Box office grosses have fluctuated since the show reopened after the pandemic - going as high as over $1 million a week but also dropping to around $850,000. It is a costly musical to sustain, with elaborate sets and costumes as well as a large cast and orchestra. The closing will come less than a month after its 35th anniversary. 18, a spokesperson told The Associated Press on Friday. The musical - a fixture on Broadway since 1988, weathering recessions, war and cultural shifts - will play its final performance on Broadway on Feb. The Phantom of the Opera is booking until 4 March 2023 at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London.NEW YORK - 'The Phantom of the Opera' - Broadway's longest-running show - is scheduled to close in February 2023, the biggest victim yet of the post-pandemic softening in theater attendance in New York.

It has been reimagined by their long time collaborators who began their creative journey to critical acclaim last year at Leicester Curve with their work being further developed to fully embrace the renovated auditorium of Her Majesty’s theatre, spectacularly blurring the lines between theatre and production. This spectacular new Phantom is based on the “Original” – Hal Prince’s direction, Maria Björnson’s design and Gillian Lynne’s Choreography. Orchestrations are by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber. It has a book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber and is based on the novel ‘LeFantôme de l’Opera’ by Gaston Leroux. The iconic musical features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Charles Hart, and additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Louis as Christine Daaé, Matt Blaker as Raoul and Kelly Glyptis as Carlotta, Matt Harrop as Monsieur Firmin, Adam Linstead as Monsieur André, Greg Castiglioni as Ubaldo Piangi,Francesca Ellis as Madame Giry and Ellie Young as Meg Giry. At certain performances the role of Christine Daaé is played by Holly-Anne Hull. A previously announced, from 1 August Killian Donnelly will play The Phantom alongside Lucy St.

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