The London production, which opened in 1986 at Her Majesty’s Theatre, celebrated 25 years in October 2011. The international gross is estimated at over $5.6 billion. The Broadway production's attendance is now over 15 million it has grossed over $875 million.
(Michael Crawford as The Phantom and Sarah Brightman as Christine repeated their London roles he won the Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical.) The musical based on the Gaston Leroux novel about a deformed musical genius who falls in love with a soprano opened on Broadway Jan. "Details for the historic performance and celebration will be announced in the coming weeks."
Following that record, Phantom has played an additional 2,800 performances - "which by itself would be a smash hit run for a Broadway musical," according to the producers. 9, 2006, with its 7,486th performance, surpassing the previous record-holder Cats, also by Andrew Lloyd Webber and also produced by Mackintosh. The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince and produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Company, Inc., became the longest-running show in Broadway history on Jan. The milestone is unprecedented in Broadway history. It's not immediately clear if the current cast will be playing their roles at that performance.
That Saturday night performance is not currently on sale to the public.
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