The Phantom Of The Opera — Broadway’s longest-running present — is scheduled to shut in February 2023, the most important sufferer sufferer but of the post-pandemic softening in theatre attendance in New York, in line with studies.
The musical — a fixture on Broadway since 1988 — will play its remaining efficiency on Broadway in February, in line with a number of studies together with The New York Instances and New York Put up, which first reported the information.
A spokesman for the present didn't not reply to questions from The Related Press.
It's a pricey musical to maintain, with elaborate units and costumes in addition to a big solid and orchestra.
Field workplace grosses have fluctuated for the reason that present reopened after the pandemic — going as excessive as over a million dollars per week but in addition dropping to round 850,000 dollars. Final week, it hit 867,997 dollars and producers could have seen the writing on the wall.
Primarily based on a novel by Gaston Leroux, Phantom tells the story of a deformed composer who haunts the Paris Opera Home and falls head over heels in love with an harmless younger soprano, Christine.
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s lavish songs embrace Masquerade, Angel Of Music, All I Ask Of You and The Music Of The Night time.
The primary manufacturing opened in London in 1986 and since then the present has been seen by greater than 145 million individuals in 183 cities and carried out in 17 languages over 70,000 performances.
On Broadway alone, the musical has performed greater than 13,500 performances to 19 million individuals at The Majestic Theatre.
The closing of Phantom would imply the longest working present crown would go to Chicago, which began in 1996. The Lion King is subsequent, having begun performances in 1997.
Broadway took a pounding throughout the pandemic, with all theatres closed for greater than 18 months. Breaking even normally requires a gradual stream of vacationers, particularly to Phantom.