It is three metres wide and weighs one ton. The dazzling replica of the Paris Opera House chandelier is made up of 6,000 beads consisting of 35 beads to each string. The production cost $75 million, making the new 95-minute version the most expensive musical extravaganza of all time.ġ7. Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular opened in a purpose built theatre at the Venetian Resort Hotel on 24th June 2006. Beyonce performed the song at the ceremony.ġ6.
‘Learn to Be Lonely’, a new song written for the movie, was nominated for Best Original Song at the 2005 Oscars. It starred Gerard Butler as The Phantom, Emmy Rossum as Christine, Patrick Wilson as Raoul and Minnie Driver as Carlotta.ġ5. Joel Schumacher directed a big screen version of the show which was released worldwide at the end of 2004. The cast album has gone 6 times platinum in the US, twice platinum in the UK, 9 times platinum in German, 4 times platinum in the Netherlands, 11 times platinum in Korea and 31 times platinum in Taiwan.ġ4. Album sales, including original cast recording, foreign language recordings, studio recordings and the film soundtrack now exceed 40 million.ġ3. The original cast album of The Phantom of the Opera was the first in British musical history to enter the music charts at number 1.ġ2. Playing worldwide it has been translated into no fewer than 17 languages including English, French, German, Japanese, Danish, Polish, Swedish, Castilian, Hungarian, Dutch, Korean, Portuguese and Mexican Spanish.ġ1. The Phantom of the Opera has been produced in 166 cities, in 30 countries around the world, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand and The United States.ġ0. The box-office revenues are higher than any other film or stage play in history – including Titanic, ET and Star Wars. The Broadway production played its 10,000 th performance on 11th February 2012.Ĩ. The West End production played its 10,000 th performance on 23 October 2010.ħ. It is the only Broadway show ever to celebrate anniversaries through 18 to 25 years.Ħ. The Phantom of the Opera became Broadway’s longest running show ever when it overtook the record set by Cats with its 7,486th performance on January 6 th 2006. The Phantom of the Opera opened at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London on 27 th September 1986, and at the Majestic Theatre in New York on 9 th January 1988.ĥ. The show has won over 70 major theatre awards including three Olivier Awards, an Evening Standard Award, and seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, seven Drama Desk Awards and three Outer Critic Circle Awards.Ĥ. It is estimated that Phantom has been seen by more than 140 million people, and the total worldwide gross is now in excess of $6 billion.ģ.
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