Actor Biographies: J
Jacoby, Mark (The Phantom) Broadway: original Father,
Ragtime; Gaylord Ravenal, Showboat (Tony, Outer Critics and Joseph
Jefferson Award nominations);the Phantom, The Phantom of the Opera;
Baron von Gaigern, Grand Hotel; Vitorio Vidal, Sweet Charity (Theatre
World Award). Off-Broadway: the Playwright, Enter the Guardsmen (Drama
Desk nomination). National tour: John Jasper, The Mystery of Edwin
Drood. Regional: Peter Dummerut, The Visit (Goodman Theatre, world
premiere); King Arthur, Camelot (St. Louis MUNY); Guido Contini, Nine
(Chicago premiere, Joseph Jefferson Award); Oscar Jaffe, On the Twentieth
Century (Goodspeed Opera House, Connecticut Drama Critics Award);
Robert, Robert and Elizabeth (Paper Mill Playhouse inaugural production).
Mark Jacoby as the Phantom
Dates 2/91 - 6/93
Jeffries, Geena (Carlotta) is proud to be performing in the
San Francisco company of The Phantom of the Opera. In the fall
of 1995 she made her Carnegie Hall Debut under the Baton of John Rutter
as the soprano soloist in the Mozart Regina Coeli, the Schubert Mass
in G Major and Rutter's Magnificat. Last year she toured the U.S.
with Phantom's 3rd National Company in the role of Carlotta.
She has performed leading operatic roles regionally with such companies
as Tulsa Opera, Opera Colorado and Chicago's Light Opera Works. One
of the high points in her career was performing Gilbert & Sullivan's
Princess Ida in Boulder Colorado under the dirction of John Reed.
Other credits include performing in a Jazz ensemble at the New Orleans
World's Fair, touring as the opening act for a country western band,
and numerous engagements alongside her father as a country duet. The
two are currently working on a recording project together. She has
also worked commerically in the field of voiceovers. In the spring
of 1992 Ms. Jeffries was honored to be a Metropolitan Natinal Finalist.
When back home in New York, she sings in a Black Gospel Choir that
reaches out to the homeless. "This one's for you guys!"
Geena Jeffries as Carlotta
Dates 11/97 - 2/98
Jellison, John (M. LeFevre/Firechief) has appeared on Broadway 17 times, including All Shook Up; Caroline, or Change; Oklahoma!; Putting It Together; On the Town; The Capeman; Titanic; Crazy for You; Mastergate; Me and My Girl; Sunday in the Park With George; Baby. Off-Broadway: Assassins, A New Brain, If It Was Easy. Family: Claudine and Matthew.
Dates 10/05
Jennings, Diane (Page/Spanish Lady) originally from Hemet,
CA, and a graduate of the University of Redlands recently returned
from Austria and Germany. Operatic principal roles: Bavarian State
Opera, Munich; Salzburg Festival; Theatres of Aachen, Bielefeld, Krefeld,
Mainz, Salzburg and Verona. Concert soloist; Austrian Radio Orchestra,
Berlin Philharmonic, Mozarteum Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic and
West German Orchestra. There's no place like home!
Dates 4/98 - 4/99, 5/99 - ?/??
Jerome, Tim Featured in movies, radio dramas, regional theatres, a dozen Broadway shows (one Tony nom.), some opera (years ago). Visit his website: broadwayusa.org
Tim Jerome as the Firechief
Dates 1/05 - 9/05 (Firechief); 10/5 - 2/06 (M. Firmin)
Johnson, Melody (Mme. Firmin) Melody Johnson is A.K.A Melody
Rubie.
Dates 9/93 - 8/02, 6/03 - present
Jones, Cherylyn (Ballet Chorus) A native Texan, toured extensively
here and abroad as a principal dancer with the Feld Ballet and Twyla
Tharp dance. She made her Broadway debut with Jerome Robbins Broadway.
Other credits include guest artist with New York City Opera and television
appearances on "One Life to Live." Her greatest role to date, however,
is that of mother to her two sons Garret and Chase.
Dates 7/90 - ?/??
Jones, Matthew R. (Swing) is happy to be returning to Phantom
after having just completed a production of 1776 at Washington
D.C.'s historic Ford's Theatre. He was seen as Bandleader Wallace
Hartley on board Broadway's Titanic, Magaldi in Great Expectations,
Lancelot in Camelot and Ravenal in Show Boat at various
regional theatres.
Dates 7/96 - 3/05
Jones, Patrick (Piangi) Patrick Jones, originally from Illion,
NY in the Mohawk River Valley, makes his Broadway debut in The
Phantom of the Opera. His versatile talents have resulted in performing
a wide variety of roles. This year he's added Herodes (Salome); Don
Basilio (Le Nozze di Figaro); Pirelli (Sweeney Todd); Pong (Turandot)
and Bardolfo (Falstaff) to his repertoire. Other roles include Ernesto
(Don Pasquale); Beppe (Pagliacci); Scratch (The Devil and Daniel Webster)
and Edwin (Trial by Jury). He's sung with such companies as Vancouver
Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, Madison Opera and Teatro Lyrico D'Europa.
In addition to his operatic work, Mr. Jones has sung as tenor soloist
in The Verdi Requiem, Handel's Messiah, the Bach Magnificant and several
cantatas.
Dates 9/95 - 9/96
Joseph, Sandra (Christine Daae) is thrilled to return to the
Broadway company of Phantom as Christine, a role she has played
here at The Majestic and in more than a dozen theatres across the
U.S. Sandra is married to one of her previous Phantom co-stars,
Ron Bohmer. They recently performed together in The Scarlet Pimpernel
(The New Theatre, KS) and the Yeston/Kopit Phantom (Pioneer
Theatre, UT). Off-Broadway, Sandra performed in the world premiere
of Jonathan Sheffer's critically acclaimed work Blood on the Dining
Room Floor at WPA. In the fall of 2000, she made her New York
City Opera debut as Flora in Britten's The Turn of the Screw.
Television appearances include “Late Night with Conan O'Brien,”
“One Life to Live” and “The View.” Sandra
is originally from Detroit and holds a B.A. from Michigan State University.
She is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.
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Dates 2/98 - 8/99, 12/00 - 8/01, 6/03 - 4.15.06
Judd, Rebecca (Mme. Giry) Originally from California, Rebecca
is thrilled to be returning to the West Coast fot her San Francisco
debut. Rebecca was last seen as Madame Giry in the Broadway production
of The Phantom of the Opera. Prior to that, she created the
role of Claire in the Broadway production of The Secret Garden,
and she was seen in the revival of Sweeney Todd. Nationally
and internationally, Rebecca toured as Madame Giry in The Phantom
of the Opera, Sharah Brown in Guys and Dolls, Rizzo in
Grease. Her Off-Broadway credits include Lost in the Stars
at the York Theatre Company and Lula in Dutchman with the Black History
Repertory Company. Regionally, Rebecca has played Lizzi in 110
in the Shade, Helema in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Aldonza
in Man of La Mancha, and the title role in Evita. Ms.
Judd can be heard on the CD Christmas Center Stage, released by the
San Francisco cast of The Phantom of the Opera, benefiting
Pediatric AIDS in the Bay Area and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS,
now abailable at Virgin Records and Tower Records.
Rebecca Judd as Mme. Giry
Dates 1/96 - 2/96
Judge, Leslie (Ballet Chorus) after attending the School of
American Ballet for six years, danced for the Fort Worth Ballet then
with Metropolitan Opera Ballet. She has also choreographed and danced
in the Vanessa Williams music video "Love Is." She sometimes can be
seen on "Guiding Light."
Dates 10/99