Onstage, Christine catches the attention of Raoul, who’s attending the performance, and he recognizes her as his childhood friend. A chorus girl Christine Daaé, must replace the prima donna Carlotta as the lead soprano when Carlotta refuses to perform-furious at the theater’s new managers for failing to control the antics of a mysterious “phantom” who torments the opera house.
Subject-wise, the entire show is presented as one Parisian aristocrat’s (Raoul’s) memory of events that occurred decades ago at the Paris Opera in the 1880s, when he was a young man. What’s the enduring appeal? The Knick team attended a recent performance of the classic show to find out. Three decades later, the musical is still one of the top shows in town, regularly pulling in more than $1 million a week. Two years later, it opened in New York, virtually sweeping the Tonys and becoming Broadway’s hottest ticket.
In 1986, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, opened in London’s West End. The Phantom of the Opera Is Still Broadway’s Most Broadway Night Out
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