The composer's eldest son, Nicholas Lloyd Webber, died in March following an 18-month-long battle with gastric cancer.
After 35 years, the curtain closed Sunday on the New York production of Broadway’s longest-running show. In a, audience members and cast and crewmembers could be seen cheering as confetti poured down around them.
The footage also included a speech onstage from the Oscar-winning composer, who said, “I hope you won’t mind if I dedicate this performance to my son. … When he was a little boy, he heard some of this music.”
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