

“Yet “Phanton” has surpassed that show’s extraordinary Broadway run.”Īfter “considerable discussion” that involved Mackintosh, Lloyd Webber, the Shubert Organization, and producers The Really Useful Group, “we concluded that the right time for “Phantom” was after the show’s 35th birthday.” People are snapping up tickets, with Mackintosh telling the Post that on Friday, after it was. “Indeed, my production of Andrew ‘Cats’ proudly declared for decades ‘Now and Forever,’” he added. 18, 2023, about a month after the production celebrates its 35th anniversary. “As a producer, you dream that a show will run forever,” Mackintosh said Friday. The global website for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, widely considered one of the most beautiful and spectacular productions in history. Shortly before the COVID-induced lockdown, the show was averaging about $1 million per week. The longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera debuted in 1988, winning seven Tony Awards® including Best Musical.

Perfect distance from the stage, neither too close nor too far. Last week, the show’s box office hit just over $865,000, filling 81% of its seats. Theres an entrance aisle in front of that row so the view is entirely unobstructed by peoples heads. However, the COVID-19 pandemic, which was devastating for the entire theater industry, proved to be too much for the dramatic love story. As of September, it had been seen by 19.5 million people in nearly 14,000 performances, grossing $1.3 billion since it opened, according to numbers compiled by The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry.
