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The longest-running show on Broadway comes to the Kennedy Center as part of its national tour. Through Aug. 20. (Courtesy Kennedy Center) The Phantom of the Opera, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, book by Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Directed by Laurence Connor.