It’s riveting story plot coupled with its unforgettable mix of classical and rock opera musical numbers have made it the longest running musical in Broadway history, coming up on its 28th anniversary this year.įor a long-time fan who has seen the original production at its Broadway home and on tour no less than four times, Cameron Mackintosh’s new production is truly an inspired reinvention of this work of art. Coupled with lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, Phantom tells the dramatic tale of a deformed, tortured musical prodigy living in the bowels of Paris’s Opera Populaire who terrorizes its inhabitants, until he falls in love with a young ingénue soprano, Christine, whom he takes under his musical tutelage and emotional and mental captivation.
Inspired by the French novel Le Fantome de L’Opera by Gaston Leroux, Phantom is penned by British theater colossus Andrew Lloyd Webber, who has also written major musical hits including Cats, Evita, and Jesus Christ Superstar. The Company performs “Masquerade.” Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera dazzled the Kennedy Center’s Opera House this Friday, bringing the beloved and longest running Broadway musical to the delight of DC’s appreciative full house as part of its brand-new North American tour.
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