Thomas James O'Leary
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Thomas James O'Leary is an American actor
. O'Leary began his acting career on the theater stage in New York, broadening to Broadway theaters, and finally to film and television.
He performed the Phantom in the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber
's The Phantom of the Opera
for three and a half years. He was chosen by Harold Prince
to perform the title role
for the 10th anniversary celebration in 1998.
O'Leary lives in Los Angeles
.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. O'Leary began his acting career on the theater stage in New York, broadening to Broadway theaters, and finally to film and television.
He performed the Phantom in the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
's The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...
for three and a half years. He was chosen by Harold Prince
Hal Prince
Harold Smith Prince is an American theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical productions of the past half-century...
to perform the title role
Title role
The title role in the performing arts is the performance part that gives the title to the piece, as in Aida, Giselle, Michael Collins or Othello. The actor, singer or dancer who performs that part is also said to have the title role....
for the 10th anniversary celebration in 1998.
O'Leary lives in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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.