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After more than 36 years, the curtain will close on The Phantom of the Opera this weekend, as the longest-running show in Broadway history will have its final performance on April

The beloved Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, which first debuted on January 26, , at the Majestic Theatre, will conclude after 13, total Broadway performances, having attracted more than 20 million viewers and grossing $ billion in New York box-office receipts.

Set in , The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of the beautiful soprano Christine Daaé, who is both seduced and terrorized by a masked phantom living in the shadows of the Paris Opéra House.

The musical has long enchanted audiences and turned songs like “Music of the Night,” “All I Ask of You,” and the title song into Broadway classics.

There are cast, crew, and orchestra members involved in each performance of Phantom, and countless actors have appeared in the show over