Matt Damon Absent as MASQUERADE Extends Off-Broadway Through Summer 2026
matt damon does not appear on the official cast list as MASQUERADE announces a fifth extension, adding nine weeks through Sunday, September 6, 2026 (ET). The immersive production, created by Diane Paulus, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Randy Weiner, will continue performances at 218 West 57th Street because of popular demand. The run preserves evening shows Tuesday through Sunday plus Saturday and Sunday matinees and maintains special Black Tie Standby Line access for same-day tickets.
Extension specifics and performance cadence
Producers have extended the run by an additional nine weeks: the production is scheduled to play through Sunday, September 6, 2026 (ET). Performances take place in the evenings Tuesday through Sunday, with matinees on Saturdays and Sundays. The production operates multiple pulses of the experience nightly and uses multiple casts to sustain throughput; the creative team lists six casts performing per night in the immersive format and employs a first-come, first-served Black Tie Standby Line that offers a limited number of $170 same-day tickets from returned or canceled seats.
Cast, creators and design team
Masquerade is presented by arrangement with LW Entertainment and credits Diane Paulus as Creator and Director, Andrew Lloyd Webber as Creator and Composer, and Randy Weiner as Creator and Producer. The production team includes Shai Baitel (Creative Director), Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Choreographer), and James Fluhr listed among design leadership as Attraction and Design Director. The staged ensemble and rotating principal cast are extensive; named performers include Quentin Earl Darrington, Telly Leung, Hugh Panaro, Kyle Scatliffe, Haile Ferrier, Eryn LeCroy, Francesca Mehrotra and many others listed in the official company roster. The official cast list does not include matt damon.
Matt Damon and the Masquerade cast
The production’s published cast roster—detailing principals, swings and specialty acts—contains no entry for matt damon. The creative and performance credits focus on theater artists, design leads and production crew drawn from musical theater and immersive performance backgrounds rather than film actors.
Immediate reactions from design leadership
Attraction and Design Director James Fluhr, credited in the Masquerade team, described the centerpiece chandelier and immersive scale: “I wanted it to be as big as it was in your imagination. It is bigger than the Broadway show and the touring production. I wanted you to come up close to it and feel how big it is…We pushed it within an inch every which way. ” Fluhr’s statement underlines the production’s emphasis on proximity and spectacle as reasons patrons continue to seek tickets.
Quick context
Masquerade reimagines The Phantom of the Opera, using the original score by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Charles Hart and additional material by Richard Stilgoe; it stages the story across multiple floors of a former art shop to place audience members inside the action. The title returned to New York in an immersive incarnation after the long Broadway run of the original musical concluded.
What’s next
The production will continue to operate multiple nightly pulses and six casts through the announced extension, and the Black Tie Standby Line will remain an option for same-day cancellations. Ticket availability and any further schedule adjustments will be reflected in the production’s published performance calendar; the official cast list currently omits matt damon, and further casting announcements would appear only through the production’s team and published credits.
