The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway’s longest-running present, is scheduled to shut in February 2023.
The musical – a fixture on Broadway since 1988, weathering recessions, conflict and cultural shifts – will play its last efficiency on Broadway on 18 February, a spokesperson stated on Friday. The closure will come lower than a month after its thirty fifth anniversary. It is going to conclude with an eye-popping 13,925 performances.
Field workplace grosses have fluctuated for the reason that present reopened after the pandemic – going as excessive as over $1m (£870,000) every week but additionally dropping to about $850,000. Final week, it hit $867,997.
Based mostly on a novel by Gaston Leroux, Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a disfigured composer who haunts the Paris opera home and falls head over heels in love with an harmless younger soprano, Christine. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s lavish songs embrace Masquerade, Angel of Music, All I Ask of You and The Music of the Evening.
“As a producer you dream that a present will run for ever. Certainly, my manufacturing of Andrew’s Cats proudly declared for many years ‘Now and Ceaselessly.’ But ‘Phantom’ has surpassed that present’s extraordinary Broadway run. However all reveals do lastly shut,” producer Cameron Waterproof coat stated in a press release.
The primary manufacturing opened in London in 1986 and since then the present has been seen by greater than 145 million folks in 183 cities and carried out in 17 languages over 70,000 performances. On Broadway alone, the musical has performed greater than 13,500 performances to 19 million folks on the Majestic theatre.
The closing of Phantom would imply the longest working present crown would go to Chicago, which began in 1996. The Lion King is subsequent, having begun performances in 1997.
The pandemic took its toll on Broadway with theatres closed for greater than 18 months. Among the hottest reveals – Hamilton, The Lion King and Depraved – have rebounded properly, however different reveals have struggled. Breaking even often requires a gradual stream of vacationers, however guests to town have not returned to pre-pandemic ranges.
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