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𝑨 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝕺𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖆 𝕲𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙... 🌹🎭

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The Phantom has returned to New York City! He is leaving cryptic puzzles for those who are watching for clues to his presence. Have you received a letter? Don't forget to sign his ledger! 🪶👀

Phantom Cosplay & Makeup: @phantomonabudget

Prosthetics: @studio_d_fx

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Full high quality scans of the 1881 in universe newspapers that were dropped at 6 newsstands in Manhattan this morning. Thanks IG user elissa_rizzo for both quickly snagging and sharing with everyone!

Note the two Le Monde Nouveau from 1880 and 1881 were not dropped. Looks like the front and back are different but the inside are the same which explains some of the timeline wonkiness.

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It's March 31st...👀

In my headcanon, Erik is very much involved with the running of the Opera Populaire. But when he hires Meg as his eager assistant, he comes to regret it. 🤦‍♂️

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"𝕯𝖆𝖒𝖓 𝒚𝒐𝒖!

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒂!

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏

𝑰𝒔 𝖙 𝖍 𝖎 𝖘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆?"

Christine Daaè Cosplay: @flagbridge

Phantom Cosplay & Makeup: @phantomonabudget

Prosthetic Design: @studio_d_fx (IG)

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"𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒛𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒊𝒔-𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎. ...𝑰𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓, 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒛𝒆: 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒐....𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓! ��𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓! 𝑨 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏: 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒔! 𝑰𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒔! 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒋𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉!"

(ɢᴀꜱᴛᴏɴ ʟᴇʀᴏᴜx, ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʜᴀɴᴛᴏᴍ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀ)

The scorpion and the grasshopper always hold a unique meaning to fans of Gaston Leroux's original Phantom novel. Erik's ultimatum to Christine forced her to choose between marrying her ghoulish captor, or deny him at the peril of everyone in the Opera House. It was implied that the grasshopper was connected to the stores of gunpowder Erik had wired to blow the building sky high.

I recently found this brilliant, antique Japanese bronze grasshopper figurine, and knew I had to acquire it. It just arrived from Japan, and is a brilliant piece. Paired with an antique Chinese scorpion and model caskets, it makes a beautiful addition to my Phantom collection.

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Michael Crawford's Face Cast

🎵 "𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂..." 🎵

This is Michael Crawford's face cast by legendary makeup artist, Christopher Tucker. It was used by Tucker in the development of the original Phantom deformity when the show launched in 1986.

As a longtime Phantom fan and special effects makeup enthusiast, it is so special to have one piece that two legends contributed to. Tucker, who is probably most famous for his incredible work on the prosthetic makeup for the film, The Elephant Man, was tasked with creating the Phantom's horrible, yet oddly sympathetic, facial deformity. Michael Crawford, of course, was the first and original Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega musical. The OG OG, if you will.

The face cast arrived today from Herefordshire 🇬🇧 and I am properly thrilled to see it take its place of honor. I never thought I'd own something like this. What an absolute privilege to be this piece's custodian. Sincerest thanks to @uk_heritage for their help in acquiring and safely transporting this piece.

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Could you gif the attack kiss from last night? It was definitely something 😳😆

Sure!

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Last year I did Erik with a violin, this year I've been lucky to get to do Erik with a piano!

Photos taken by @obliobla!

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When your boyfriends are more obsessed with each other than they are with you.

Grace Roberts, Jonathan Roxmouth, and Harry Mills, from Jonathan's Instagram. (x)

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This is Michael Crawford's face cast by makeup artist legend, Christopher Tucker. This face cast was used by Mr. Tucker in the development of the Phantom's makeup in Maria Björnson's brilliant original design.

...and I now own it. 😎🤯

I am very excited and honored to become the custodian of this rare piece of Phantom and effects makeup history.

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Broadwaycon wishing cosplay. Not sure who’s working harder, the wig or the bustle.

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Hmm...what do you think? 🤔

There would be endless fun to be had with the Opera House gang if all that murdery stuff hadn't happened. 🤷‍♀️ 😂

Phantom Cosplay: @phantomonabudget

Mask: @longshoremasks

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"𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝖋𝖊𝖆𝖗 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈..."

Phantom Cosplay & Makeup: @phantomonabudget

Prosthetic Design: @studio_d_fx

Some closeup shots of the famously unique paint scheme used in the Las Vegas production. This scheme is a radical departure from more conventional paint used in most replica productions. The bold paint job played well in a large theatre and became pretty iconic for phans of the production. It initially sparked a hot debate about the prosthetics beneath the paint. The prosthetic sculpt itself was made for Las Vegas production, and was a faithful but updated version of the original Crawford style prosthetics (photo 4).

Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular makeup design by MUA Ron Wild (pictured in photo 5 with me at the 2009 Phantom Phans Week in Las Vegas).

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my version of book Erik

without the mask

He's a depressed mess here 😊

At first I wanted him to look as close to the book as possible, but then I just couldn't resist giving him this haircut and changing a few other things because why not.

I plan on drawing other characters and more of Erik too, so hopefully I'll have enough time lol.

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"This was something a lot of us waited to come back to." - Jonathan Roxmouth

After being delayed indefinitely due to the pandemic, the relaunched Phantom of the Opera World Tour in China has finally wrapped up successfully following seven months of touring seven cities in Shenzhen, Xi’an, Shanghai, Suzhou, Chengdu, Beijing, and Guangzhou. A huge mission accomplished, years in the making!

This is their final curtain call in Guangzhou on January 26, 2025.

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UNADULTERATED LOATHING

Jonathan Roxmouth and Hope Lavelle