Laird Mackintosh (born in

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) is a Canadian actor based in

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. He notably played the title role for the last performance of '' The Phantom of the Opera'' on Broadway.Laird Mackintosh Will Play Phantom of the Opera's Final Broadway Performance; Principal Ben Crawford Sidelined
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'' at the

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in New York City. Mackintosh began his career as a dancer in the

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(1990-1992). He studied at L'Ecole Superieure de Danse du Quebec (Montreal),

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's School of Classical Ballet in New York City and The National Ballet School in Toronto. In 1993 he joined the Toronto (LivEnt) production of

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's '' The Phantom of the Opera'' in the role of Porter/Marksman and subsequently went on to play the leading role of Raoul for three years and also to understudy the role of the Phantom. He performed with Toronto's ''

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'' between 1997 and 2002. In 2002, Mackintosh joined the company of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival appearing as Freddy Eynesford-Hill in '' My Fair Lady''. He remained with the company for eight seasons, playing many leading roles. He has also played Robert in '' The Drowsy Chaperone'' (Vancouver), Phil Davis in ''White Christmas'' (Halifax), Prince Charming in Ross Petty's ''Cinderella'' (Toronto), Gustl in '' The Land of Smiles'', Rapunzel’s Prince in ''

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'' (Avon Theatre), and Algernon Moncrieff in ''Earnest, the Importance of Being'' (Toronto Operetta Theatre). He played Nicky Goldberg in the independent film ''Songbird'' directed by Alex Boothby, Don Giovanni in ''Avenging Angelo'' (

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/Warner Bros.), Young Anwyn Noble in '' Prince Charming'' (

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/Hallmark) and Bob Kachler in ''Rad'' (

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/Taliafilm). He played Gabriel John Utterson in the 2013 Broadway revival of ''

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''. On August 26, 2013, Mackintosh joined the Broadway cast of '' The Phantom of the Opera'' as Monsieur André and an understudy for The Phantom. On May 5, 2014, he performed a one-week limited engagement as the Phantom between Hugh Panaro's departure and Norm Lewis' arrival. He concluded his limited run as the Phantom on May 12, and then continued to play Monsieur André until September 2019. He returned as the Phantom on March 6, 2023, for a charity performance on April 14, 2023, and for the final two performances on April 15 and 16, 2023 while

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was sick. In December 2019, he joined the U.S. tour of ''My Fair Lady'' in the role of Henry Higgins.

References

External links

Official website
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Laird Mackintosh: Credits, Bio, News & More , Broadway World

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