"He'd pull me in and say, 'Let's try this out,' and I'd sort of lead him through various things I knew, and together we - well, really he created everything, but I think I was definitely a muse at that time," she says.īrightman, wearing a silver tiara, was one of the guests of honor. Soprano Sarah Brightman was married to Lloyd Webber when he was writing Phantom she says he tailored the ingenue role of Christine just for her. A staggering 130 million people have seen the show in 28 countries and 148 cities in 13 languages. It has grossed $5.6 billion worldwide - more than Avatar, more than Titanic, more than all the Star Wars films combined. The Phantom of the Opera may be the most successful entertainment franchise of all time. 26, 1988, features Steve Barton (Raoul), Harold Prince, Michael Crawford (The Phantom), Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sarah Brightman (Christine). The composer couldn't make it to the festivities - he's recovering from back surgery - but he provided a video message. It also has those soaring Lloyd Webber melodies. "I think the enduring appeal is because it's so romantic and because audiences escape into it," he says. Director Hal Prince, who's won 21 Tony Awards, including one for directing Phantom, has his theories about the show's unprecedented success. Times have changed, prices have changed, but that disfigured, tortured genius who haunts the Paris Opera House, creating havoc and causing the chandelier to fall, has endured.Īn invited-only audience, in black tie and gowns, packed the Majestic Theater on Saturday to celebrate the first show in Broadway history to run for a quarter century. 26, 1988, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, a gallon of gas cost about 90 cents and a ticket to The Phantom of the Opera was a whopping $50. The longest-running Broadway musical ever, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, celebrated Saturday another milestone: its 25th anniversary. Hugh Panaro is The Phantom and Sierra Boggess is Christine in the 25th anniversary cast of The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.
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