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Katie Travis, Bay Cityan starring in new Phantom of the Opera production.

LOCAL SONGBIRD SOARS: Katie Travis in New Phantom of the Opera Company

October 24, 2014       1 Comments
By: Dave Rogers

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A local singing star, Katie Travis, has been selected to play a leading role in a new national tour of Phantom of the Opera.

Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group announced that Chris Mann, Katie Travis, Storm Lineberger and Anne Kanengeiser will join the cast of the spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera currently at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on the start of a national tour.

A native of Bay City and graduate of Central High, Katie is a versatile soprano equally at home singing operetta through contemporary musical theater. She began performing in Youth Theatre at the Bay City Players and starred in productions at Central and Central Michigan University.

A graduate of CMU, Katie is passionate about global music education. In the fall of 2012, she spent time teaching music in Ghana at The Beacon House School, an orphanage for children in Accra. And, in June she completed a marathon in fundraising for the Beacon School.

She is the daughter of Paul and Louanne Travis of Bay City.

She has performed principal roles at The Fireside Theater, Liederkranz Opera Theater and at the Quisisana Resort Theater. In July of 2013, she performed the role of Cosette in Les Miserables at the St. Louis MUNY alongside Norm Lewis, and Hugh Panero. She is a recent winner of the Lys Symonette award for her performance at the 2014 Lotte Lenya Competition.

With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of Phantom, one of the most successful musicals of all-time, is performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making this one of the largest productions on tour in North America.

Based on the classic novel Le Fantôme de L'Opéra by Gaston Leroux, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it. He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine (Katie Travis), and devotes himself to creating a new star by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods at his command.

Beginning November 25 at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL, Chris Mann will portray the man behind the mask, 'The Phantom,' with Katie Travis as 'Christine Daaé,' Storm Lineberger as 'Raoul' and Anne Kanengeiser as 'Madame Giry.' David Benoit will also return to the role of 'Monsieur Firmin' and Morgan Cowling will assume the role of 'Meg Giry.'

They join current cast members Jacquelynne Fontaine as 'Carlotta Giudicelli,' Edward Staudenmayer as 'Monsieur André' and Frank Viveros as 'Ubaldo Piangi.'

For more information on the production and a video sneak peek, please visit www.ThePhantomOfTheOpera.com/USTour Andrew Lloyd Webber said, "It's wonderful to have a new production of PHANTOM touring America now that the show has celebrated over 26 years on Broadway. Director Laurence Connor has done an amazing job and this production has received huge critical acclaim in the UK."

Cameron Mackintosh said, 'After a glorious celebration of 26 phenomenal years on Broadway with no end in sight, I'm delighted that this dazzling new production of PHANTOM has been phenomenally well-received by both audiences and critics alike in the U.K. and now the U.S. With an exciting new design and staging, retaining Maria Björnson's amazing costumes, I am confident North American audiences will fall in love with the PHANTOM in his new guise -- for the first time or all over again."

This new production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is directed by Laurence Connor (the 25th Anniversary production of LES MISERABLES now on Broadway) with choreography by Scott Ambler, set design by Paul Brown, Tony Award-winning original costume design by Maria Björnson, lighting design by Tony Award-winner Paule Constable, sound design by Mick Potter and musical supervision by John Rigby. The production is overseen by Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics are by Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe) and the book is by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Orchestrations are by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

There are currently eight productions of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA around the world: the flagship London production (approaching 28 Years and counting), New York (26½ Years and counting), Sapporo (Japan, 25 Years and counting, in repertory), Budapest (Hungary), Hamburg (Germany), the Asian Pacific Tour (now in Taipei, Taiwan), Moscow (Russia, which has its official opening on October 4) and Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production now on North American Tour. Following Moscow, the next international openings will be in Hong Kong in December 2014 and Istanbul (Turkey) in April 2015. Worldwide, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has played over 65,000 performances that have been seen by 140 million people in 30 countries and 151 cities in 14 languages. The show has won more than 70 major theater awards. There have been three previous U.S. National Tours of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA that grossed over $1.5 billion in combined box office sales and played 216 engagements in 77 cities for an unprecedented total of 36 years and over 14,500 performances to 31 million people.

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Jmtippman Says:       On October 27, 2014 at 01:58 PM
Good Luck Katie we are so proud of you!!!
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Dave Rogers

Dave Rogers is a former editorial writer for the Bay City Times and a widely read,
respected journalist/writer in and around Bay City.
(Contact Dave Via Email at carraroe@aol.com)

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