Attendance remains high, with a cumulative 87.29% of seats filled, down just slightly from last week's 92.55%. Total grosses fell slightly, from $26.37 million to $25.31 million, with Rosh Hashanah falling during the week. The production had been on an upward trajectory as its final performance neared, with the final week jumping by more than $100K to bring in the run's first million-dollar week since the pandemic. Speaking of long-running musicals closing, Come From Away enjoyed a successful final week of its run, bringing in $1 million and filling the Schoenfeld Theatre to standing-room-only at 101.86%. This week dipped slightly to 98.2%, but a higher average ticket price allowed the show to bring in over $100,000 more than the last. Last week brought the production its first over-100% capacity score since 2017. Breaking even usually requires a steady stream of tourists, especially for “Phantom” and visitors to the city haven't returned to pre-pandemic levels.Last week's rising winners continued their upward trajectory this week, with The Phantom of the Opera coming in as the sixth highest-grossing show on the Main Stem with $1.3 million in receipts and Funny Girl, newly starring Lea Michele and Tovah Feldshuh, breaking into the top five as the fourth highest-grossing with $1.63 million.Īudiences have been flocking to Phantom since the long-running hit announced its historic, 35-year run will come to a close in February 2023. Some of the most popular shows - “Hamilton,” “The Lion King” and “Wicked” - have rebounded well, but other shows have struggled. “The Lion King” is next, having begun performances in 1997.īroadway took a pounding during the pandemic, with all theaters closed for more than 18 months. The closing of “Phantom” would mean the longest running show crown would go to “Chicago,” which started in 1996. On Broadway alone, the musical has played more than 13,500 performances to 19 million people at The Majestic Theatre. The first production opened in London in 1986 and since then the show has been seen by more than 145 million people in 183 cities and performed in 17 languages over 70,000 performances. But all shows do finally close,” producer Cameron Mackintosh said in a statement. Indeed, my production of Andrew’s ‘Cats’ proudly declared for decades ‘Now and Forever.’ Yet ‘Phantom’ has surpassed that show’s extraordinary Broadway run. “As a producer you dream that a show will run forever. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s lavish songs include “Masquerade,” ″Angel of Music,” ″All I Ask of You” and “The Music of the Night.” F214 Musette BC Mozart Rondo Alla Turka F155 Music of the Night, from Phantom Bach Minuet in. 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. This song is sung by The Baby Einstein Music Box Orchestra. 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. It will conclude with an eye-popping 13,925 performances.
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The musical - a fixture on Broadway since 1988, weathering recessions, war and cultural shifts - will play its final performance on Broadway on Feb. The lid has the Phantom’s Mask and two Red Roses, sculpted in 2 dimensional accuracy, surrounded by silver filigree work and a banner that says The Phantom of the Opera. 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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