The production, which had 13,925 performances, made its first debut on Broadway on Jan. “Tickets are currently on sale for performances through January 22nd, 2023, and we expect the final block of tickets to be placed on sale shortly.”Īccording to people associated with the production, “Phantom” received help from the government with the Save Our Stages Bill during the pandemic, but that it became too expensive to continue staging it. “We are sad to confirm that after 35 years on Broadway, Phantom will play its final performance at the Majestic Theatre on Saturday February 18th, 2023,” said a statement on the “Phantom’s” website. The news was announced to the 'Phantom' cast and crew late Friday afternoon during a company meeting led by the show’s resident director Seth Sklar, sources said. 18, 2023, just weeks after it is set to celebrate its 35th anniversary, according to people associated with the production. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s lavish songs include “Masquerade,” ″Angel of Music,” ″All I Ask of You” and “The Music of the Night.“The Phantom of the Opera,” the longest running show on Broadway, will close on Feb.

Last week, it hit $867,997 and producers may have seen the writing on the wall.īased on a novel by Gaston Leroux, “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. 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 is a costly musical to sustain, with elaborate sets and costumes as well as a large cast and orchestra. You have until 21st January 2023 to catch Lucy as Christine Daa at Her Majestys Theatre. It will conclude with an eye-popping 13,925 performances. The closing will come less than a month after its 35th anniversary. 18, a spokesperson told The Associated Press on Friday. The musical - a fixture on Broadway since 1988, weathering recessions, war and cultural shifts - will play its final performance on Broadway on Feb. NEW YORK (AP) - “The Phantom of the Opera” - Broadway’s longest-running show - is scheduled to close in February 2023, the biggest victim yet of the post-pandemic softening in theater attendance in New York.

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