“It’s the end of an era, really.” Productions of “Phantom” have sold 145 million tickets in 183 cities around the world, for a worldwide gross of nearly $7 billion. “What is sad to me is that, with the escalating costs-we have the largest orchestra on Broadway, 40 people in the cast-it’s becoming almost impossible to do a show like ‘Phantom’ anymore,” said the show’s composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, in an interview. Ticket sales have gone up since the closing announcement, but January, February and March can be bleak months on Broadway. Weekly grosses in August and September hovered around the break-even point, according to figures published by. Tourism has not returned as fast as theater producers had hoped, and “Phantom,” as much of a tourist attraction as the Empire State Building, has taken a hit.
It’s a victim of Broadway’s rising costs and soft market as New York City struggles to recover from Covid-19. Last month, the producers of “The Phantom of the Opera” announced that after 35 years on Broadway, the show will play its final performance on Feb. The Phantom of the opera (Lyrics) 7,608,390 views 58K Dislike Share Save Jennifer Rosvall 6.21K subscribers Thank you so much for watching this video 1.000.000 times It really warms.
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