Broadway’s longest operating present, The Phantom of the Opera, is coming to an in depth subsequent 12 months, after 35 years on stage.
The ultimate efficiency is about to happen in February 2023, having been carried out in New York since 1988.
The closure, on February 18 subsequent 12 months, comes lower than a month after the present celebrates its thirty fifth anniversary, concluding after a staggering 13,925 performances.
For the uninitiated, Phantom of the Opera, primarily based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, tells the story of a composer who haunts the Paris opera home and falls for a younger soprano.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s songs within the manufacturing embrace Masquerade, Angel of Music, All I Ask of You and The Music of the Evening.
Asserting the information on its web site, a press release from the corporate learn: ‘We're unhappy to verify that after 35 years on Broadway, Phantom will play its last efficiency on the Majestic Theatre on Saturday February 18th, 2023.
‘Tickets are at the moment on sale for performances by January twenty second, 2023, and we count on the ultimate block of tickets to be positioned on sale shortly.’
Phantom of the Opera will cross its longest-running crown to Chicago, which started in 1996, with The Lion King following the 12 months after.
Final 12 months, Phantom of the Opera completely closed in London’s West Finish, because of the coronavirus pandemic.
On the time, producer Cameron Waterproof coat informed The Night Commonplace: ‘Andrew [Lloyd-Webber] and I've needed to sadly completely shut personal our London and UK touring productions of The Phantom Of The Opera.’
He added: ‘However [we] are decided to deliver it again to London sooner or later.’
Lloyd-Webber, who wrote the musical, remained hopeful that it's going to make a comeback, including on Twitter: ‘So far as I’m involved, Phantom will reopen as quickly as is feasible.’
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