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/press_stat.php?pr=23yearold-eric-anthony-lopez-makes-broadway-musical-history\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The original Harold Prince staging of Broadway&#8217;s longest-running musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber&#8217;s The Phantom&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Opera&nbsp;musical is set for new World Tour, which kicks off in February 2019 in Manila, starring LoveNeverDiesStar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.honolulunewsnow.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131305"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.honolulunewsnow.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.honolulunewsnow.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.honolulunewsnow.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.honolulunewsnow.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.honolulunewsnow.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.honolulunewsnow.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.honolulunewsnow.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.honolulunewsnow.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}