![]() ![]() The show officially closed on Broadway on April 16, 2023, but it has already cemented its place among theatre's most influential classics. The beloved Andrew Lloyd Webber musical enjoyed a 35-year run on Broadway, grossing billions over the course of several decades. It did, however, end up having one hell of a legacy. The book was a solid hit upon release, but it wasn't a ground-breaking title in the manner of fellow French authors like Victor Hugo. ![]() In his classic novel, Leroux imagined the opera house in the thrall of a mysterious ghost-like figure who wreaks havoc and longs for music. Leroux was inspired by the story of a freak accident that happened at the Palais Garnier in Paris years before, wherein a counterweight to the opera house's lavish chandelier crashed through the ceiling and killed a concierge. In 1910, French writer Gaston Leroux released The Phantom of the Opera, a pulp-style murder mystery he had first published as a serialization in the newspaper Le Gaulois. ![]()
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