

Unfortunately, this amount, which mirrors weeks prior, is not enough to keep up with the weekly cost of the extravagant musical. According to the New York Times, in the week of September 11, the show made $867,997. Like many other shows, Phantom suffered from a decline in ticket sales once Broadway opened back up. Since its opening, it had seemed to become a staple within musical theater, but after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Phantom was hit hard. He falls in love with a vocalist in the play the Opera house is putting on named Christine and continuously schemes to get her to return his feelings.

The story follows the Phantom, a disfigured ghost who haunts a Paris Opera house. The musical, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, opened at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre in 1988, and spanned a total of 13,925 performances by the end of its run. Alanna Quirk-Aboujaoude, Contributing WriterĪfter a historic 35-year run, Phantom of the Opera officially is being taken off of Broadway on February 18, 2023.
