
Last week, it hit $867,997 - and producers may have seen the writing on the wall. Box office grosses have fluctuated since the show reopened after the pandemic - going as high as over $1 million a week but also dropping to around $850,000. It has been a costly musical to sustain, with elaborate sets and costumes as well as a large cast and orchestra. One reviewer in the New York Times called it, "psychologically lightweight." Still, not all the critics took to it kindly. On February 11, 2012, the Broadway production celebrates its 10,000th performance.When the show first opened in New York in 1988, it had already been a hit for two years in London. In October 2010 the London production celebrated its 10,000th performance. This coincided with the Broadway and the US national touring company celebrating an unprecedented 20,000 performances in the United States. "The Phantom of the Opera" became the longest running show in Broadway history on 9 January 2006 when it celebrated its 7,486th performance, surpassing the previous record holder "Cats". The production was produced by Cameron Mackintosh. Lighting is by Patrick Woodroffe and Andrew Bridge and Sound by Mick Potter. The Royal Albert Hall was transformed with a spectacular and unique design by Matt Kinley inspired by Maria Bjornson's original design. "The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall" was directed by Laurence Connor with Musical Staging and Choreography by Gillian Lynne, based on the original London Production Directed by Hal Prince with Musical Staging and Choreography by Gillian Lynne. They are joined by Barry James as 'Monsieur Firmin', Gareth Snook as 'Monsieur Andre', Liz Robertson as 'Madame Giry' and Wynne Evans as 'Piangi', together with a cast and orchestra of over 200 and special guest appearances.


"The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall" stars Ramin Karimloo as 'The Phantom" and Sierra Boggess as 'Christine". This specatular event was filmed in hi-definition and is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. To mark its 25th Anniversary year, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh presented "The Phantom of the Opera" in a fully-staged, lavish production, set in the sumptuous Victorian splendour of the Royal Albert Hall with a cast and orchestra of over 200.

Color, Dolby, Subtitled in English, French, and Spanish. The Phantom of the Opera - Filmed Live at the Royal Albert Hall (DVD).
