After 35 years and almost 14,000 performances, the curtain fell for the final time Sunday on the longest-running show in Broadway history -- 'The Phantom of the Opera.'
Since opening in January 1988, 'The Phantom of the Opera' wowed New Yorkers and tourists alikeNEW YORK - After 35 years and almost 14,000 performances, the curtain fell for the final time Sunday on the longest-running show in Broadway history --"The Phantom of the Opera."
But producers decided it was time to end the record-breaking run after the show struggled to rebound from Broadway's 18-month closure during the Covid-19 pandemic. "There are reasons why it has been around for 35 years. It's a timeless classic, it has touched so many people's lives." The septuagenarian British composer, who has been commissioned for King Charles III's coronation, dedicated the show to his son who died of cancer in March.
'The Phantom of the Opera' has been staged for the last time on Broadway after a record-breaking run of 35 years"There comes a point, with any show, where there is a tipping point, where the number of good weeks has declined sufficiently that actually it's outweighed by the number of losing weeks, and at that point there's only one sensible decision to make," Mackintosh said.
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