The set includes a sweeping staircase, an ominously swinging chandelier, and a subterranean gondola that appears as if it is floating on water. Other Tony Awards were Best Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor, Best Performance by a Featured Actress and Best Direction.
This Broadway musical is a design masterpiece, and won many of the 1988 Tony Awards including Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Lighting Design. The current West End production in London opened at Her Majesty's Theatre, where the musical had originally first premiered in 1986. It will officially play its last performance on Feb. In Fall 2022 it was announced that the Broadway production of “The Phantom of the Opera” will close after 35 years on Broadway. Phantom Announces Closing in 2023 After 35 Years on Broadway “Phantom” will celebrate its 35th anniversary in January, with its final Broadway performance on February 18.Playing at the Majestic Theatre since January 9, 1988, The Phantom of the Opera is the longest running Broadway show in history. Many expressed shock on social media, the show seemed like it would go on forever. A Spanish-language Phantom has been announced in a partnership between Webber and actor Antonio Banderas. Other productions of the show will continue around the world a stripped-down version debuted in London’s West End after the pandemic, and a new production debuted at the Sydney Opera House this summer. Ticket sales have slumped for shows across the board after an initial flurry of enthusiasm when theaters re-opened last year, and Phantom was no different. Since that year, it has occupied the same theater, the Majestic, drawing tourists and New Yorkers alike to hear its soaring melodies and catch its dark theatrical magic-which never seemed to dim over the decades. Phantom closed only for the pandemic, re-opening with a star-studded gala event in October 2021 which shut down 44th Street just off Times Square for a party where Webber DJ’ed to re-mixed songs from the show. The sumptuous Andrew Lloyd Webber musical won seven Tony awards, including Best Musical, when it debuted in 1988. (Bloomberg) - The Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running show in Broadway history, will draw its famous curtains one final time in February, after a celebration to mark its 35th anniversary.
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