PHANTOM OF THE OPERA TICKETS
Phantom of the Opera opened at Her Majesty's
Theatre on 9 October 1986 with Michael Crawford and
Sarah Brightman in the leading roles and there have
been more than twenty productions world-wide since
then.
The Phantom of the Opera is the jewel in the crown
of the Really Useful Group's copyrights. In London
there has never been a seat unsold, and the musical
has achieved in excess of 99% of potential capacity
wherever it has been presented. It is estimated that
over 52 million people have seen the show and the box
office gross world-wide stands at nearly £900 million.
Awards include the Laurence Olivier and Evening
Standard Award for Best Musical and seven Tony
Awards.
Aside from the West End production, The Phantom of
the Opera is currently playing in New York , Shanghai
and Budapest and a production is touring the USA .
Broadway's Longest-Running Phantom Howard
McGillin To Return October 3, 2005
Beginning Monday, 3 October, Howard McGillin,
Broadway's longest-running Phantom, will return to the
title role in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at The
Majestic Theatre (247 West 44th Street). He's been
specially selected by producer Cameron Mackintosh,
composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and director Harold
Prince to be the "man behind the mask" when the
musical becomes the longest-running production in
Broadway history on 9 January 2006. On that date,
PHANTOM will play performance #7,486 and break
the record set by current champ, Cats.
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA INFORMATION
The Phantom has played more than 65,000
performances in 20 countries in 110 cities around the
world to over 58 million people grossing over £1.6
billion worldwide.
The Phantom celebrated it's 7000th performance at
Her Majesty's theatre on 12th August 2003.
Won over 50 major theatre awards including 3 Olivier
Awards, the most recent being the 2002 Oliver
Audience Award for Most Popular Show, an Evening
Standard Award, 7 Tony Awards including Best
Musical, 7 Drama Desk Awards and 3 Outer Critic
Circle Awards.
Original cast recording was the first in British musical
history to enter the charts at number one. Since then it
has gone gold and platinum in the UK and US, selling
over 2 million copies.
The New York production is the third longest running
show in Broadway history and has been seen by more
than 9.4 million people.
The dazzling replica of the Paris Opera House
chandelier is made up of 6,000 beads consisting of 35
beads to each string. It is 3 metres wide and weighs
one ton. The touring version falls at 2.5 metres per
second. The original version was built by 5 people in 4
weeks.
The Phantom's make-up takes 2 hours to put on and
30 minutes to take off. The face is moisturized, closely
shaved and the prosthetics are fitted, setting
immediately, before 2 wigs, 2 radio mics and 2
contact lenses (one white and one clouded) are placed.
2,230 metres of fabric are used for the drapes, 900 of
them specially dyed. The tasseled fringes measure
226 metres. They are made up of 250 kilos of dyed
wool interwoven with 5,000 wooden beads imported
from India. Each one is handmade and combed
through with an Afro comb.
There are 130 cast, crew and orchestra members
directly involved in each performance.
Each performance has 230 costumes, 14 dressers,
120 automated cues, 22 scene changes, 281 candles
and uses 250 kg of dry ice and 10 fog and smoke
machines.
The touring production takes 27 articulated lorries to
transfer the set between theatres.
The Phantom has played more than 65,000
performances in 20 countries in 110 cities around the
world to over 58 million people grossing over £1.6
billion worldwide.
The Phantom celebrated it's 7000th performance at
Her Majesty's theatre on 12th August 2003.
Won over 50 major theatre awards including 3 Olivier
Awards, the most recent being the 2002 Oliver
Audience Award for Most Popular Show, an Evening
Standard Award, 7 Tony Awards including Best
Musical, 7 Drama Desk Awards and 3 Outer Critic
Circle Awards.
Original cast recording was the first in British musical
history to enter the charts at number one. Since then it
has gone gold and platinum in the UK and US, selling
over 2 million copies.
The New York production is the third longest running
show in Broadway history and has been seen by more
than 9.4 million people.
The dazzling replica of the Paris Opera House
chandelier is made up of 6,000 beads consisting of 35
beads to each string. It is 3 metres wide and weighs
one ton. The touring version falls at 2.5 metres per
second. The original version was built by 5 people in 4
weeks.
The Phantom's make-up takes 2 hours to put on and
30 minutes to take off. The face is moisturized, closely
shaved and the prosthetics are fitted, setting
immediately, before 2 wigs, 2 radio mics and 2
contact lenses (one white and one clouded) are placed.
2,230 metres of fabric are used for the drapes, 900 of
them specially dyed. The tasseled fringes measure
226 metres. They are made up of 250 kilos of dyed
wool interwoven with 5,000 wooden beads imported
from India. Each one is handmade and combed
through with an Afro comb.
There are 130 cast, crew and orchestra members
directly involved in each performance.
Each performance has 230 costumes, 14 dressers,
120 automated cues, 22 scene changes, 281 candles
and uses 250 kg of dry ice and 10 fog and smoke
machines.
The touring production takes 27 articulated lorries to
transfer the set between theatres.
Phantom of the Opera opened at Her Majesty's
Theatre on 9 October 1986 with Michael Crawford and
Sarah Brightman in the leading roles and there have
been more than twenty productions world-wide since
then.
The Phantom of the Opera is the jewel in the crown
of the Really Useful Group's copyrights. In London
there has never been a seat unsold, and the musical
has achieved in excess of 99% of potential capacity
wherever it has been presented. It is estimated that
over 52 million people have seen the show and the box
office gross world-wide stands at nearly £900 million.
Awards include the Laurence Olivier and Evening
Standard Award for Best Musical and seven Tony
Awards.
Aside from the West End production, The Phantom of
the Opera is currently playing in New York , Shanghai
and Budapest and a production is touring the USA .
Broadway's Longest-Running Phantom Howard
McGillin To Return October 3, 2005
Beginning Monday, 3 October, Howard McGillin,
Broadway's longest-running Phantom, will return to the
title role in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at The
Majestic Theatre (247 West 44th Street). He's been
specially selected by producer Cameron Mackintosh,
composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and director Harold
Prince to be the "man behind the mask" when the
musical becomes the longest-running production in
Broadway history on 9 January 2006. On that date,
PHANTOM will play performance #7,486 and break
the record set by current champ, Cats.
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA INFORMATION
The Phantom has played more than 65,000
performances in 20 countries in 110 cities around the
world to over 58 million people grossing over £1.6
billion worldwide.
The Phantom celebrated it's 7000th performance at
Her Majesty's theatre on 12th August 2003.
Won over 50 major theatre awards including 3 Olivier
Awards, the most recent being the 2002 Oliver
Audience Award for Most Popular Show, an Evening
Standard Award, 7 Tony Awards including Best
Musical, 7 Drama Desk Awards and 3 Outer Critic
Circle Awards.
Original cast recording was the first in British musical
history to enter the charts at number one. Since then it
has gone gold and platinum in the UK and US, selling
over 2 million copies.
The New York production is the third longest running
show in Broadway history and has been seen by more
than 9.4 million people.
The dazzling replica of the Paris Opera House
chandelier is made up of 6,000 beads consisting of 35
beads to each string. It is 3 metres wide and weighs
one ton. The touring version falls at 2.5 metres per
second. The original version was built by 5 people in 4
weeks.
The Phantom's make-up takes 2 hours to put on and
30 minutes to take off. The face is moisturized, closely
shaved and the prosthetics are fitted, setting
immediately, before 2 wigs, 2 radio mics and 2
contact lenses (one white and one clouded) are placed.
2,230 metres of fabric are used for the drapes, 900 of
them specially dyed. The tasseled fringes measure
226 metres. They are made up of 250 kilos of dyed
wool interwoven with 5,000 wooden beads imported
from India. Each one is handmade and combed
through with an Afro comb.
There are 130 cast, crew and orchestra members
directly involved in each performance.
Each performance has 230 costumes, 14 dressers,
120 automated cues, 22 scene changes, 281 candles
and uses 250 kg of dry ice and 10 fog and smoke
machines.
The touring production takes 27 articulated lorries to
transfer the set between theatres.
The Phantom has played more than 65,000
performances in 20 countries in 110 cities around the
world to over 58 million people grossing over £1.6
billion worldwide.
The Phantom celebrated it's 7000th performance at
Her Majesty's theatre on 12th August 2003.
Won over 50 major theatre awards including 3 Olivier
Awards, the most recent being the 2002 Oliver
Audience Award for Most Popular Show, an Evening
Standard Award, 7 Tony Awards including Best
Musical, 7 Drama Desk Awards and 3 Outer Critic
Circle Awards.
Original cast recording was the first in British musical
history to enter the charts at number one. Since then it
has gone gold and platinum in the UK and US, selling
over 2 million copies.
The New York production is the third longest running
show in Broadway history and has been seen by more
than 9.4 million people.
The dazzling replica of the Paris Opera House
chandelier is made up of 6,000 beads consisting of 35
beads to each string. It is 3 metres wide and weighs
one ton. The touring version falls at 2.5 metres per
second. The original version was built by 5 people in 4
weeks.
The Phantom's make-up takes 2 hours to put on and
30 minutes to take off. The face is moisturized, closely
shaved and the prosthetics are fitted, setting
immediately, before 2 wigs, 2 radio mics and 2
contact lenses (one white and one clouded) are placed.
2,230 metres of fabric are used for the drapes, 900 of
them specially dyed. The tasseled fringes measure
226 metres. They are made up of 250 kilos of dyed
wool interwoven with 5,000 wooden beads imported
from India. Each one is handmade and combed
through with an Afro comb.
There are 130 cast, crew and orchestra members
directly involved in each performance.
Each performance has 230 costumes, 14 dressers,
120 automated cues, 22 scene changes, 281 candles
and uses 250 kg of dry ice and 10 fog and smoke
machines.
The touring production takes 27 articulated lorries to
transfer the set between theatres.
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