 Cudia stayed with the touring company until spring of 2008, when he left to portray Valjean in the Marriott-Lincolnshire Theater's production of "Les Misérables".Cudia then returned to Phantom, this time playing the title role at Broadway's Majestic Theatre as a 10-week substitute for long-running Phantom Howard McGillin.Cudia played his first performance in the ten-week stint on May 22, 2008 and continued until McGillin returned on July 28, 2008.