{"id":1647018,"date":"2022-09-19T11:19:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1647018"},"modified":"2022-09-19T11:21:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:21:28","slug":"phantom-of-the-opera-ticket-sales-explode-after-show-announces-its-shutting-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/phantom-of-the-opera-ticket-sales-explode-after-show-announces-its-shutting-down\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Phantom Of The Opera\u2019 Ticket Sales Explode After Show Announces It\u2019s Shutting Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphantom-of-the-opera-ticket-sales-explode-after-show-announces-its-shutting-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1647018&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\">Ticket sales<\/a> for \u201cThe Phantom of the Opera\u201d soared just after the long-running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/broadway\">Broadway<\/a> show announced it would be closing forever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tills are alive with the sound of the music of the night!\u201d producer Cameron Mackintosh <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/18\/phantom-of-the-opera-sales-explode-after-shock-closing-announcement\/\">told<\/a> The New York Post of the increased revenue as the show\u2019s end looms. Apparently, it raked in $2 million in sales following the announcement. But this renewed popularity will not change the fact that \u201cPhantom of the Opera\u201d will close in February.<\/p>\n<p>The award-winning show will be staging a huge party for its 35th anniversary, then shutting down for good shortly after. There have been 13,000 performances at the Majestic Theatre in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-york-city\">New York City<\/a> since opening on January 26, 1988, making it the longest-running show on Broadway. The producer mentioned how \u201cChicago\u201d is the second longest and costs less to run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone thinks these shows can go on forever, but you can\u2019t run a big show at these margins anymore,\u201d the producer told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>He mentioned that while it used to take $800,000 to put on, now the post-pandemic cost has skyrocketed closer to $950,000. That number is not sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 35-year run is even more miraculous when you consider how huge it is,\u201d Mackintosh continued. \u201cThere comes a tipping point in the life of any show. The number of losing weeks was rising even before COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe encouraging thing is that there is still a terrific resilience and an insistence to come to shows,\u201d the producer continued. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a bumpy ride, but people are turning up!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Broadway shows, in general, have struggled to return to pre-pandemic levels, even after theaters dropped the vaccine mandate for guests. Forbes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/leeseymour\/2022\/05\/04\/broadway-attendance-plummets-as-market-teeters-theaters-drop-vaccine-mandate\/?sh=4d5a70df177c\">reported<\/a> in May that gross ticket sales fell 15%, and only three-quarters of all seats were occupied compared to the same week in 2019, with the same number of shows, when shows were 90% full.<\/p>\n<p>Even popular shows like \u201cHamilton\u201d failed to sell out as usual. Add that to the increased cost of running these shows, which leads to a conclusion where even mainstays like \u201cThe Phantom of the Opera\u201d can be put on the chopping block.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism in New York City is also down significantly as rising crime rates and high-profile attacks are making headlines. Broadway enthusiasts may be less likely to head into the city to see a show if they\u2019re worried about safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ticket sales for \u201cThe Phantom of the Opera\u201d soared just after the long-running Broadway show announced it would be closing forever. \u201cThe tills are alive with the sound of the music of the night!\u201d producer Cameron Mackintosh told The New York Post of the increased revenue as the show\u2019s end looms. 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