![]() ![]() Average ticket price for Phantom last week was about $83, a bargain compared to the average prices commanded by such musicals as Funny Girl ($175), Hamilton ($197), Into the Woods ($112) and MJ ($152), among others. 11, the most recent figure available – receipts for the long-running show could be as low as half (or less) of what could be earned at the Majestic, and certainly lag behind more recent musicals such as Hamilton, Into The Woods, MJ, Moulin Rouge! and Six, and even behind other Broadway stalwarts as The Lion King and Wicked. This 2011 production, recorded for the 25th anniversary of Phantoms original 1986 opening on Broadway, was performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and. ![]() ![]() While the musical still grosses hundreds of thousands of dollars per week – $867,997 for the week ending Sept. Reported estimates of the Broadway productions grosses over the years exceed $1 billion.Īmong its trove of Tony Awards in 1988 were Best Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Crawford), Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Judy Kaye), Best Direction of a Musical (Harold Prince), Best Scenic and Costume designs (Maria Björnson) and Best Lighting Design (Andrew Bridge). Among the records set by the musical over the years is first Broadway production to hit 10,000 performances (in 2012). The musical made stars of, or at least cemented the theater legacy, of stars Michael Crawford, as the Phantom, and Webber’s then-wife Sarah Brightman as Christine. ![]() With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe, and produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group, Phantom opened in London’s West End in 1986 and, two years later, on Broadway, with direction by Harold Prince. Since 1986, the improbable mix of operatic flourish, classic broadway pop, and 80s synth-rockthat forms the backbone of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s love-triangle take on Gaston Leroux’s novel has won. 'The Phantom of the Opera,' the longest-running show in Broadway history, will close on February 18th, shortly after commemorating its 35TH ANNIVERSARY in January.(See videos below of performances throughout the years.) The show has grossed a gobsmacking 1.3 billion on Broadway alone. The musical has long played at the Shubert Organization’s Majestic Theatre. Its a shock, but it probably shouldnt be. Broadway's Playbill Joins Twitter Exodus Citing Platform's "Hate, Negativity, And Misinformation" ![]()
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