{"id":30940,"date":"2017-11-07T05:05:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/?p=30940"},"modified":"2017-11-07T05:05:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:05:11","slug":"phantom-of-the-opera-is-bigger-and-better-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/concerts\/phantom-of-the-opera-is-bigger-and-better-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Phantom of the Opera is \u2018Bigger and Better Than Ever\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=di5BMk1yVI0<\/p>\n<p>The infamous musical The Phantom of the Opera is currently on tour across North America and with the cast and orchestra of 52, it has been the largest production on tour.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss the opportunity to enjoy this spectacle and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/phantom-of-the-opera-tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get your tickets by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This Cameron Mackintosh\u2019s spectacular production features brilliant new scene design by Paul Brown, original costume design by Tony Award-winner Maria Bjornson, lighting design by Tony Award-winner Paule Constable, brand new choreography by Scott Ambler and new staging by director Laurence Connor. It came to no surprise that critics described this production as breathtaking and \u201cbigger and better than ever\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The musical is based on a French novel Le Fant\u00f4me de l&#8217;Op\u00e9ra by Gaston Leroux, thrilling and romantic story about a musical genius who dwells in a labyrinth beneath the Opera House in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Shunned and rejected by society because of his facial deformity, he takes Christine, a young soprano under his wing and grooms her for operatic fame while he falls madly in love with her. She becomes more and more successful, handsome young men court her and he falls into jealousy and rage and terrorizes the opera company.<\/p>\n<p>Witness how Phantom sets his demons free and experience catharsis experience at the end and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/phantom-of-the-opera-tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> purchase your tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The musical premiered in 1986 in London\u2019s West End and on Broadway in 1988. Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music and now legendary songs \u201cPhantom of the Opera\u201d, \u201cAll I Ask of You\u201d, \u201cThink of Me\u201d and \u201cThe Music of the Night\u201d led it to become the most successful musical of all time. It is the longest running show in the Broadway history and celebrated its 10,000<sup>th<\/sup> Broadway performance back in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Phantom was the most financially successful entertainment event with total estimated worldwide gross receipts of over $5.6 billion and total Broadway gross of $845 million, until The Lion King passed it in 2014. The musical won 7 Tony Awards and 7 Drama Desk Awards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phantom of the Opera Musical<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Show Date and Time: Saturday, November 25, 8pm<\/p>\n<p>Show Location: Majestic Theatre New York, New York<\/p>\n<p>Show Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Age Restriction: recommended for ages over 10 years old<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=di5BMk1yVI0 The infamous musical The Phantom of the Opera is currently on tour across North America and with the cast and orchestra of 52, it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concerts","category-theater"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30941,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30940\/revisions\/30941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}