Simon Thomas announces his wife Derrina has given birth to a daughter eight weeks early after falling 'rapidly ill' with preeclampsia
Strictly curse strikes again as professional dancer Nikita Kuzmin 'splits from girlfriend Nicole Wirt and she moves out of flat' Julia Bradbury, 52, shares fears that having kids later in life increased her risk of breast cancer and reveals how she has 'reset' her lifestyle as it's revealed he has 'no relationship' with any of his kids Michele is currently out after contracting COVID-19, leaving her understudy to fill her shoes, but is set to return to the stage on September 20.Īngelina Jolie steps out with daughter Vivienne in LA after Brad Pitt calls abuse accusations 'completely untrue'. She received six standing ovations after her first performance on September 6.įeldstein averaged $765,670 a week in ticket sales. Michele took over as the lead, Fanny Brice, on September 6 and significantly boosted the show's box office - grossing $1.64 million in her first week, a record since April. Funny Girl saw a huge increase in ticket sales after Glee's Lea Michele replaced Booksmart's Beanie Feldstein. Other shows that have closed on Broadway include: American Buffalo, Plaza Suite, Macbeth, The Minutes, POTUS, Tina, and Come From Away.Īt least one show on Broadway this season is drawing pre-pandemic crowds. The production is now set to do a North American tour. The Tony Award-winning musical first debut in 2016 and is among the longest-running productions on Broadway, according to Playbill.Ī revival of Company closed on July 31 after receiving five Tony Awards in 2022. One of the most shocking closing was Dear Evan Hansen, which closes this Sunday. Several other Broadway shows have also recently closed - some of them out-of-the-blue. When the show reopened in October of last year, Webber threw a block party outside the theater, the Times reported. The shows creators - Webber, Hal Prince, and Cameron Mackintosh - put on a light show on the Empire State Building for the last anniversary, according to The New York Times. The New York crew is reportedly gearing up for a big bash for the 35th anniversary, much like it did in 2018 for its 30th. A Spanish version is also reportedly in the works. The London production - which came before New York's - also closed in 2020, before returning with a smaller orchestra and other reconfigurations, the Times reported.Īn Australia production opened its doors for the first time last month, and a Mandarin version is set to start in China next year.
Phantom has been seen by nearly 20million people on Broadway alone, and was adapted into a movie musical in 2004 that garnered multiple awards. "Gaston Leroux's opera ghost may be disappearing for now, but there is no doubt that Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterpiece will continue to enchant audiences in London and around the world - and one day will return to Broadway," Mackintosh said.It has been performed in more than 180 cities and by more than 145million people since it's debut in London 1986. He praised everyone who has been involved with the show over the course of the three-plus decades. "Our gratitude to American audiences falling in love with 'The Phantom' is infinite." "That this legendary show has thrilled New York for nearly 35 phenomenal years is quite astounding to me," Mackintosh said in a statement. Once the curtain comes down on "Phantom" for the last time, the title of Broadway's longest-running show will shift to "Chicago," which started in 1996.Ĭameron Mackintosh, the show's producer, said that he, the theater owner The Shubert Organization, and Webber himself decided close the show after "considerable discussion." The Broadway production has played more than 13,500 performances to 19 million people at The Majestic Theatre. Since the mid-1980s, more than 145 million people in 183 cities have seen the show performed in 17 languages. Other international productions are also expected to move forward. The flagship London production, which debuted in 1986, will keep going "with no end in sight," according to a spokesperson for the show. Common to make his Broadway debut in 'Between Riverside and Crazy'.Its lavish songs include "Masquerade," "Angel of Music," "All I Ask of You" and "The Music of the Night." "Phantom" tells the story of a deformed composer who haunts the Paris Opera House and falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine.