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re: Why is THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA B'ways longest-running musical?

Posted by: keikekaze 03:38 pm EDT 10/30/15
In reply to: Why is THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA B'ways longest-running musical? - GrumpyMorningBoy 02:32 pm EDT 10/30/15

I don't think it's anything to do with the show itself. It's just another one of the end-of-the-20th-century musicals that lasted long enough to become a self-sustaining tourist attraction--it's there because visitors go to it and visitors go to it because it's there--like Oh, Calcutta! or Cats. It will be superseded in its turn as longest-running show by something else someday--perhaps Chicago, The Lion King, Wicked, or The Book of Mormon.


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re: Why is THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA B'ways longest-running musical?

Posted by: KingSpeed 11:48 am EDT 10/31/15
In reply to: re: Why is THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA B'ways longest-running musical? - keikekaze 03:38 pm EDT 10/30/15

I love The Book of Mormon but it won't run more than 27 years. The Lion King and Wicked possibly but Phantom has to close first or they'll never get a chance.


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re: Why is THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA B'ways longest-running musical?

Posted by: keikekaze 04:35 pm EDT 10/31/15
In reply to: re: Why is THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA B'ways longest-running musical? - KingSpeed 11:48 am EDT 10/31/15

I don't actually love The Book of Mormon all that much, but it's still the hottest ticket on Broadway most weeks--if not every week. (I don't keep track every single week.) It's average ticket price tends to be even higher than Hamilton's.


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