Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber took part in the final 'Phantom of the Opera' curtain call, saluting his son and teasing a comeback for the famed musical.
Andrew Lloyd Webber has confirmed the death of his son Nicholas, 43, who was recently hospitalized for stomach cancer.“It’s a personal loss to see the close of this wonderful creation, the last Hal Prince production on Broadway, with its almost 30-piece orchestra and one of the grandest designs that have ever been seen in the theater. The irony is that this past season was its best ever. Perhaps it will rise again,” he wrote.
He also asserted that the end of that production is not the end of the Broadway era, but lamented the “ever-daunting challenges of producing Broadway musicals,” soaring and “unaffordable” ticket prices, and issues with theater-going experiences and theater unions. “This has been a season of goodbyes, personal and public. With the curtain now fallen in New York on the musical that has been the biggest of my career, I passionately pray that Broadway rediscovers the appetite for new scores and original work that made me so excited when I was, as Hal always called me, a kid,” he wrote.As ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ gives its final Broadway performance this Sunday, Andrew Lloyd Webber released a new trio arrangement of ‘Think of Me.
On Sunday, the 75-year-old “Cats” and “Evita” composer made an appearance during “Phantom’s” final curtain call at the Majestic Theatre, taking the stage with the cast, crew and members of the original Broadway company, plus show producer Cameron Mackintosh. (Lloyd Webber also
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