Venue:
Majestic Theatre in New York
Address: 247 West 44th Street (between 7th and 8th Ave)
Length: 2 hours and 30 mins with 1 intermission
Opeing Night: January 26, 1988
Category: Musical, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: Paris Opéra House. 1881-1911.
Currently the second longest-running show in Broadway history,
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera has played
to over 100 million people in 22 countries in 113 cities
around the world since its first performance. The New York
production alone has enchanted over 10 million audience
members in its over 17-year run.
In The Phantom of the Opera, a young singer, Christine,
is charmed by a mysterious specter who haunts the Paris
Opera house. Based on Gaston Leroux's famous novel, the
musical's tale begins as unexplained accidents have been
occurring throughout the Paris Opera, and the stuck-up diva,
Carlotta, refuses to go on. Christine takes her place and
is a triumph.
At her opening night, she meets her childhood friend, Raoul.
Alone in her dressing room, she finally meets the Phantom
who has taught her to sing so beautifully. Taking her to
his lair in the misty catacombs beneath the Opera House,
the Phantom declares his love for Christine, but she soon
learns his terrible secret. The story moves from the Phantom's
underground hideaway to the dizzying roof of the Opera House,
as the Phantom and Raoul battle for Christine's love.
Creators
Music By: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics By: Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe
Book By: Richard Stilgoe & Andrew Lloyd Webber
Directed By: Hal Prince
Musical Staging & Choreography By: Gillian Lynne
Production Design By: Maria Bjornson
Lighting Design By: Andrew Bridge
Starring
Hugh Panaro as The Phantom of the Opera
Sandra Joseph as Christine Daae
John Cudia, Raoul as Vicomte de Chagny
Patricia Phillips as Carlotta Giudicelli
George Lee Andrews as Monsieur Andre
Jeff Keller as Monsieur Firmin
Marilyn Caskey as Madame Giry
Heather McFadden as Meg Giry
Larry Wayne Morbitt as Ubaldo Piangi
Julie Hanson as Christine Daae (at certain performances)
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