Sometimes they're in the middle of reading the newspaper, and you have to get them to go. They have to rely on you to come in and tell them it's time to go. “You're in charge of making sure that the Phantom gets to and from the stage. I carried my notes for two months,” Nelson says. When he first found out he would be suiting up the iconic titular character, Nelson was intimidated. There are 16 dressers at The Phantom of the Opera each one is assigned to a specific track. I think the way you move up is by treating all of the actors as if they are the star.” Andrew Nelson (second from the left) on location for Victoria's Secret “When I found out that I was going to be dressing the Phantom, I was dressing Carlotta. “I was a swing for a couple of months, then became the Carlotta dresser for a year,” he says.
“You know, steaming for shoots or taking care of ironing shirts for them.”Ī dancer friend introduced him to the wardrobe supervisor at Phantom. He then went on to manage a photo studio where he got involved with wardrobe. “I worked with Victoria’s Secret, traveling with their photo department, shooting shoes and handbags on beaches all over the world,” Nelson says. Herbert and Uta Hagen taught me what theater was about.” Though he still acts to this day, Nelson began his professional creative journey with photography. “I was starting out as an actor," he says. "I met a man named Herbert Berghof, the founder of HB Studio. Nelson entered the theater world in his late twenties. What theater fans may not know is that there is another man behind the mask: Andrew Nelson, who has served as the Phantom’s dresser for the last 12 years.
Ben Crawford is currently wowing audiences at the Majestic Theatre with his formidable stage presence. In The Phantom of the Opera (Photo by Matthew Murphy)īroadway’s longest-running show The Phantom of the Opera centers on a mysterious masked man who haunts the Paris Opera House and has his sights set on capturing the heart of Christine Daaé.
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