

Breaking even usually requires a steady stream of tourists, but visitors to the city have not returned to pre-pandemic levels.WarnerBros. Some of the most popular shows – Hamilton, The Lion King and Wicked – have rebounded well, but other shows have struggled. The pandemic took its toll on Broadway with theatres closed for more than 18 months. The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all. The Lion King is next, having begun performances in 1997.

The closing of Phantom would mean the longest running show crown would go to Chicago, which started in 1996.

On Broadway alone, the musical has played more than 13,500 performances to 19 million people at the Majestic theatre. Based on French novelist Gaston Lerouxs Le Fantme de lOpra, The Phantom of the Opera is about a madman with a mask (Roxmouth) who has largely steered away. The first production opened in London in 1986 and since then the show has been seen by more than 145 million people in 183 cities and performed in 17 languages over 70,000 performances. But all shows do finally close,” producer Cameron Mackintosh said in a statement. Inspired by rumours and unsolved mysteries relating to the new Paris opera house, the Palais Garnier, Le Fantme de lOpra (The Phantom of the Opera) was. An acid-scarred composer has his dwarf helper bring an opera singer to his London sewer hide-out. of the Opera, the ghost, the Voice and the Master of the Traps, Erik is the antagonist of the novel and a tragic, violent, and ultimately mysterious figure. With Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Edward de Souza, Thorley Walters. Erik / The Phantom of the Opera / The Ghost / The Voice Known as P. Indeed, my production of Andrew’s Cats proudly declared for decades ‘Now and Forever.’ Yet ‘Phantom’ has surpassed that show’s extraordinary Broadway run. The Phantom of the Opera: Directed by Terence Fisher. (3 minutes) Last month, the producers of The Phantom of the Opera announced that after 35 years on Broadway, the show will play its final. “As a producer you dream that a show will run for ever.
