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 Phantom (play) 1856, where it opened at the National Theatre in Philadelphia on 12 May 1856. Boucicault then took the play to Wallack's Theatre in New York City, under the theatre manager William Stuart. In 1858, it played in Niblo's Garden. In New York City, "The Phantom" had a successful long run. It was a hit when it came to New York, with Boucicault's and Robertson's performances. In 1873, "The Phantom" was performed in Chicago at the McVicker's Theatre in 1873. In the second week of the engagement at the McVicker's Theatre, a reviewer for the "Chicago Daily Tribune" wrote: "Only moderately