The longest-running show on Broadway takes a final bow tonight.
Two days before the final curtain call, Andrew Lloyd Webber was awarded a key to the City of New York City by Mayor Eric Adams.
"I think it's very, very rare in a musical, very, very rare, for all of the ingredients to come together in the same way that Phantom did. The production, the lighting, the choreography." Webber told NBC's Lester Holt. The legendary composer said the show costs about $1 million a week to run, which, combined with dwindling ticket sales, contributed to its closing.
It's estimated the production created 6,500 jobs in New York City, including those of 400 actors, some of which haveThe final cast for Sunday's performance includes Ben Crawford , Emilie Kouatchou and John Riddle , with Nehal Joshi , Craig Bennett , Raquel Suarez Groen , Maree Johnson , Carlton Moe , Sara Esty and Julia Udine .
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