Now, with an unprecedented 12,070 performances under its belt, it’s celebrating 29 years and set to break another record next January. There was quite the celebration when it hit 25 years in January, 2013. POTO, produced by Cameron MacKintosh and Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Company, became the longest-running show in Broadway history on Januwith its 7,486th performance, surpassing the record held by Cat. It closed in 1997 after nearly two-and-a-half years and close to a thousand performances.īut remember when Cats’ catch phrase was Now and Forever? It seems that should have been saved for the grand dame of Lloyd Webber musicals, Tony winning Best Musical Phantom of the Opera, which opened here, Januwith lyrics by Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe), after its acclaimed October, 1986 opening on the West End. Sunset Boulevard, a 1995 Tony winner for Best Musical with lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, returns February 9for its first revival with its original star, Glenn Close. A new production of Tony-winning Best Musical Cats has returned for its first revival since closing in September 2000 after 7, 485 performances over 18 years. With his newest show, School of Rock, written with Glen Slater and book adapted from the film by, he’s going to have four musicals on Broadway. Another Milestone for Phantom of the Opera: 29 Years on BroadwayĪ ndrew Lloyd Webber is having quite a theater season.
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