The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway’s longest running show, will close in February following its 35th anniversary in January, producers have announced.
“We are sad to confirm that after 35 years on Broadway, Phantom will play its final performance at the Majestic Theatre on Saturday February 18th, 2023,” the show has announced on its website. “Tickets are currently on sale for performances through January 22nd, 2023, and we expect the final block of tickets to be placed on sale shortly.”
The news comes as the musical, known for its falling chandelier, its half-masked title character and its most famous song “The Music of the Night,” has become an icon of Broadway over the decades but has been as susceptible as other productions to the soft Covid market and weak tourist climate.
The musical has long played at the Shubert Organization’s Majestic Theatre.
With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart,...
“We are sad to confirm that after 35 years on Broadway, Phantom will play its final performance at the Majestic Theatre on Saturday February 18th, 2023,” the show has announced on its website. “Tickets are currently on sale for performances through January 22nd, 2023, and we expect the final block of tickets to be placed on sale shortly.”
The news comes as the musical, known for its falling chandelier, its half-masked title character and its most famous song “The Music of the Night,” has become an icon of Broadway over the decades but has been as susceptible as other productions to the soft Covid market and weak tourist climate.
The musical has long played at the Shubert Organization’s Majestic Theatre.
With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart,...
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- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Designer Maria Bjornson's stunning creation is carefully cared for after every performance.
- 6/16/2016
- by Michael Dale
- BroadwayWorld.com
In celebration of The Orpheum Theatre's upcoming engagement of Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, the Orpheum, in partnership with Carriage Crossing and the Phantom North American Tour, is hosting a special limited-time free exhibit of selected Phantom costumes by the late Tony Award-winning designer Maria Bjornson. Bjornson's sketches as well as costumes from the production will be on display in Suite 555 at Carriage Crossing 4675 Merchants Park Cir., Collierville, Tn September 12-21, Mon-Sat 10am-7pm and Sun 12noon-6pm. These exquisite original designs will be featured in the spectacular new touring production playing at The Orpheum Theatre September 24 - October 5.
- 9/5/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Starting this fall, a re-imagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s megahit “Phantom of the Opera” could be rolling into your city. The newest version of the musical first debuted in March 2012 at Plymouth, England, followed by a successful U.K. tour. So far the American leg of the tour has announced 20 engagements, with a complete schedule to be announced in the coming weeks. This reinterpretation of “Phantom” was directed by Laurence Connor, choreographed by Scott Ambler with set and lighting design by Paul Brown and Paule Constable, respectively. The productions will be managed by Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh. In addition, the Tony Award-winning costume designs by the late Maria Bjornson from the original show will be used. “After a glorious celebration last month of the 25 phenomenal years on Broadway with no end in sight, I’m delighted to be able to bring this dazzling new production of ‘Phantom’—which...
- 2/28/2013
- backstage.com
In honor of this weeks Us release of The Phantom Of The Opera At The Royal Albert Hall on DVDBlu-ray - Phantom 25 for short - today we are focusing on the multitude of attributes that have made Andrew Lloyd Webbers unforgettable gothic musical the most successful entertainment of all time, now in its 25th year onstage and about to reach 10,000 performances on Broadway, where it is the reigning longest running show of all time. The gargantuan excitement generated by and the enthusiastic reception enjoyed by Phantom for audiences worldwide is unprecedented, yet, the new ultimate presentation of the show - Phantom 25 - is even more spectacular and thrilling than any iteration of Phantom on any stage or screen thus far. Bringing together the cast of a lifetime with the electricity of a live audience, the HD preservation of The Phantom Of The Opera At The Royal Albert Hall is positively peerless in its sleekness,...
- 5/18/2012
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
In honor of this weeks Us release of The Phantom Of The Opera At The Royal Albert Hall on DVDBlu-ray - Phantom 25 for short - today we are focusing on the multitude of attributes that have made Andrew Lloyd Webbers unforgettable gothic musical the most successful entertainment of all time, now in its 25th year onstage and about to reach 10,000 performances on Broadway, where it is the reigning longest running show of all time. The gargantuan excitement generated by and the enthusiastic reception enjoyed by Phantom for audiences worldwide is unprecedented, yet, the new ultimate presentation of the show - Phantom 25 - is even more spectacular and thrilling than any iteration of Phantom on any stage or screen thus far. Bringing together the cast of a lifetime with the electricity of a live audience, the HD preservation of The Phantom Of The Opera At The Royal Albert Hall is positively peerless in its sleekness,...
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- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
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