The Longest Running Show in Broadway History!! Based on the 1910 horror novel by Gaston Leroux, which has been adapted into countless films, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musical adaptation of the classic tale follows a deformed composer who haunts the grand Paris Opera House. Sheltered from the outside world in an underground cavern, the lonely, romantic man tutors and composes operas for Christine, a gorgeous young soprano star-to-be. As Christine’s star rises, and a handsome suitor from her past enters the picture, the Phantom grows mad, terrorizing the opera house owners and company with his murderous ways. Still, Christine finds herself drawn to the mystery man.