Actor Biographies: K
Kantor, Kenneth (M. Lefevre/Firechief) Ten Broadway
productions including revivals of Guys and Dolls, Mame, Brigadoon,
…Forum (standby for Nathan Lane and Whoopi Goldberg). Four
seasons, principal artist, New York City Opera. Off-Broadway: The
Fantasticks. National appearances: Oklahoma! (Jud), Peter
Pan (Captain Hook), Waiting for Godot (Vladimir), Shenandoah
(Charlie Anderson), Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick)
Dates 7/04 - 1/05; 1/06 - present
Katona, Raissa (Princess) most recently performed the role
of Jellylorum/Griddlebone in the first national tour of Cats. Some
of her favorite stock and regional roles include Johanna in Sweeney
Todd; Luisa in The Fantasticks; and Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance.
She holds a BM from Hartt School of Music and studies voice with Carmel
Harris. Raissa is married to actor Frank Mastrone and is delighted
to be making her Broadway debut in Phantom.
Dates 4/89 - 4/94
Kaye, Judy (Carlotta) the winner of a 1988 Tony Award and
Drama Desk nomination for this performance, won a Theatre World Award,
L. A. Drama Critics' Circle Award and her first Drama Desk nomination
playing Lily Garland in On The Twentieth Century, directed
by Hal Prince. She starred in Broadway in The Moony Shapiro Songbook;
Oh Brother! and Grease. Her national tours and regional productions
include...20th Century; Grease; Fiddler On The Roof!, Jesus Christ
Superstar; You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown and Annie Get Your Gun.
Ms. Kaye debuted with the Santa Fe Opera as Eurydice in Offenbach's
Orpheus in the Underworld, as Dinah in Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti
for the Anchorage Opera and as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd
for Michigan Opera Theatre. Her most recent concert appearance was
in Villa-Lobos' Magdalena at N. Y. 's Alice Tully Hall which she also
recorded. Her other recordings include A Stephen Sondheim Evening,
Songs of New York and her own solo album Where Oh Where: Rare Songs
of the American Musical Theatre. Miss Kaye's critically acclaimed
nightclub act has played N. Y. and L. A. and she was featured as Alan
King's daughter in Just Tell Me What You Want, and in TV roles on
"Kojak," "The Doctors" and "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town." She is married
to actor David Green.
Judy Kaye as Carlotta
Dates 1/88 - 1/89
Keegan, Ted (M. Reyer/Jeweler, The Phantom) has appeared as
The Phantom in the Broadway company for the past two years when not
playing the role of Reyer. Ted made his Broadway debut in the highly
acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd as Anthony
Hoper and the Birdseller. He has also appeared in Cyrano: The Musical
and was seen as Mordred in the Robert Goulet Camelot in St.
Louis. In Europe, he has been seen as the Phantom in the Maury Yeston
Phantom. Across America, he has been seen as Freddy in My
Fair Lady, Herman in The Most Happy Fella and Constantine
in A Day in Hollywood, A Night in Ukraine. Most recently, he
has received critic and audience accliam in his one-man show, Ted
Keegan Sings Broadway.
Ted Keegan as Phantom
Dates 5/95 - 3/99, 7/99 - 8/99 (M. Reyer/Jeweler); 8/99
(The Phantom)
Keller, Jeff (Porter/Marksman, M. Andre, The Phantom, M.Firmin)
is an original cast member of The Phantom of the Opera and
the first American to play The Phantom on Broadway. Other Broadway
credits: Candide; Perchick opposite Zero Mostel in Fiddler
on the Roof; The Roast directed by Carl Reiner; Johnny
Cantone in The 1940's Radio Hour, for which he received a Drama
Desk nomination; Sunday in the Park with George performing
various roles including George Seurat, which he repeated in the West
Coast premiere of the show, winning the San Francisco Theater Critics
Circle Award; Max in On the Twentieth Century; Jule Stein's
One Night Stand; Alan Jay Lerner's Dance a Little Closer;
and Marley's Ghost in Alan Menken's A Christmas Carol. Off-Broadway:
Barnaby in Charlotte Sweet, Sam in Personals. Numerous
concert, TV and repertory theatre performances. Since 1999, audiences
in Brazil have given Jeff a new career as one of that country's singing
stars.
Dates 1/88 - 3/89 (Porter/Marksman); 4/89 - 5/94, 7/94
- 4/01 (M. Andre); 5/94 - 7/94 (The Phantom); 4/01 - 9/05(M.Firmin)
Jeff Keller as Firmin (w/George Lee Andrews) Jeff Keller as Andre (w/ George Lee Andrew and Elena Batman) Jeff Keller w/ GLA
Ketchie, Diane (Wardrobe Mistress/Confidante/Spanish Lady)
Diane Ketchie comes directly from the Broadway cast of The Phantom
of the Opera. Operatic credits include leading roles with Lyric
Opera Cleveland, Opera Delaware, North Carolina Opera, Charlotta Opera,
Skylight Comic Opera and Treasure Coast Opera. Last winter she recieved
rave reviews as both singer and pianist in an operatic premiere at
the Cirlcle Tepertory Theatre Off-Broadway. Her New York Recital debut
at Carnegie Hall was sponsored by Artists International as a result
of their annual competition. She has appeared as a guest artist with
the Milwaukee Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Allentown Symphony, Pennsylvania
Sinfonia, and the Rankweil Chamber Orchestra of Austria.
Diane Ketchie as Carlotta
Dates 5/93 - 9/93
Kevoian, Peter (M. Reyer) Broadway and national tours include
Zorba with Anthony Quin;; Cats - Gus/Growltiger; John Browns Body
with Rock Hudson; and Joe Laytons Gone With The Wind. On television
Peter has been seen on LA Law; MacMillan; The Stockard Channing Show;
All My Children and Ryans Hope.
Dates 1/88 - 5/90
Kirby, Christopher BIO NOT FOUND
Dates UNKNOWN
Klein, Kara (Ballet Chorus/ Meg Giry) is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut after spending two and half years wit the Nat'l TOur of The Phantom of the Opera. Regional: Bye Bye Birdie (City Center Encores), Beauty and the Beast (NSMT), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (New York and Denver). Film: Mona Lisa Smile. Graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts. Thanks Mom and Dad for helping make my dreams come true. To my family and fiancee Michael, thanks for all your love and support.
Kara Klein as Meg
Dates 3/05 - 1/06 (Meg); 1/06 - present (Ballet Chorus)
Koop, Kris (Spanish Lady, Page)
Cats nat'l (Opera Cat, u/s Grizabella); MTC: Night Music
(Anne); Cleveland Opera: Fiddler (Hodel); Paper Mill: Show
Boat (for PBS); SSMT: Oklahoma! (Laurie), Brigadoon
(Fiona), Show Boat (Julie), Seven Brides (Millie). "1940's
Radio Show" on AMC TV. Love to husband Steve, Mom, Dad, family and
friends. Thank God!
Dates 2/01 - 7/01 (Spanish Lady); 7/01 - present (Page)
Kristien, Dale (Christine Daae) returns to Broadway and New
York after an abscence of nearly five years when she appeared as Magnolia
in the revival of Show Boat starring Donald O'Connor. She also appeared
with Richard Harris and Richard Burton in the revival of Camelot.
Since then she has lived very happily in Los Angeles active in both
theatre and television. For two years she played Janet on Days of
our Lives and recently appeared in a recurring role on Knots Landing.
Other television appearances include Superior Court and a performance
on Good Morning America. Her latest theatrical achievements include
Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance in Sacramento, Houston and San Bernadino;
Julie Jordan in Carousel; Margot in The Desert Song; and the Los Angeles
premiere of The Gift of the Magi.
Dale Kristien as Christine Daae
Dates 7/88 - 3/89
Kristina, Lisa (Swing) a native of Chicago Heights, has earned music degrees from DePaul University, the Manhattan School of Music, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her career as musical director, pianist, and singer has taken her throughout North America and Europe. Dr. Kristina has numerous theatrical credits in Germany and the United States, working on such shows as Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard, Cats, Les Miserables, and Beauty and the Beast. She has been musical director for productions of Nunsense 3, She Loves Me, and Little Shop of Horrors. An extremely versatile performer, Dr. Kristina has been a soloist with several American symphony orchestras, choral groups, and opera companies, and she has been heard live on WFMT both as a singer and pianist. Dr. Kristina was inducted into the Marian Catholic High School Hall of Fame in 1999, has been Artistic Director of the Grande Prairie Singers since 2001, is music director at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Flossmoor, and is a faculty member at Prairie State College and DePaul University.
Dates UNKNOWN
Kuether, John (Passarino and/or Don Attilio and/or Auctioneer)
spent two years witht he Basel, Switzerland productions of Phantom,
as performer and Resident Director. Other credits: Don Magnifico in
Cenerentola. Escamillio in Peter Brook's La Tragedy de Carmen
and the Beast in Philip Glass' La Belle et la Bete, He's sung
with the Santa Fe, Seattle, Houston Grad, and the minnesota operas
and A.R.T John sand the role of Doc in Leonard Bernstein's A Quiet
Place with the Vienna State Opera, Maestro Bernstein conducting.
Dates 1/98 - 4/03