
Andrew Lloyd Webber's lavish songs include Masquerade, Angel of Music, All I Ask of You and The Music of the Night. Last week, it hit $867,997.īased on a novel by Gaston Leroux, Phantom tells the story of a deformed composer who haunts the Paris Opera House and falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine.

Box office grosses have fluctuated since the show reopened after the pandemic - going as high as over $1 million US a week but also dropping to around $850,000. It is a costly musical to sustain, with elaborate sets and costumes as well as a large cast and orchestra. The closing will come less than a month after its 35th anniversary. The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway’s longest-running show, will hold its final curtain call in February 2023, amid a slow pandemic rebound for theater attendance in New York. Schultz). 18, a spokesperson told The Associated Press on Friday. Broadway: The Last Ship (Billy Thompson), A Tale of Two Cities (Jerry Cruncher), South Pacific (Thomas Hassinger), Miss Saigon (Sgt. It may be possible to have a terrible time at The Phantom of the Opera.

The musical - a fixture on Broadway since 1988, weathering recessions, war and cultural shifts - will play its final performance on Broadway on Feb. Now the longest-running show in Broadway history, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webbers.

The Phantom of the Opera - Broadway's longest-running show - is scheduled to close in February 2023, the biggest victim yet of the post-pandemic softening in theatre attendance in New York.
