current phantom of the opera broadway cast

He introduces the new managers, André and Firmin. Lefèvre, manager of the Opera House, arrives and explains to the company that he is retiring. The remnants of a chandelier are revealed and we are swept back to the time of Raoul’s youth, when the chandelier hung in splendour from the dome of the Opera House.Ī new opera, Hannibal, is in rehearsal. 'The Lion King' is next, having begun performances in 1997.At an auction of opera memorabilia at the Paris Opera House, an old man, Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, bids for a strange musical box which seems to hold for him some special memory. The closing of 'Phantom' would mean the longest still-running show crown would go to 'Chicago,' which started in 1996. Andrew Lloyd Webber's lavish songs include 'Masquerade,' ″Angel of Music,' ″All I Ask of You' and 'The Music of the Night.' 'Phantom' tells the story of a deformed composer who haunts the Paris Opera House and falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine. Last week, it hit $867,997 - and producers may have seen the writing on the wall. 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 has been a costly musical to sustain, with elaborate sets and costumes as well as a large cast and orchestra.

One reviewer in the New York Times called it, 'psychologically lightweight.' Still, not all the critics took to it kindly. When the show first opened in New York in 1988, it had already been a hit for two years in London.

Current phantom of the opera broadway cast