“We are sad to confirm that after 35 years on Broadway, Phantom will play its final performance at the Majestic Theatre on Saturday February 18th, 2023,” said a statement on the “Phantom’s” website. The news was announced to the "Phantom" cast and crew late Friday afternoon during a company meeting led by the show’s resident director Seth Sklar, sources said. 18, 2023, just weeks after it is set to celebrate its 35th anniversary, according to people associated with the production. Phantom has been running for over 30 years, making it THE longest-running Broadway musical ever! In 2016 it hit the milestone of 12000 performances, and you can be sure that there will be many, many more records to come.“The Phantom of the Opera,” the longest running show on Broadway, will close on Feb. But will Christine's empathy be enough to put a stop to the Phantom's reign of terror, or will the murderous mob, led by Christine's fiance, get to him first? Did you know? Though she's terrified at first, Christine begins to understand the awful events which have turned the Phantom into a monster. Yet Christine is engaged to another, and blinded by jealousy, The Phantom kidnaps her and takes her to his lair in the Opera's foundations. Despite his terrible reign, he is infact blessed with extraordinary musical talent, and when one day he spies the beautiful singer Christine Daae, he knows he has found the star who can truly do his own music justice. Horribly deformed and mentally unstable, he stalks the building's cellars, plotting malevolent acts against the Opera's owners and whichever actors dare to take to the stage. Underneath the Paris Opera House, there lurks the Phantom.
For a night out at the theatre, you can't do better than the Phantom.
Among the many famous numbers in its score is the title track, 'All I Ask of You' and 'The Music of the Night'. Originally opening on Broadway in 1988, the show won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and put Andrew Lloyd Webber on the map of musical theatre map! As one of the world's biggest musicals, The Phantom of the Opera has starred some of musical theatres' greatest names, such as Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, and Sierra Boggess.
Undoubtedly one of theatre's greatest spectacles, Phantom boasts exquisite costumes and set design, and of course, the magnificent chandelier that crashes onto the stage to close out the first Act. The Great White Way's longest-running show of all time, this Gothic epic has been enchanting New York audiences for over thirty years with its irresistible mix of romance and horror, backed by its iconic rock music score. This Broadway institution is set to close in February 2023!Īndrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera is the stuff of Broadway legend.
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