New York, Apr 16 (EFE).- This Sunday will be the last performance of the longest running show in Broadway history, “The Phantom of the Opera”, a musical that will lower its curtain after more than 35 years.
Since it opened on New York’s Avenue of Theaters in January 1988, the play has been seen by more than 20 million people in almost 14,000 performances, which translates into a collection of more than 1.3 billion dollars.
To tell the story based on Gastón Leroux’s novel of the same name, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, a cast, an orchestra and a crew of 125 people are needed to put on the show.
In these more than thirty years the production has hired some 6,500 people.
“I got the job of my life. There’s no other way to describe it,” Richard Poole, who has been a member of the ensemble, playing small roles, for nearly 25 years, told NPR.
This musical tells the story of a disfigured genius who frequents the Paris Opera and is in love with soprano Christine Daaé, who in turn is in love with a handsome count.
