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
Marcus Lovett Marcus Lovett Marcus Lovett is an American singer and actor who was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. An actor, singer and athlete from childhood, Lovett graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with honors. His classmates included the actress Ming Na Wen. Lovett then immediately joined the original Broadway production of "Les Miserables". He simultaneously appeared on ABC's "One Life to Live". Additional Broadway and West End roles included leads in "Aspects of Love", "Phantom of the Opera", and "King David", and Off-Broadway plays and musicals, including the Bruce Hornsby show, "SCKBSTD". He originated the role of The Man in "Whistle Down