Phantom's Jeremy Hays on How Shakespeare Transformed Him From Shy Stutterer to Broadway Star
Age & Hometown: 32; Henrietta, OK Current Role: A passionate star turn as Christine’s faithful beau Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera. Shakespeare to the Rescue: Growing up in an “idyllic, Mayberry small town” 45 minutes south of Tulsa, Hays had to create his own fun. “I played baseball on a makeshift diamond in the middle of a cow pasture,” he remembers. But after an elbow inj…