

'The Phantom of the Opera' closing on Broadway after 35 years originally appeared on goodmorningamerica. It won seven: best musical, best performance by a leading actor in a musical (for Crawford), best performance by a featured actress in a musical (for Judy Kaye), best direction of a musical (for Harold Prince), best scenic design, best costume design and best lighting design.Ī film adaptation of "The Phantom of the Opera" was released in 2004, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Gerard Butler as the Phantom and Emmy Rossum as Christine. The musical, best known for songs like "Think of Me," "The Music of the Night" and "All I Ask of You," was nominated for 10 Tony Awards in 1988. Originating the characters of Phantom and Christine, in both the West End and Broadway shows, were Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman, respectively. "The Phantom of the Opera" tells the story of a facially deformed and masked figure living in the bowels of the The Paris Opera House who becomes obsessed with and composes music for a young soprano named Christine Daaé, with whom he has fallen in love. The iconic musical lives on in London, where it still plays at Her Majesty's Theatre. "The Phantom of the Opera" will celebrate its 35th anniversary in January, just weeks before the show closes. 18, 2023, a message on the show's website reads. The Phantom About the Costume The Phantom's costume is fairly simple. She is the object of desire for both the Phantom and Raoul. The longest-running musical in Broadway's history, a feat it achieved in 2006, will play its final performance at the Majestic Theatre on Saturday, Feb. Christine is the unknown opera singer who is thrust into the spotlightin the beginning of the show when the opera's prima donna storms out. The chandelier will fall for the last time on Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" next year.
