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
The Good Fairy (play) play ends as they all sit down to dinner. The Good Fairy (play) Ferenc Molnár wrote The Good Fairy, originally "A jó tündér", in 1930. The English translation, by Jane Hinton was presented on Broadway, with another production later that year. In 1935, Preston Sturges adapted the story for the film "The Good Fairy". The film’s screenplay was used as the basis for the 1951 Broadway musical "Make A Wish". "The Good Fairy" tells the story of a woman who must face the consequences of pretending to be someone she is not. "The Good Fairy" premiered on Broadway on November