This Souvenir Brochure is from the 1988 Broadway Production at Majestic Theatre Broadway and has the OBC featured It is the longest-running Broadway show by a wide margin, the second longest-running West End musical, and the third longest-running West End show overall. It won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical, and Michael Crawford (in the title role) won the 1986 Olivier and 1988 Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical. The Phantom of the Opera opened in the West End in 1986, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2018 on Broadway Beginning Broadway in 1988. The musical does however hold the title for Broadway's longest running musical with the production in New York running since January 1988.The Phantom of the Opera (Musical) Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman 1988 Original Cast Broadway Production The top spot is held by Les Misérables which has been running almost exactly a year longer having opened at the Barbican on 9th October 1985. It is not, the West End production is currently in second place for the West End's (and the world's) longest running musical. The Phantom of the Opera began previews on 27th September 1986 and had its official opening night on 9th October 1986 meaning the show has been running for 35 years! Is Phantom the longest running musical? However, that did not end up being the case, the time was used to get some much needed renovation work done on the theatre and set and the Phantom returned to Her Majesty's Theatre in July 2021! When did The Phantom of the Opera open in London? In the summer of that year producer Cameron Mackintosh said that Phantom would be closed permanently. Not at all! Fears for the future of the West End production came when all theatres were forced to close their doors in March 2020 because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher and had Gerard Butler in the titular role and Emmy Rossum as Christine. The original novel has had multiple film versions but the Andrew Lloyd Webber version got its big screen adaptation in 2004. The Broadway production received 10 Tony nominations at the 1988 Tony Awards where they won seven including Best Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Michael Crawford once again), Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Judy Kaye) and Best Direction of a Musical (Harold Prince). The show also won two more Olivier Awards later on, Most Popular Show in 2002 and the Magic Radio Audience Award in 2016. Phantom had three nominations at the 1986 Laurence Olivier Awards where it won Best New Musical and Michael Crawford won Best Actor in a Musical for the role of the Phantom. Her Majesty's Theatre has been the place to see Phantom in the West End since the show opened in 1986. The London home of The Phantom of the Opera is Her Majesty's Theatre which is located on the Haymarket just a short walk from Piccadilly Circus.
Where is The Phantom of the Opera in London?
The theatre is now home to Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella.Īdapted staging and choreography for Phantom is by Chrissie Catwright. In 2018 the New London Theatre, the original home of Cats was renamed after her making it the first West End Theatre to be named after a non-royal woman. Beneath the opera house lives a mysterious, masked musical genius who becomes obsessed with Christine. The musical tells the story of Christine Daaé, a soprano at the Paris Opéra House. The Phantom of the Opera is based on the 1910 French novel of the same name by Gaston Leroux. They are joined by Leeroy Boone, Corina Clark, Edward Court, Lily De-La-Haye, Hywel Dowsell, Jemal Felix, Erin Flaherty, James Gant, Eilish Harmon-Beglan, Yukina Hasebe, Olivia Holland-Rose, Grace Hume, James Hume, Donald Craig Manuel, Jonathan Milton, Janet Mooney, Tim Morgan, Beatrice Penny-Toure, Michael Robert-Lowe, Nikki Skinner, Tim Southgate, Ashley Stillburn, Manon Taris, Anouk Van Laake, Skye Weiss, Simon Whitaker and Karen Wilkinson. At certain performances the role of ‘Christine Daaé’ will be played by Holly-Anne Hull. The cast also includes Saori Oda as ‘Carlotta Giudicelli’, Matt Harrop as ‘Monsieur Firmin’, Adam Linstead as ‘Monsieur André’, Greg Castiglioni as ‘Ubaldo Piangi’, Francesca Ellis as ‘Madame Giry’ and Ellie Young as Meg Giry. (L-R) Rhys Whitfield, Lucy St Louis and Killian Donnelly
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