Variety reports:
The chandelier inside the Majestic Theatre, Broadway’s most beloved ghost light, rose again on Friday evening as “The Phantom of the Opera,” the longest running show in Broadway history, returned to its first performance since the industry’s COVID-19 shutdown and, with its soaring path above the audience, brightened the lights of Broadway to a brilliance and grandeur not experienced in 19 months.
Friday evening’s reopening performance—a marathon event for the show’s guests, who made their way through cocktail parties, dinners, and after-parties celebrating the splendor of “Phantom’s” return—was devined to be one of the most special nights in Broadway history, and it was: Few shows in Broadway’s tenure have defined the commercial capabilities of theater and the stylistic characteristics of musicals like “The Phantom of the Opera.”
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— Variety (@Variety) October 24, 2021
Here is your Box 5 view of the chandelier rising over Broadway once again. #PhantomBroadway #PhantomIsBack pic.twitter.com/zuliOHWEP0
— The Phantom Of The Opera (@PhantomOpera) October 23, 2021
The chandelier has dropped in Times Square, so it’s official: After 588 days, the Phantom is back on Broadway at last! pic.twitter.com/8MigBYtst3
— The Phantom Of The Opera (@PhantomOpera) October 23, 2021
Thank you for those who attended my first ever DJ set last night at The Majestic @PhantomOpera block party. Excited on what could be next for me. Broadway, London… Ibiza? – ALW pic.twitter.com/fuHVdlMD4T
— Andrew Lloyd Webber (@OfficialALW) October 23, 2021
Thank you to our friends and Phantom family for these wonderful opening night messages! ? #PhantomBroadway #PhantomIsBack pic.twitter.com/iLgJaZInxv
— The Phantom Of The Opera (@PhantomOpera) October 24, 2021