The whole concept of the story is that the Phantom wants to take Christine away with him to create music but also to be his lover. The Phantom himself may be a bit scary to look at in one scene, he has either a serious burn or a birth defect that is the reason for him wearing his mask, the special effects make it look very real and nasty. The music is so melodic and well written it doesn't make you feel the aggravation some other musicals do. Average ticket price for Phantom last week was about $83, a bargain compared to the average prices commanded by such musicals as Funny Girl ($175), Hamilton ($197), Into the Woods ($112) and MJ ($152), among others.Phantom of The Opera is a wonderfully dark musical that even people who don't like musicals will enjoy. 11, the most recent figure available – receipts for the long-running show could be as low as half (or less) of what could be earned at the Majestic, and certainly lag behind more recent musicals such as Hamilton, Into The Woods, MJ, Moulin Rouge! and Six, and even behind other Broadway stalwarts as The Lion King and Wicked. While the musical still grosses hundreds of thousands of dollars per week – $867,997 for the week ending Sept. Reported estimates of the Broadway productions grosses over the years exceed $1 billion.Īmong its trove of Tony Awards in 1988 were Best Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Crawford), Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Judy Kaye), Best Direction of a Musical (Harold Prince), Best Scenic and Costume designs (Maria Björnson) and Best Lighting Design (Andrew Bridge). Among the records set by the musical over the years is first Broadway production to hit 10,000 performances (in 2012). The musical made stars of, or at least cemented the theater legacy, of stars Michael Crawford, as the Phantom, and Webber’s then-wife Sarah Brightman as Christine. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe, and produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group, Phantom opened in London’s West End in 1986 and, two years later, on Broadway, with direction by Harold Prince. The musical has long played at the Shubert Organization’s Majestic Theatre. Broadway's Playbill Joins Twitter Exodus Citing Platform's 'Hate, Negativity, And Misinformation'

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