Tickets to Phantom of the Opera on a National Tour
Phantom of the Opera is one of the most compelling and memorable musicals you can experience. It has been showing on Broadway in New York City for a long time. In fact, it is the longest-running Broadway musical of all time.
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the novel by French novelist Gaston Leroux. The music was composed by Webber, with lyrics by Charles Hart and additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe directed by Harold Prince, choreographed by Gillian Lynne, lighting by Andrew Bridge and designed by Maria Bjornson.
The musical focuses on a beautiful singer, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, disfigured musical genius known as "The Phantom of the Opera," who terrorizes the Paris Opera.
Inspired by an earlier musical version of the same story by Ken Hill, "Phantom" opened at Her Majesty's Theatre in London on October 9, 1986, where it is still playing and celebrated its 21st birthday on October 9, 2007 along with its 8,736th performance. The original cast included Michael Crawford (the Phantom), Sarah Brightman (Christine), and Steve Barton (Raoul), all of whom reprised their roles in the Broadway production at the Majestic Theatre.
Phantom Musical Tour Tickets
With worldwide gross of US $3.3 billion, total worldwide box office takings of over £1.8bn ($3.2bn)., and an attendance of 80 million, it is the highest-grossing entertainment event of all time. The New York production alone has played to an attendance of eleven million people and grossed US $600 million, making it the most financially successful Broadway show in history.
Despite early negative reviews, including a pan by Frank Rich of the New York Times, both the New York and London productions are still running today. In a sign of its continuing popularity the Phantom came in second in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals".
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