Music History Today: January 26, 2022

January 26, 1988: Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera debuted on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre after a successful run on London's West End.

The longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera debuted in 1988, winning seven Tony Awards® including Best Musical.

Michael Crawford & Sarah Brightman 

Music History Today: October 9, 2021

October 9, 1986: The Phantom of the Opera premiers at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.

Based on the classic novel Le Fantôme de L’Opéra by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it.