Be sure to check the schedule ahead of time for changes. The Phantom of the Opera plays eight times a week, on the following schedule: Monday at 8pm Wednesday at 8pm Thursday at 2pm and 8pm Friday at 8pm Saturday at 2pm and 8pm and Sunday at 5pm. When is The Phantom of the Opera playing? The Phantom of the Opera plays at Majestic Theatre, located at 245 W 44th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. Where is The Phantom of the Opera playing?
It is, by more than 3,000 performances, the longest-running show in Broadway history. The production continues to play at the Majestic. Phantom began Broadway previews at the Majestic Theatre on Januand opened on January 26. Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe also wrote the musical's book. It was directed by Hal Prince. The Phantom of the Opera is a romantic musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart (with additions from Richard Stilgoe). And although there may not be much depth to the musical’s story (by Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe) or lyrics (mostly by Charles Hart), the production-directed by the legendary Hal Prince-has been carefully maintained and refurbished over the years, and remains a marvel of sumptuous surfaces. Who doesn’t love a bad boy?) While the epic synth-rock chords of the title song may ground Phantom in the 1980s, the show’s Puccini-inflected airs are far grander than most of what one hears elsewhere on Broadway. (Although the Phantom is serial killer, extortionist, kidnapper and probable rapist, Christine and audiences are mysteriously drawn to him. It still draws folks who judge it one of the best Broadway shows, clamoring for cheap Broadway tickets. Back in 1988, it cleaned up at the Tony Awards with eight wins. The plot, borrowed from a 1910 potboiler by Gaston Leroux, tells of Christine Daaé, a naïve young soprano whose secretive voice teacher turns out to be a deformed musical genius who inhabits a candlelit lair beneath the Paris Opera House.
The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway's most reliable tourist magnet for nearly 35 years, began haunting the New York City stage way back in 1988.
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