The final curtain came down Sunday on New York's production of 'The Phantom of the Opera,' ending Broadway's longest-running show with thunderous standing ovations, champagne toasts and silver confetti bursting from its famous chandelier.
NEW YORK -- The final curtain came down Sunday on New York's production of"The Phantom of the Opera," ending Broadway's longest-running show with thunderous standing ovations, champagne toasts and silver confetti bursting from its famous chandelier.
Producer Cameron Mackintosh gave some in the crowd hope they would see the Phantom again, and perhaps sooner than they think. "If there ever was a bang, we're going out with a bang. It's going to be a great night," said John Riddle just before dashing inside to play Raoul for the final time. Riddle first saw"The Phantom of the Opera" in Toronto as a 4-year-old child."It was the first musical I ever saw. I didn't know what a musical was," he said."Now, 30-some odd years later, I'm closing the show on Broadway. So it's incredible."
Critics were positive, with the New York Post calling it"a piece of impeccably crafted musical theater," the Daily News describing it as"spectacular entertainment," and The New York Times saying it"wants nothing more than to shower the audience with fantasy and fun."
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