“The Phantom of the Opera” has been playing on Broadway for nearly 35 years. Lloyd Webber’s lush songs (with lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe), Harold Prince’s innovative staging, Gillian Lynne’s balletic choreography and the lavish set and costume designs by Maria Björnson are seared into the minds of generations of theatergoers. 26, 1988, the show, produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group, has played 13,733 performances over nearly 35 years.īroadway’s second-longest-running show, the revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s “Chicago,” is well behind in the race, having been running 25 years and playing 10,090 performances.
“Phantom,” sources said, has struggled to recover since it reopened in October 2021 following the pandemic closure, and is losing some $1 million a month. Sources told The Post there will be a large bash to celebrate its 35th anniversary. “The Phantom of the Opera,” Broadway’s longest-running show, will close this winter, multiple sources told The Post.Īndrew Lloyd Webber’s musical plans to play through the holidays, and then cap off its storied run on Feb. 'Ticket to Paradise' review: Julia Roberts and George Clooney lead rotten rom-com 'Topdog/Underdog' Broadway review: Two hot-blooded actors face off
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It is 1881 and the Opera House hosts a menacing and brilliant phantom that terrorizes the performers and manipulates the new opera managers, Monsiuers André and Firmin. Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber: Perhaps one of the best loved shows of our time, Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical, winner of both the 1986 Olivier and 1988 Tony awards for best musical, tells the story of a naïve young soprano, Christine Daaé, as she becomes entangled in the mysterious world of the Paris Opera House. Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber
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