The show eventually reopened to an excited crowd, but that enthusiasm didn't translate to a surge in attendance, with 2022 seeing smaller audiences compared to prepandemic years.
The story, about a Paris composer whose mask hides a facial deformity and his obsession with a young soprano, became a classic with grand set designs and iconic songs like “The Music of the Night.”īut not everything lasts forever, and the start of doom on Broadway kicked off on March 11, 2020, when an usher tested positive for COVID-19, setting off a scramble in the theater community to clean venues and protect against transmission. The musical based on the 1910 French novel of the same name is the longest-running show on Broadway, so its closure on Feb. The Phantom of the Opera will close its 35-year run on Broadway in February, becoming the latest victim in a postpandemic shift that has resulted in a decline in audience numbers.
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