national tours combined grossed over $1.5 billion, playing 216 engagements in 77 cities to 31 million people. The musical changed the landscape for touring across the country, inspiring the renovation of theaters and opera houses. This lush romantic smash is Broadway’s longest-running show. More from Broadway: 1776 is shattering glass ceilings
Representatives say it has been seen by 19.5 million people and grossed $1.3 billion. In New York, the show employed an estimated 6,500 people (including 450 actors) during its more than 30-year run. 9, 2006 - when it surpassed the nearly 18-year run of "Cats," another musical featuring the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. The longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera debuted in 1988, winning seven Tony Awards® including Best Musical. "Phantom" became the longest-running show in Broadway history on Jan. The on-sale date for tickets for the final four weeks of performances - including the 35th anniversary, Valentine’s Day and the final performance - as well as details on all celebrations, will be announced at a future date. 44th St., will celebrate its 35th anniversary on Jan. Down Once More.But before it closes, the show at the Majestic Theatre, 245 W.
Why Have You Brought Me Here/Raoul, I've Been ThereĠ7. I Remember./Stranger Than You Dreamt Itġ2. The longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webbers The Phantom of the Opera debuted in 1988, winning seven Tony Awards® including Best Musical. Little Lotte./The Mirror (Angel Of Music)Ġ8. Lloyd Webber), who uses her powerful voice to stunning advantage on "All I Ask of You" and "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again." Crawford's gorgeous, hushed vocal dazzles in the memorable showpiece, "The Music of the Night," as spectacular and definitive a Broadway moment as any in the last half-century.
This double-disc, original cast recording also features costar Sarah Brightman (the former Mrs. Just months after her Broadway debut in James Lapine’s musical Flying Over Sunset, Rice Artist Diploma student Kanisha Feliciano has joined the cast of Broadway’s longest-running musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera.
The very last word in swoony romanticism, honey-tenored Crawford stormed Broadway and jumped-started a late-career revival that has yet to slow down. 1988's The Phantom of The Opera, perhaps the finest effort of Lord Webber's career, began life with a particularly human heart beating at its center: Michael Crawford's Phantom. phantomopera Every night is a Masquerade at PhantomLondon & PhantomBroadway Which Ball are you PhantomLondons new cast have well and truly settled in. Geoff Packard & Chris Bohannon) I Wonder as I Wander (feat. Geoff Packard, Evan Harrington, Elizabeth Loyacano, Paul Schaefer, Rayanne Gonzales & Patricia Phillips) The Holly and the Ivy (feat. As much a brand name as a composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber never does anything In a small way. Nathan Patrick Morgan & Kaley Ann Voorhees) Gloria in Excelsis Deo (feat.