

Phantom has been hit particularly hard due in part to its popularity among international audiences. The pandemic has had a dramatic impact on Broadway, with all shows going dark for an extended period, then struggling to find audiences upon their return. “But all shows do finally close.” Pandemic Slows Broadway “As a producer, you dream that a show will run forever,” producer Cameron Mackintosh said in a statement to the Associated Press.

It will have completed 13,925 performances by that date. Producers announced this week that the final performance will be February 18, 2023, shortly after its 35th anniversary in New York. The Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running show in Broadway history, will be closing after more than 35 years on the Great White Way.
