After 35 years, the longest running show in Broadway history is coming to a close. On Friday it was announced that Andrew Lloyd Webber phantom of the opera The show will conclude at the Majestic Theater on February 18. 2023. The show will celebrate its 35th anniversary a few weeks before its final curtain, celebrating this achievement on January 26. according to Broadway worldAnd the Chicago They’ll have to keep playing on Broadway for another eight years ghostregister.
The reason for phantom of the opera Ending the Broadway track appears to be largely economic. Ticket sales for all Broadway shows have slowed dramatically during the pandemic, including The Phantom which has continued to see a decline in ticket sales. according to CNNThe show dropped from 255,000 in weekly attendance in May to 180,000 in September.
“As a producer, you dream that a show can go on forever. Indeed, my production of Andrew’s ‘Cats’ has proudly announced for decades ‘Now and Forever,'” McIntosh said in a statement, ‘Phantom’ has surpassed this show’s exceptional performance on Broadway. But all of the shows It finally ends.”
phantom of the opera Designed by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, director Hal Prince, and producer Cameron Mackintosh. Based on the classic novel Le Phantom de l’Opera Gaston Leroux, the musical which premiered in London’s West End in October 1986 before opening on Broadway on January 26, 1988. The production is best known for some of his most famous songs, including “Music of the Night” and “First I Ask About You”, “I Wish I Be here again”, and “Masquerade”.
As for the music itself, while the Broadway production is coming to a close, the show will continue internationally. Production in London celebrates its 36th year on October 9, production that recently premiered in Melbourne, Australia is expected to continue, and a Mandarin-language version is set to debut in China in 2023.
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