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'Phantom of the Opera’ to close on Broadway as pandemic fallout continues

Theater staged a pandemic comeback, but audiences didn’t get the memo. Nearly a year after Broadway raised its curtains — marking an end to more than 18 months of COVID closures — one of its most storied shows announced it will go dark for good. “Phantom of the Opera,” the longest-running show in Broadway history, plans to stage its final performance in February. The not entirely unexpected ...
Signage of the Broadway play "The Phantom of the Opera" seen at Time Square on March 12, 2020, in New York City.

Theater staged a pandemic comeback, but audiences didn’t get the memo.

Nearly a year after Broadway raised its curtains — marking an end to more than 18 months of COVID closures — one of its most storied shows

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