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Ted Keegan is an American musical theatre actor who is most well known for playing the title role in '' The Phantom of the Opera'' all over the United States for over 25 years.Ted Keegan AboutTheArtists
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Career

Keegan's notable Broadway credits outside of ''The Phantom of the Opera'' include roles in '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', '' Camelot'', '' Cyrano: The Musical'', and ''Pippin''.Playbill
/ref> In 1999, Keegan was promoted from his usual role in '' The Phantom of the Opera'' on Broadway as Monsieur Reyer to principal Phantom as he replaced
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took over. This made Keegan the twelfth principal Phantom on Broadway.See 20 Masked Men of Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera
/ref> Also in 1999, Keegan started a 4-year stint in the 3rd US national tour as The Phantom before joining the Las Vegas company in 2006. In 2010, Keegan played Monsieur André in the Broadway company of ''Phantom'' and returned in different roles in 2013 and stayed with the Broadway company on and off for 10 years in many roles while also being a Phantom understudy. He was in the closing cast of the Broadway company its last 2 years. During the show's last two weeks, Keegan alternated in the title role with Jeremy Stolle and
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was sick.


Stage credits

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References

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