It's over now, "The Music of the Night": Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera closed its historic, 35-year run at Broadway's Majestic Theatre April 16 with an invite-only performance featuring a special vintage Playbill cover. To order a copy of this collector's item, head to the Playbill Store.
Check out the special Playbill cover for the final performance below:
The final performance starred Laird Mackintosh as The Phantom, Emilie Kouatchou as Christine, John Riddle as Raoul, Nehal Joshi as Monsieur André, Craig Bennett as Monsieur Firmin, Raquel Suarez Groen as Carlotta Giudicelli, Maree Johnson as Madame Giry, Carlton Moe as Ubaldo Piangi, and Sara Esty as Meg Giry. At certain performances, Julia Udine plays the role of Christine.
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The ensemble featured Giselle O. Alvarez, Polly Baird, Janinah Burnett, Xiaoxiao Cao, Kanisha Marie Feliciano, David Michael Garry, Chris Georgetti, Kelly Jeanne Grant, Satomi Hofmann, Ayaka Kamei, Ted Keegan, Kfir, Kelly Loughran, Scott Mikita, Greg Mills, Trista Moldovan, Justin Peck, Richard Poole, Lindsay Roberts, Janet Saia, Paul Adam Schaefer, Carly Blake Sebouhian, Jeremy Stolle, Carrington Vilmont, Jim Weitzer, Elizabeth Welch, and Erica Wong.
Ben Crawford and Kelsey Connolly
Ben Crawford and Emilie Kouatchou
Nehal Joshi and Erin Davie
Emilie Kouatchou, Ben Crawford, Paul Adam Schaefer, and Julia Udine
Emilie Kouatchou, Ben Crawford, Paul Adam Schaefer, and Julia Udine with custom cake created by Chef Jürgen David, the Director of Pastry Research and Development, and his students at the Institute of Culinary Education
Maree Johnson, Craig Bennett, Nehal Joshi, Emilie Kouatchou, Ben Crawford, Paul Adam Schaefer, Sara Esty, Julia Udine, Raquel Suarez Groen, and Carlton Moe with custom cake created by Chef Jürgen David, the Director of Pastry Research and Development, and his students at the Institute of Culinary Education
Ben Crawford, Scott Mikita, Polly Baird, Janet Saia, Jason Forbach, Carly Blake Sebouhian, Tug Watson, Kelly Jeanne Grant, Jim Weitzer, Weston Krukow, Carrington Vilmont, Lindsay Roberts, Marni Raab, and Bronson Norris Murphy
Paul Adam Schaefer, Ben Crawford, and Emilie Kouatchou
Ben Crawford
Paul Adam Schaefer and Emilie Kouatchou
