After 35 years and nearly 14,000 performances, “Phantom of the Opera” takes its final bow on Broadway.
“Phantom of the Opera” isn’t just a Broadway icon – it’s a cultural behemoth. There’s Andrew Lloyd Webber’s organ-heavy score, sumptuous sets and elaborate costumes. There’s a melodramatic love triangle between the beautiful soprano, her hunky beau and a misunderstood sewer dweller, composer and voice teacher. Then there’s the chandelier, of course. There are few moments in musical theater more thrilling than the one before the massive light fixture roars back to life.
Ian Petriello Eisenberg learned of the closing while working in Hawaii. “Phantom” was the show that inspired him to study theater at the University of Texas at Austin, and years later, he won a chance to join the Broadway ensemble for one night and shadowed Broadway veteran James Barbour, who played the Phantom in 2015. Eager to relive what he called one of the best nights of his life, he quickly booked a flight to New York to catch a performance earlier this month.
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