by Mike Haber | Oct 20, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
PERHAPS WE CAN FRIGHTEN AWAY THE GHOST OF SO MANY YEARS AGO…..AGAIN….. WITH A LITTLE ILLUMINATION…. GENTLEMEN!!!! This week marks another happy time as more of Broadway’s hottest tickets are making their TRIUMPHANT comebacks after 19 1/2 months dark. One of those shows is Broadway’s legendary record-breaking longest running smash hit
Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s
The Phantom of the Opera.
Earlier today on the show’s social media, a brand new promo commercial was released. This promo features the full Broadway cast reunited and back inside their 34 year old home at the Majestic Theatre. Just like in the show, they recreate the musical’s spectacular and breathtaking opening moment in THE PROLOUGE. For the first time since March 12th, 2020, the show’s famous signature set piece is revealed and rises once again….. the legendary chandelier. You also experience the company’s reaction of what exactly the show’s PHANS will be doing when the show reopens on Broadway this Friday….. thunderous applause into a standing ovation.
Get ready to experience that chandelier rising & crashing again 8 times a week as THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT is back. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA reopens at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre this Friday, October 22nd, 2021.
We are a mess watching this.
Chandelier Rises Again on Broadway – YouTube
by Mike Haber | Oct 8, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT is back!!! 2021 marks the 35th Anniversary of one of the most legendary, haunting, romantic, and iconic longest running shows in Musical Theater history…..
Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s
The Phantom of the Opera.
Earlier this past Summer, the show’s legendary original inaugural London company reopened in the West End after 14 1/2 months of being shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the company was in Quarantine, Sir Cameron Mackintosh decided to do a full refurbishment / renovation of the show’s longtime home at London’s Her Majesty’s Theatre. With still paying tribute to the legacy of the show’s late creators (director Hal Prince, choreographer
Gillian Lynne, and the iconic sets and costumes by
Maria Björnson), the production got a little bit of a tweaking update using some of today’s technology elements. It also included a dramatic change of the orchestra being reduced from 27 to now 14 musicians in the pit.
We are still happy to share with you a brand new B-Roll trailer that was filmed featuring this historical making comeback return / 35th Anniversary cast. Get ready to experience THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT like no other featuring many of the beloved highlighted moments led by its current London cast….
Olivier Award nominated West End and Broadway favorite
Killian Donnelly in the titular role,
Lucy St. Louis who made history as the first black actress ever in the show’s history to play the role of the angelic “Christine Daae”,
Rhys Whitfield as “Raoul, Vicomte de Changy”.
Along with PHANTOM back in London, our very own Broadway production is set to re-haunt the Majestic Theatre starting October 22nd, 2021.
Who is excited?!!
How incredible was that?!!
Phantom London 2021 | The Phantom of the Opera – YouTube
by Mike Haber | Oct 8, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
Wake up and SURRENDER as the Broadway company of
Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s legendary longest running smash hit
The Phantom of the Opera have reunited to prepare for their triumphant return later this month. To get PHANS back into the mood and spirit of Broadway’s triumphant comeback, the cast woke up early this morning taking center stage on the Red stairs of the
TKTS booth in Duffy Square (part of Times Square) on
Good Morning America.
Here is
Ben Crawford as the titular role of the masked man himself,
Meghan Picerno as “Christine Daae”, and the cast performing a medley of 2 of the show’s beloved tunes…. the title song itself THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and MASQUERADE.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is set to re-haunt Broadway’s Majestic Theatre once again starting October 22nd, 2021.
Who is excited?
How beautifully haunting was that?!!
