The Phantom of the Opera closed Sunday night after 35 years on New York City’s famous Broadway. The musical theater show opened on January 26, 1988. It completed nearly 14,000 performances. The show ended with another performance of its most famous song, The Music of the Night. The performance included many well-known singers and actors who had parts in the show over the years. The show’s creator, Andrew Lloyd Webber, attended the final performance. So did Sarah Brightman, the singer who first played the lead character, Christine. The two came on stage for a final celebration. A video played that honored those involved in the show who had died. Some attendees drank sparkling wine as shiny gold and silver paper came down from the show’s famous chandelier. Lloyd Webber dedicated the final performance to his son, Nick, who recently died after a long illness. The show is the story of the phantom, a composer with a misshapen face who wears a mask and haunts the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with Christine, a young singer.
Title: ‘Phantom of the Opera’ Closes on Broadway after 35 Years
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5846/T26.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Phantom of the Opera Closes on Broadway after 35 Years' data-article-id='6454'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8667'>The Phantom of the Opera closed Sunday night after 35 years on New York City’s famous Broadway.</span> <span data-start-time='8667' data-end-time='16146'>The musical theater show opened on January 26, 1988. </span> <span data-start-time='16146' data-end-time='21458'>It completed nearly 14,000 performances.</span> <span data-start-time='21458' data-end-time='28750'>The show ended with another performance of its most famous song, The Music of the Night.</span> <span data-start-time='28750' data-end-time='37229'>The performance included many well-known singers and actors who had parts in the show over the years.</span> <span data-start-time='37229' data-end-time='43833'>The show’s creator, Andrew Lloyd Webber, attended the final performance. </span> <span data-start-time='43833' data-end-time='50833'>So did Sarah Brightman, the singer who first played the lead character, Christine. </span> <span data-start-time='50833' data-end-time='55271'>The two came on stage for a final celebration. </span> <span data-start-time='55271' data-end-time='60583'>A video played that honored those involved in the show who had died. </span> <span data-start-time='60583' data-end-time='72792'>Some attendees drank sparkling wine as shiny gold and silver paper came down from the show’s famous chandelier.</span> <span data-start-time='72792' data-end-time='81771'>Lloyd Webber dedicated the final performance to his son, Nick, who recently died after a long illness.</span> <span data-start-time='81771' data-end-time='93875'>The show is the story of the phantom, a composer with a misshapen face who wears a mask and haunts the Paris Opera House. </span> <span data-start-time='93875' data-end-time='98708'>He falls in love with Christine, a young singer.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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