The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical) and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical, and Michael Crawford (in the title role) won the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical. It is the longest running show in Broadway history by a wide margin, and celebrated its 10,000th Broadway performance on 11 February 2012, the first production ever to do so. It is the second longest-running West End musical, after "Les Misérables", and the third longest-running West End show overall, after "The Mousetrap". With total estimated worldwide gross receipts of over $5.6 billion and total Broadway gross of $845 million, "Phantom" was the most
Stephen Hagan (actor) Stephen Hagan (actor) Stephen Hagan is an Irish actor. Hagan’s first big job after drama school was a part as Michaelangelo muse Vito Barratini in Anthony Sher’s play "The Giant". Hagan was in the original cast of the West End and Broadway hit production "End of the Rainbow", as well as in "Cyrano de Bergerac" opposite Joseph Fiennes at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Hagan also appeared in The York Relist at Riverside Studios, and The Real Thing at Salisbury Playhouse. He has also taken his turn in several productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including roles in "Twelfth Night", "The