The longest-running present on Broadway can have its last curtain name in February 2023.
Say it ain’t so! Famed musical The Phantom of the Opera might be closing its doorways, based on a supply with The New York Instances. Regardless of Andrew LLoyd Webber’s extremely common manufacturing being the longest-running present on Broadway, plans are in place for the ultimate bow on the Majestic Theatre to occur on February 18, 2023, following a thirty fifth anniversary celebratory bash.
As for the rationale of the final curtain name, the sources stated the present has been struggling to get well since reopening in October 2021 following a closure brought on by the pandemic. Even with Webber himself DJing on the reopening, by winter, the Omicron variant of the coronavirus surged and prompted the field workplace to drop off as soon as once more.
The musical is broadly thought of one of the crucial spectacular productions to ever hit the Nice White Means. Primarily based on the traditional novel Le Fantôme de L’Opéra by Gaston Leroux, the present options music by Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart with extra lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and guide by Richard Stilgoe and Webber. The assembly of these ingenious minds got here up with such classics as “The Music of the Night time,” “All I Ask of You,” “Wishing You Had been By some means Right here Once more,” “Masquerade” and the long-lasting title tune.
The present follows the story of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the The Paris Opera Home and is understood solely as “The Phantom.” He quickly falls for the ingenue soprano Christine, whom he begins to tutor. Christine’s love for an additional causes mayhem — together with the set’s chandelier to return come crashing down — as a climatic finale awaits the viewers.
On Broadway alone, the musical has performed greater than 13,000 performances to 19 million individuals at The Majestic Theatre. Altogether, The Phantom of the Opera has performed to over 145 million individuals in 41 nations and 183 cities in 17 languages for greater than 70,000 performances.
The Broadway model of the London-originated present gained seven Tony Awards after opening in 1988, together with Finest Musical. The unique Broadway forged featured Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Judy Kaye, and the late Steve Barton. The forged is at the moment led by Ben Crawford as The Phantom and Emilie Kouatchou as Christine.